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Player Profiles – Returning Lettermen
#23 Austin Garner Guard • 6’5” 200 Sr. • Trophy Club, TX • Byron Nelson HS
CAREER HONORS
2021-2022:
Lone Star Conference Sixth Man of the Year
2022-2023 (JUNIOR)
Played in 29 games, making four starts ... Finished the season fourth on the team in scoring (7.8 ppg) ... Led the team in made three- pointers for the second straight year ... His 52 three-pointers were 11th most in the Lone Star Conference ... Posted a season-high 21 points in games against Dallas Christian (12/7) and UT Tyler (2/25) after going 7-9 from three point range in both contests ... Scored 16 points in a win over Oklahoma Christian (1/26).
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 Information Science ...
Played with nine NCAA players
from across the nation as part of Athletes in Action’s 10-day tour of North Macedonia during
the summer of 2021 ... Favorite Bible verse
is Proverbs 3:5.
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