University of California, Santa Barbara

2012-13
Nate Garth averaged 5.7 points per game and 4.1 assistsper game before he was injured against Long Beach State…Hada season-high 13 points with eight assists against CalPoly…Recorded a career-high nine assists at San Diego Stateand has had eight games where he logged five or moreassists. 

2011-12
The sole senior on the UCSB roster for the 2012-13season, Nate Garth had an up-and-down first year with theGauchos...Averaged 2.8 points, 2.5 assists and 1.5 rebounds pergame...Was third on the team with 76 assists, tops amongreturnees...Had a season-high six assists in wins over Portland andUC Irvine...Garth had five assists against Santa Clara and CalState Fullerton...When he had three or more assists, the Gauchoswere 13-1...His assist-to-turnover ratio was exactly 2-to-1 as hehad 76 assists and 38 turnovers...Scored a season-high 12 points,making all three of his three-point attempts and his only two-pointattempt, in a win at Cal Poly...His next highest scoring game was anine-point effort at UC Irvine...Exactly half of his 28 field goalscame from outside the three-point line...Made just 30.% of hisfield goal attempts and 27.5% from three-point range...Garthstarted the first nine games of the season before coming off thebench in the final 22.

New Mexico
Garth sat out the 2010-11 season as a redshirt after transferringfrom the University of New Mexico...As a sophomore in 2009-10,Garth averaged 4.1 points, 1.6 assists and 1.2 rebounds per gamefor a Lobo team that was ranked among the top-20 virtually allseason and finished with a 30-5 record...He played in 34 of theteam's 35 games, missing one because of illness, and averaged 15.6minutes per contest...As a freshman, Garth averaged 4.1 points, 4.1assists, 1.1 rebounds and 17.8 minutes per game...Was the sixthfreshman in New Mexico history to produce more than 100 assists ina season...Had a career-high 10 assists in a game against Ole Miss,becoming the first Lobo in nearly a decade to produce 10 or moreassists in a game...Had 35 three-point baskets in his two seasonsand made as many as four in a game...In Garth's two years, NewMexico won 52 of 69 games.

High School
Garth graduated from Hamilton High School in Memphis,Tenn....Averaged 24 points and 7 assists per game as asenior...Scored a career-high 37 points in the first game of hissenior season...Had 33 vs. Treadwill HS...His career-high of 15assists came against Golden Sierra HS during his sophomore seasonwhen he was attending Capital Christian High School inSacramento...Was named All-District as a junior at Woodrow WilsonHS in Texas fand All-State as a senior at Hamilton HS inMemphis...Coached by Keelon Lawson at Hamilton HS.

Personal
Nathan Garth was born October 22, 1989 in Sacramento...The son ofLisa Stevenson and Tony Garth...Transferred to UCSB from New Mexicobecause he wanted to 'help a good team become great'...NicknamedNate Boogie...Hobbies include cutting hair, shopping for shoes andcars...Chris Paul is his favorite athlete...Favorite movies includeHoop Dreams and Friday...Roots for the Sacramento Kings and OaklandRaiders...Enjoys watching Martin, Fresh Prince, NBA TV andSportscenter...Would someday like to play professional basketballor coach basketball at the college level...Majoring inanthropology.

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