Vicente Garcia selected a Pre-Season All-American by Lindy’s Sports and d3football.com
REDLANDS, Calif. – Lindy's Sports and d3football.com announced their 2023 Division III Pre-Season All-American teams recently with University of Redlands senior punter/kicker Vicente Garcia (Fontana, CA) being named a 1st Team All-American by Lindy's Sports and a 2nd Team All-American by d3football.com.
Garcia returns to the Bulldogs after a record-breaking season in 2022 where he collected the accolades being named 2nd Team All-SCIAC, d3football.com All-West Region, an AFCA 1st Team All-American, an AP 1st Team All-American, and a d3football.com All-American.
He totaled 42 punts on the year, averaging 45.6 yards per punt totaling 1,915 yards with a long being for 69-yards. Out of those 42 punts he had twelve land inside the 20-yard line, ten that were fair caught and another three that were touchbacks. On the season he led Division III in punting average at 45.6 yards/punt, which is a new single-season program record, beating out Sean Lipscomb's 45.2 average from 2000. He also helped the Maroon and Grey finish second in the nation in net punting at 41.16.
The Bulldogs get their season underway on the road when they travel to the Pacific Northwest to take on Pacific Lutheran on September 2 beginning at 1:00pm.
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