Florida Southern College

Career Accolades
ITA All-American (2026 - #10)
SSC Athlete of the Year (2025)
SSC Freshman of the Year (2023)
3x All-SSC First Team (2026 Singles, 2025 Singles, 2024 Doubles)
4x All-SSC Second Team (2026 Doubles, 2025 Doubles, 2024 Singles, 2023 Singles)
3x SSC Player of the Week (3/16/26, 4/20/26, 4/7/25)
ITA Scholar-Athlete (2023-24)
CSC Academic All-America (2024-25)
CSC Academic All-District (2024-25)
SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll (2023-24)
D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award (2023-24)
FSC Program Record for Wins in Single Season (22 - 2025)
FSC Program Record for Wins in a Career (Finished with 76 - breaking 67 previous record)
FSC Career Record: 76-16 Singles, 58-29 Doubles

2025-26
Appeared in 23 of 24 matches as a senior…Won 17 singles matches in 23 appearances while playing primarily at No. 1 singles, including 5 wins vs. ranked opponents…Added 16 doubles wins in 22 matches, all at No. 3 doubles, with 13 same-match singles/doubles wins…Put together a 9-match singles win streak and a 10-match doubles win streak…Earned a 3-set No. 1 singles win Feb. 7 vs. Flagler (6-1, 2-6, 7-5)…Defeated Lynn in straight sets Feb. 14 at No. 1 singles (7-5, 6-3) and also won at No. 3 doubles (6-3)…Beat No. 31 Tommy Cecchetti on March 5 at No. 1 singles (6-2, 6-3)…Rallied past No. 5 Sebastian Rondon on March 15 at No. 1 singles (3-6, 6-2, 6-3)…Won April 16 vs. Embry-Riddle (Fla.) at No. 1 singles over No. 18 Marc Mail (6-4, 6-2) and at No. 3 doubles (6-2)

2024-25
Another incredible season for Garoz, third-striaght with 19+ singles wins...broke single season record of wins in a single season with a 22-3 record...went 3-0 at the #2 court and 19-3 at the #3 court...led the team with three nationally ranked wins...beat No. 72 Soler, No. 21 Kodjoed, and again Kodjoed, then ranked No. 31...finished the season ranked No. 41 in DII singles...went 8-1 in the final 10 matches of the year...went 16-9 in doubles paired with Chris Fok Kow at the #1 court, including five nationally ranked wins...finished ranked No. 18 in doubles. 

2023-24
Another great year for Garoz that nearly broke a program record (20 - Patrick Ney in 1998) set by Garoz last season with team-high 18 singles wins during the season...battled at the #3 court for most of the season with a 6-3 record against nationally-ranked opponents...key wins against No. 1 UIndy for best team win in program history, with singles wins against No. 4 Mississippi College, No. 1 Saint Leo, No. 15 Wingate, and No. 14 Embry-Riddle...paired with Chris Fok Kow for All-SSC First Team Doubles and team-high 14 wins and win over No. 27 ERAU pairing...ended with a No. 67 singles and No. 19 doubles ranking. 

2022-23
Dominant freshman year culminating in the SSC Freshman of the Year honor...finished the season with 19 wins in singles, the most by a freshman since 2009...had a massive win over No. 28 Vincent Thiel...ranked 75th in singles at the end of the season...won 13 straight matches in non-conference play...paired with Ryan Rajakar with a 12-7 record at the #2 court.

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended IES Ortega y Gasset in Madrid, Spain.

PERSONAL
Son of Jesús Garoz Ayuso and Sandra Romero Badía...has one sibling, Claudia...favorite team is Atletico de Madrid for soccer and his favorite athlete is Rafael Nadal...in his free time, he enjoys paddling...majoring in Business Administration.