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Jersey Number 44
Kace Garner
- Position:
- C
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 195
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Brandon, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- Northwest Rankin
- Prev School:
- Meridian C.C.
Bio
2020 (Sophomore Season – Meridian C.C.)
Awards: Named Meridian Community College Outstanding Male Student-Athlete.
Season: Started all 14 games...Posted a hit in 10 of 14 games...Reached base in 13 of 14 games...Owned five multi-hit and three multi-RBI games...Reached base in a season-long 12 straight games from February 9-March 8...Homered against John A. Logan College (2/9) and versus East Mississippi C.C. (3/8)...Collected a season-best four hits against John A. Logan College (2/9) with a season-high-tying two RBIs...Also produced two RBIs against Coastal Alabama-South C.C. (2/28) and East Mississippi C.C. (3/8).
2019 (Freshman Season – Meridian C.C.)
Awards: Earned first-team All-Region 23...Tabbed first-team All-Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges.
Season: Appeared in and started 41 games...Ranked No. 7 in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II in home runs (16)...Posted a hit in 28 of 41 games...Reached base in 37 of 41 games...Owned 12 multi-hit and 12 multi-RBI games...Owned three double-digit reached base streaks: 13 games (March 1- 23), 10 games (March 27-April 12) and 11 games (April 22-May 12)...Posted a season-long hitting streak of six games from March 2-13)...Homered against Spoon River College (3/ 2), Nunez C.C. (3/8), at Coastal Alabama-South C.C. (3/13), Itawamba C.C. (3/16), in both games of a doubleheader at Nunez C.C. (3; 3/20), in both games of a doubleheader with Pearl River C.C. (3/30), in both games of a doubleheader at Mississippi Gulf Coast C.C. (4/12), at Holmes C.C. (4/22), against East Central C.C. (4/30)at Copiah-Lincoln C.C. (5/3) and against Mississippi Gulf Coast C.C. (5/12) in the MACJC Tournament...Collected a season-high three hits at Coahoma C.C. (3/27)...Drove in a season-best six RBIs with a two-home run performance at Nunez C.C. (3/20) in the second game of a twinbill...Also had five RBIs on two occasions: at Coastal Alabama-South C.C. (3/13) and at Copiah-Lincoln C.C. (5/3).
High School
Lettered twice for head coach Jeff McClaskey at Northwest Rankin High School...Selected team captain and team MVP as a senior...Tabbed second-team all-state as a senior...Two-time all-district honoree...Selected to participate in the Mississippi Crossroads All-Star Game and the State Games of Mississippi as a senior...Also lettered twice in bowling.
Personal
Born Kace Anthony Garner on December 2, 1999 in Flowood, Mississippi...Son of Rhonda and Scott Garner...Has two older brother, Kyle and Kreg, and one older sister, Kennedy...Father, Scott, lettered in baseball at Mississippi College...Brother, Kreg, lettered in baseball at Pearl River Community College and Belhaven...Uncle, Wilson Santucci, lettered in track and field and graduated from Mississippi State.
Awards: Named Meridian Community College Outstanding Male Student-Athlete.
Season: Started all 14 games...Posted a hit in 10 of 14 games...Reached base in 13 of 14 games...Owned five multi-hit and three multi-RBI games...Reached base in a season-long 12 straight games from February 9-March 8...Homered against John A. Logan College (2/9) and versus East Mississippi C.C. (3/8)...Collected a season-best four hits against John A. Logan College (2/9) with a season-high-tying two RBIs...Also produced two RBIs against Coastal Alabama-South C.C. (2/28) and East Mississippi C.C. (3/8).
2019 (Freshman Season – Meridian C.C.)
Awards: Earned first-team All-Region 23...Tabbed first-team All-Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges.
Season: Appeared in and started 41 games...Ranked No. 7 in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II in home runs (16)...Posted a hit in 28 of 41 games...Reached base in 37 of 41 games...Owned 12 multi-hit and 12 multi-RBI games...Owned three double-digit reached base streaks: 13 games (March 1- 23), 10 games (March 27-April 12) and 11 games (April 22-May 12)...Posted a season-long hitting streak of six games from March 2-13)...Homered against Spoon River College (3/ 2), Nunez C.C. (3/8), at Coastal Alabama-South C.C. (3/13), Itawamba C.C. (3/16), in both games of a doubleheader at Nunez C.C. (3; 3/20), in both games of a doubleheader with Pearl River C.C. (3/30), in both games of a doubleheader at Mississippi Gulf Coast C.C. (4/12), at Holmes C.C. (4/22), against East Central C.C. (4/30)at Copiah-Lincoln C.C. (5/3) and against Mississippi Gulf Coast C.C. (5/12) in the MACJC Tournament...Collected a season-high three hits at Coahoma C.C. (3/27)...Drove in a season-best six RBIs with a two-home run performance at Nunez C.C. (3/20) in the second game of a twinbill...Also had five RBIs on two occasions: at Coastal Alabama-South C.C. (3/13) and at Copiah-Lincoln C.C. (5/3).
High School
Lettered twice for head coach Jeff McClaskey at Northwest Rankin High School...Selected team captain and team MVP as a senior...Tabbed second-team all-state as a senior...Two-time all-district honoree...Selected to participate in the Mississippi Crossroads All-Star Game and the State Games of Mississippi as a senior...Also lettered twice in bowling.
Personal
Born Kace Anthony Garner on December 2, 1999 in Flowood, Mississippi...Son of Rhonda and Scott Garner...Has two older brother, Kyle and Kreg, and one older sister, Kennedy...Father, Scott, lettered in baseball at Mississippi College...Brother, Kreg, lettered in baseball at Pearl River Community College and Belhaven...Uncle, Wilson Santucci, lettered in track and field and graduated from Mississippi State.
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