2019-20 PHOTO GALLERY
#VOTEGARZA
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Naismith Player of the Year Trophy Finalist
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2020 Sporting News, Stadium, The Athletic, ESPN National Player of the Year
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2020 Dick Vitale's National Player of the Year
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2020 Big Ten Men's Basketball Player of the Year
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2020 Sporting News, CBS Sports, ESPN, NBC Sports, Sports Illustrated, Stadium, USA Today First-Team All-American
• USBWA District VI Player of the Year
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Oscar Robertson Player of the Year Trophy Semifinalist
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Wooden Award National Ballot
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award Finalist
• Lute Olson Award Top 30
• Iowa Single-Season Scoring Record (740 points)
• One of three Big Ten players ever to amass 740+ points and 300+ rebounds in a season
• First player since Ohio State's Dennis Hopson in 1987 to post 20+ points in 16 straight Big Ten games
Hawk Items – Enters his junior season having scored in double figures 40 times, including 20 points or more 12 times, and registering five double-doubles… one of three Hawkeyes to amass more than 800 points and 350 rebounds through their sophomore season (Aaron White, Jess Settles)… one of two Hawkeyes to total 400 points and 200 rebounds as a freshman (Jess Settles)… scored 400 points as a freshman, which ranks fourth best as an Iowa rookie… shot the basketball at a 55.7 percent clip, which ranks fifth best at Iowa for a freshman… his 211 rebounds are most by an Iowa rookie, while his 32 blocked shots rank sixth… led team averaging a double-double (22.5 points and 10.3 rebounds), shooting 70 percent from the field (34-of-48) and 80 percent (21-of-26) from the free throw line, on Iowa’s four-game tour in Europe in August, 2018.
2018-19 Honors – Honorable Mention All-Big Ten by the media… voted the 2K Empire Classic MVP...recipient of the Kenny Arnold Hawkeye Spirit Award.
2018-19 – Competed in 32 games, starting 30… missed three games after suffering a sprained ankle in late-December… ranked second on the team in scoring (13.1) and fourth in rebounding (4.5)… ranked eighth in the Big Ten in free throw percentage (.804, 86-of-107)… reached 20 or more points a team-best eight times, including four straight games (at Penn State, Illinois, #6 Michigan State, at Minnesota), becoming the first Hawkeye to do so since Aaron White in 2015... reached double figures 20 times… led team in scoring nine times and blocks eight times… led Iowa in field goal percentage (.531, 156-of-294), ranking 10th in the conference… averaged 17 points and 6.5 rebounds in two wins at Madison Square Garden against #13 Oregon and Connecticut… posted only double-double of the season (22 points, 12 rebounds) in win at Penn State… netted a game-high 19 points in home win over #5 Michigan… reached double-digits in both NCAA Tournament games, including a game-high 20 points in Iowa’s first round win over Cincinnati… became the sixth Hawkeye in history to have 20 points and seven rebounds in their NCAA Tournament debut… letterwinner.
2017-18 Honors -- Two-time
Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Nov. 13 and Jan. 2)… earned the team’s Newcomer of the Year Award.
2017-18 – Competed in all 33 games, starting 26… ranked first on the team in blocked shots (32), second in rebounding (6.4), free throws made (92) and free throws attempted (135), and third in scoring (12.1)… first Hawkeye since Aaron White in 2012 to register at least four double-doubles as a freshman… posted double figures in scoring 20 times, including netting 15 points or more 13 times… led team in blocked shots and rebounding in 12 games… ranked second among Big Ten freshmen in rebounding (5.7), third in scoring (12.4), and fourth in field goal percentage (.539) in conference games only… was 16-of-39 (.410) from the foul line the first 10 games; made 76 of last 96 (.792) the last 23 games combined… led all scorers at #22/21 Michigan on Feb. 14, netting 22 points (10-16 FG, 2-2 FT)… netted a team-best 19 points, bolstered by 8-of-10 shooting from the field, against #3 Purdue… posted fourth double-double in win over Wisconsin (17 points, 16 rebounds); the 16 rebounds are the most by a Hawkeye in a single game since Adam Woodbury snagged 18 versus Wisconsin on Feb. 24, 2016… scored 17 of his 19 points in the second half and overtime, while also snagging 11 rebounds for his team-best third double-double in a come-from-behind overtime victory at Illinois… recorded personal bests in scoring (25), blocked shots (5), and 3-pointers (3) in win over Northern Illinois… letterwinner.
High School -- Honored as the 2017 Gatorade D.C. Boys Basketball player of the Year… averaged 24.6 points, 11.7 rebounds, 2.5 blocks, and 1.1 assists as a senior to lead No. 17 Maret (26-5) to the championship game of the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference and the D.C. State Athletic Association playoffs… ranked No. 98 by ESPN.com and No. 93 by 247Sports.com… first team All-Met honoree as a senior… shot 69 percent from the field, including 48 percent from 3-point range as a senior… in his final game for the Frogs, Garza posted 37 points and 17 rebounds in a 77-66 loss to Gonzaga in the DCSAA final… named MVP of three All-Star games: Crab Ball Classic (27 points, 13 rebounds), Triple Threat Classic (22 points, 12 rebounds), and The Capital Classic (18 points, 14 rebounds)… leaves as the school’s all-time leading scorer with 1,993 points… averaged 24.5 points, 12.6 rebounds, and 2.6 blocks as a junior… averaged 19.8 points and 9.8 rebounds his sophomore campaign… helped Maret earn back-to-back conference championships (22-8 in 2014 and 22-5 in 2015)… recognized as the 2014-15
Washington Post All-Met Most Improved Player… averaged 11.3 points and 6.5 rebounds in the 2016 EYBL.
Personal -- Born 12/27/98… pre-business major... parents are Frank and Sejla Garza… has one sister, Tesa… his father played basketball at the University of Idaho… grandpa, James Halm, played basketball at the University of Hawai’i… uncle Teoman Alibegovic played basketball at Oregon State and is the Slovenian national team’s all-time leading scorer… cousin Amar Alibegovic is a senior at St. John’s… family is from Bosnia and Herzegovina… high school coach was Chuck Driesell… AAU coach was Keith Stevens.
Career Bests
Points: 25, 3x, last at Nebraska, 3/10/19
Rebounds: 16 vs. Wisconsin, 1/23/17
FGM: 10, 2x, last at Nebraska, 3/10/19
FGA: 16, 2x, last at Nebraska, 3/10/19
3-pt FG: 3, 2x, last at Minnesota, 1/27/19
3-pt FGA: 5, 3x, last vs. Northern Iowa, 12/15/18
FTM: 10 at Northwestern, 1/9/19
FTA: 11, 2x, last at Northwestern, 1/9/19
Assists: 3, 5x, last at Michigan State, 12/3/18
Steals: 3 vs. Drake, 12/16/17
Blocks: 5 vs. Northern Illinois, 12/29/17
Minutes: 35 at Nebraska, 3/10/19