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Player Profiles – Returning Lettermen
#23 Austin Garner
Guard • 6’5” 195 Jr. • Trophy Club, TX • Byron Nelson HS
CAREER HONORS
2021-2022:
Lone Star Conference Sixth Man of the Year
2021-2022 (SOPHOMORE)
Named the Lone Star Conference’s Sixth Man of the Year ... Played in all 29 games, making 13 starts ... Finished the season third on the team in scoring (10.2 ppg) ... Led DBU with 70 made three- pointers and was second on the team in three-point field goal percentage (.383) ... His 70 three-pointers were sixth-most in the Lone Star Conference ... Scored a career-high 23 points versus Southwestern Oklahoma (12/18) after going 6-8 from three-point range ... Totaled a career-high seven rebounds against Black Hills State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (3/12).
2020-2021 (FRESHMAN)
Played in all 22 games and made two starts in his first season at DBU ... Averaged 5.6 points per game ... Made his Patriot debut in a win over No. 17 Angelo State (12/11) in the season opener and scored eight points in 19 minutes ... Drained a season-high four three-pointers in a 91-90 win over Midwestern State (1/23).
HIGH SCHOOL
Three-year letterman at Byron Nelson High School ... Coached by Scott Curran ... Garnered Class 6A First Team All-Region honors and was also named the District’s Offensive MVP ... Was invited to the NCAA’s College Basketball Academy at the Houston Regional ... Set a school record with nine made three pointers in a win over San Antonio Churchill at the Jack Frost Georgetown Tourney in 2018 ... Competed in the summers for 3D Hoops Academy.
PERSONAL
Born on December 22, 2001 ... Parents are John and Brandy Garner ... Majoring in Computer Science ... Played with
nine NCAA players from across
the nation as part of Athletes in Action’s 10-day tour of North Macedonia during
he summer of 2021 ... Favorite Bible verse is Proverbs 3:5.
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