Texas Rio Grande Valley Athletics

De La Garza will provide the Broncs with leadership on and off the field... Has played in 122 games during his three years on the team, starting in 95... De La Garza has a career batting average of .269, 54 RBI's and 69 runs scored.

1999 (Junior Season): De la Garza played in 43 games starting in 31, last season and De la Garza hit .283 with seven doubles, tied for sixth on the team and two home runs... Made just four errors in 134 chances playing at second base for a fielding percentage of .970... Drew 15 walks, sixth on the team.

1998 (Sophomore Season): As a sophomore, he started in 49 games, tied for the most on the team, and collected 40 hits, 14 of them for extra bases, including 5 home runs... De la Garza also drew 21 walks, which tied him for second on the squad and was hit six times... His eight combined sacrifice files and sacrifice hits tied for the team lead.

1997 (Freshman Season): The Broncs were 13th in the nation in double plays turned that year, largely due to the 59 turned by De la Garza himself... As a freshman, De la Garza hit .299, the fourth highest average on the team, with 2 home runs... Had a .968 fielding percentage, committing just three errors in 93 chances.

Mission High School: At Mission High School, Gabe De la Garza hit .456 with four home runs and 51 RBI, and was named the District MVP.

Personal: Gabe is the son of Esther and Jose De la Garza.