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Jersey Number 3
Carter Garate
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Murrieta, Calif.
- High School:
- Murrieta Mesa HS
Bio
Honors and Awards
2024
Santa Barbara Regional Most Valuable Player
2024
Santa Barbara Regional Most Valuable Player
2024 SEASON
Named the Most Valuable Player at the Santa Barbara Regional Tournament after leading Oregon to a 3-0 record and a spot in the Super Regionals … The only Ducks’ player to start all 60 games (51 at 3B, 9 at SS) … Slashed .289/.390/.402 while finishing with a .792 OPS … Went 56-for-194 with three home runs, 27 RBI, 41 runs scored, 13 doubles and two stolen bases … Led the team with 12 hit-by-pitches while drawing 21 base on balls … Finished second on the team with 15 multiple-hit games, including two 4-hit games and a pair of 3-hit games … Had six multiple-RBI games, including one 5-RBI game and a 3-RBI game … Scored multiple runs in 11 games while scoring four runs in a game once … Started all 30 Pac-12 games at third base, while slashing .187/.299/.275 … Went 17-for-91 with a home run, eight RBI, 14 runs scored and five doubles … Reached base on 15 free passes (12 BB, 3 HBP) … at Shriners Children's College Baseball Showdown (Feb. 16-18): Started all three games at shortstop … Led Oregon slashing .545/.615/.727 with a 1.142 OPS … Went 6-for-11 with two doubles, a RBI, four runs scored, two walks and a stolen base … vs. Baylor (Feb. 17): Went 1-for-3 with a base on balls and two runs scored … Walked and scored in Oregon’s three-run fifth inning that tied the game … Singled and scored in the Ducks’ three-run sixth inning … vs. #18 Texas Tech (Feb. 18): Reached base a season-high five times (4-for-5, BB) with two doubles, one RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base … Singled in the third before stealing second … Doubled in the fifth and scored on a Drew Smith single in Oregon’s four-run fifth inning … Singled in the sixth before adding an RBI base hit in the seventh … Finished with second double of the day in the ninth … vs. Lafayette (Feb. 23-25): Batted .417 (5-for-12) with a double, four RBI and a team-high seven runs in the four-game sweep … Reached base on six hit-by-pitches in the series resulting in a .611 OBP while slugging .500 … Reached base five times in a 17-3 win in the series opener, three of those coming as a result of a HBP and one coming on an E5 … Went 1-for-2 with a double, RBI and a season-high four runs scored … Scored in the second after getting on via error … Led off the fourth with a HBP before scoring on a wild pitch … Hit by another pitch which led to scoring on a Chase Meggers single … Delivered an RBI double in the sixth … Final HBP came in the eighth before scoring on a Jack Brooks fielder’s choice … Went 2-for-3 with another HBP in a 15-4 win in game one of a Saturday doubleheader and game two of the series … Drove in two and scored once … Singled in the second before adding a two-RBI base hit in the Ducks’ six-run third inning … Scored on a Justin Cassella three-run home run in the Ducks’ six-run fifth inning after reaching on fourth HBP of the series … In the second game of the doubleheader, added fifth hit-by-pitch of the series in a series-clinching 7-4 win … Capped off a streak of getting hit by a pitch in four straight games in a 12-2 win in the series finale, while going 2-for-4 with an RBI and a pair of runs scored … Singled and drove in a run in UO’s five-run second inning … Hit by a pitch before scoring on a Bryce Boettcher three-run home run in a four-run seventh inning … Singled and scored in the eighth inning … vs. UC Santa Barbara (March 1-3): Walked and scored in Oregon’s nine-run sixth inning in a 16-9 series-finale win … at Grand Canyon (March 5-6): Slashed .667/.667/.889 with a 1.556 OPS … Went 6-for-9 with two doubles and three runs scored … Had three hits in both games of the two-game series sweep … Went 3-for-4 with a run scored in a 9-4 win in game one … Led off the third with a bunt single before scoring on a Drew Smith ground out … Went 3-for-5 with two doubles and two runs scored in a 13-5 win in the finale … Doubled in Oregon’s five-run sixth inning before scoring on a Mason Neville home run … Singled and scored in the seventh inning … Capped the day with another double in the ninth … vs. Portland (March 12): Reached base three times (2-for-3, HBP) with a double and a run scored … Singled in the second, reached on a HBP and scored in the fourth before doubling in the ninth … vs. California (March 15-17): Batted .400 (4-for-10) with two walks and three runs scored in a series win … Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored in a series-evening 5-1 win in game two … Singled and scored in the third to tie the game at one … Singled and scored on a Cassella home run in the fourth … Reached twice (1-for-3, BB) and scored a run in the a series-clinching 10-3 win … Walked and scored on a Cassella double to give UO a 6-1 fourth-inning lead … vs. Seattle (March 27-30): Went 3-for-13 with three runs scored while reaching base three times on free passes (2 BB, 1 HBP) … Had a .375 OBP in the four-game series sweep … Went 1-for-4 with a run scored in Oregon’s 5-4 game-one win … Singled before coming around to score on a wild pitch in the third … Reached base twice (1-for-3, BB) and scored twice in a 9-2 series-clinching win … Led off the third with a bunt single before scoring to tie the game at one … Walked and scored in the Ducks’ four-run eighth inning … Reached base three times (1-for-2, BB, HBP) with an RBI in a 14-7 win in the series finale … Capped Oregon’s two-run second inning with an RBI single … at Portland (April 2): Went 1-for-3 with an RBI, run scored and a pair of walks in a 7-4 win … Singled and scored in the second to put Oregon on top 3-0 … Walked in back-to-back innings, with the second coming with the bases loaded in the sixth inning … at UCLA (April 5-7): Delivered an RBI single before scoring on a Jacob Walsh home run in the four-run fourth inning in an 8-4 game-one win of a series win … vs. Sacramento State (April 9-10): Went 1-for-4 with a double, two RBI and a run scored in game one of the two-game series … Delivered a two-run double before scoring later in the inning on a wild pitch … at Stanford (April 19-21): Batted .400 (4-for-10) while reaching base at a .500 clip (4 H, 2 HBP) with an RBI and a team-high five runs scored … Reached base four times (2-for-3, 2 HBP) with an RBI and three run scored in a 17-5 game-two series-evening win … Scored on a Meggers three-run home run after reaching on first HBP … Singled and plated a run before scoring on a Meggers two-RBI single in the Ducks’ seven-run eighth inning … Added another single in the ninth before scoring on another Meggers RBI, this time a sacrifice fly … Went 2-for-4 with a pair of runs scored in the series finale … Singled and scored on a Cassella home run in a five-run fourth inning … Led off the sixth with a single before scoring on a Walsh double … at San Francisco (April 22): Drove in a season-high five runs while going 2-for-3 with a home run and a run scored in a 7-1 win … Gave Oregon a 2-1 second-inning lead executing a squeeze bunt that scored Boettcher … Drove in two more runs for a 4-1 UO lead with a fourth-inning base hit … Belted first home run of the season, a two-run shot, to cap Oregon’ scoring … vs. #11 Oregon State (April 30): Reached base twice (1-for-3, BB) in a 9-5 win that clinched a season-series split with the Beavers … Reached on an error in the second before scoring on a Boettcher three-run home run … Singled to lead off the fourth and scored on another Boettcher homer … at Washington (May 10-12): Slashed .500/.500/1.083 while finishing the series win with a 1.083 OPS … Went 5-for-12 with five extra-base hits (HR, 4 2B), three RBI and two runs scored … Went 4-for-5 with a home run, two doubles, two RBI and two runs scored in a 13-6 series-evening win in game two of the series … Doubled and scored in the second inning to give UO a 4-1 lead … Slugged second home run of the season, a solo shot, giving Oregon a three-run lead in the fourth … Singled in the sixth … Narrowly missed becoming the first Duck to hit for the cycle since 2010 after getting thrown out at third trying to stretch a double into a triple in the ninth inning … Went 1-for-4 with a double and a run scored in UO’s 5-3 series-clinching win in the finale … Gave Oregon a 2-0 lead in the second with a RBI double … vs. Washington State (May 16-18): Helped Oregon clinch a series sweep going 1-for-3 with a double and two RBI in the series finale … Gave Oregon a 7-3 lead with a two-out, two-run double in the bottom of the fifth … at Pac-12 Tournament (May 22-23): Batted .333 (2-for-6) with a base on balls and a run scored while reaching base at a .429 clip … vs. Utah (May 22): Walked and scored a run … vs. USC (May 23): Went 2-for-4 at the plate … at Santa Barbara Regional (May 31-June 2): Named the Most Valuable Player of the regional after leading the Ducks’ to a 3-0 record while batting .500 (5-for-10) and making a number of stellar plays at third base … Homered, drove in four runs while scoring once and swiping a base … vs. San Diego (May 31): Homered, doubled and drove in three runs while going 2-for-4 with a run scored in a 5-4 (11-inning) win … Belted a leadoff home run in the fifth inning to give UO a 1-0 lead … Made it 3-1 Oregon in the sixth by executing a squeeze bunt … Added an RBI double for a 4-1 lead in the eighth … vs. #18 UC Santa Barbara (June 1-2): Reached base twice (2-for-3) and drove in a run in Oregon’s 2-1 win in the winner’s bracket game … Gave Oregon a 1-0 lead for the second consecutive day with a seventh-inning RBI single … Went 1-for-3 with a stolen base in a 3-0 win in the championship game … Singled and stole a base in the seventh but was stranded … Bryan-College Station Super Regional at #4 Texas A&M (June 8-9): Slashed .429/.500./429 with a .929 OPS … Went 3-for-7 with a RBI, run scored and hit-by-pitch … Reached base three times (2-for-3, HBP) with a run scored in game one … Singled and scored in Oregon’s four-run second inning … Went 1-for-4 with a run batted in in game two … Gave Oregon a 7-2 lead in the third with an RBI single.
2023 SEASON
Played in 19 games (6 starts) as a true freshman … Batted .267 (8-for-30) with two home runs, eight RBI, five runs scored and a double … Reached base at a .333 clip while slugging .500 … Had two 2-hit games with two 3-RBI games … In Pac-12 games, made three starts while playing in 10 games … Batted .313 (5-for-16) with one home run, five RBI and four runs scored … vs. San Diego (March 2-5): Played in two games in the four-game sweep … Made career debut as a defensive replacement at shortstop in the eighth inning of game three … Entered game four as a defensive replacement at short in the top of the eighth before getting first career hit, a bunt single, in the bottom half of the inning in a 5-1 win … vs. #13 UCLA (March 10-12): Entered both games one and three on defense at shortstop … at Washington State (March 17-19): Made first three career starts at shortstop in Oregon’s series win getting hits in all three games … Went 4-for-13 (.308) with a home run, five RBI and three runs scored … In the series opener, went 1-for-4 with a RBI … Picked up first career RBI with a fifth-inning single … Reached base four times (2-for-4, BB, HBP) in a 14-8 game-two come-from-behind win … Singled and scored in Oregon’s five-run fourth inning that gave the Ducks a 7-5 lead … Drew a bases loaded walk in the eighth before scoring on a Gavin Grant grand slam for a 14-7 lead … Added a ninth inning single for his first career multi-hit game … Helped the Ducks overcome a six-run first-inning deficit in the series finale, going 1-for-5 with a home run, three RBI and a run scored … Hit first career home run, a three-run shot, in the top of the seventh to give Oregon a 13-7 lead in an eventual 13-7 win … vs. Northwestern State (March 24-26): Started the first three games in a four-game sweep before suffering an injury that limited participation for a bulk of the remainder of the season … Went 2-for-12 with a home run, double, three RBI and a run scored … Doubled and drove in two runs in the bottom of the first inning in game three to give the Ducks a 6-0 lead … Hit a solo home run in the bottom of the seventh before leaving the game at the end of the inning … vs. Gonzaga (April 25-26): Returned to action in game one of a two-game midweek series sweep … Entered the game as a pinch runner in the bottom of the eighth before playing shortstop in the ninth … at Utah (May 18-20): Entered game two on defense at third base in the bottom of the eighth … Singled in the ninth in a 9-1 win.
HIGH SCHOOL
The No. 247 ranked player in the country by Perfect Game … Viewed as the No. 60 overall shortstop nationally by PG … Rated the No. 28 player in California by PG and No. 219 in the state by Prep Baseball Report … Tabbed as the sixth-ranked shortstop in California by PG and 33rd at the position in the state by PBR … A PG Preseason All-America selection and second-team all-region selection … Earned PG Underclassman Preseason All-America honors and a honorable mention all-region selection as a junior … Named first-team All-Southwestern League during senior season and second-team All-Southwestern League as a junior season … Named to the 2021 17U National Championships and 17U World Series all-tournament teams … A four-year letterman at Murrieta Mesa High School in Murrieta, Calif. … During prep career, batted .397 (83-for-209) with eight home runs, 22 doubles, a triple, 50 RBI and 74 runs scored during his career … Had a .473 OBP, a .626 slugging percentage and a 1.100 OPS … As a senior, hit .391 (25-for-64) with five home runs, eight doubles, 18 RBI, and 23 runs scored … Had a .487 OBP, a .750 slugging percentage, and a 1.237 OPS … Finished with six multi-hit games … Ended with five games with multiple runs scored, including a 3-run game and six multi-RBI games, featuring three 3-RBI performances … As a junior, hit .405 (45-for-111) with three home runs, 11 doubles, a triple, 28 RBI, and 44 runs scored … Finished with 16 multi-hit games, including three 3-hit games … Ended with 14 games with multi-runs scored, featuring five 3-run games … Had six multi-RBI games, including three 3-RBI games and a 4-RBI game … As a sophomore, batted .333 (5-for-15) with two RBI and five runs scored in the COVID-shortened season … As a freshman, started the season on the JV team before getting called up to varsity midseason … On varsity, batted .421 (8-for-19) with three doubles, two RBI and two runs scored … Had a .450 OPS, slugged .578 and finished with a 1.029 OPS.
PERSONAL
Lettered in volleyball during senior year of high school.
2024-25 Oregon Baseball Intro Video
Thursday, June 12
Oregon Baseball | Eugene Regional | Postgame vs. Cal Poly
Saturday, May 31
Oregon Baseball | Eugene Regional | Postgame vs. Utah Valley
Saturday, May 31
Grayson Grinsell & Jacob Walsh | NCAA Selection Show
Monday, May 26
