[8] Garcia also played softball, soccer, volleyball, ran cross country and track and field in high school.
[9] Garcia's collegiate career began with high scoring games of 46 and 40 points in her first year as a college player.
[12][13] "At Dodge City, Garcia earned All-America honors and was ranked as one of the top junior college swing guards in the country when she averaged 28 points and five rebounds per game as a sophomore in 1984–85.
[17] Friends University Lady Falcons won the KCAC conference and made the NAIA National Tournament.
[7] Garcia was a multi-sport athlete in college; she also played softball, soccer, ran cross country and track.
[28][29] She is quoted several times and highlighted with five photos and a three-page spread in the 2017 best-selling book and documentary film The Vision: The Untold Story of the Women's Basketball Association by Lightning Ned Mitchell.
[35] Garcia, her Kansas City Mustangs undefeated team, Kansas Crusaders Championship team and the entire Women's Basketball Association have a permanent display at The Black Archives of Mid-America Women's Pro Basketball Hall of Fame.
[38] Garcia, a lifelong scholar, has earned the following academic degrees and diplomas:[39] Lastly, Garcia is currently working on the following degrees: At Arizona State, she was inducted into the Arizona State Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi for her academic and scholarly achievement in May 2014.
[48] In addition to her post-secondary degrees, research and teaching, she has several publications, including her Guide to Coaching Youth Basketball.
[60][61] She released a Kindle book titled "Consumer Health Awareness: A Guide to Intelligent Decisions for Selecting Integrative Holistic Medicine" in 2018.