JUCO: Earned Region IX Defensive Player of the Year and first-team All-Region honors at Otero Junior College…Hit .343 with 11 doubles, 10 triples, 38 RBI and 40 runs scored for the Rattlers as a sophomore…Hit .310 with five doubles, four triples, 16 RBI and 30 runs scored as a freshman…Posted a .944 career fielding percentage. 

High School: Prepped at Sandia High School…Earned first-team All-State, All-Region, All-District and All-Metro honors for the Matadors.

Personal: Parents are Chris Sandoval and Kathy Garcia…Two brothers, Austin and Jeremy…Two sisters, Angel and Diana…Also recruited by Utah, San Fransisco, Nevada, Dallas Baptist, New Mexico Colorado State-Pueblo and Northwoods…Psychology major.