Karlis Garoza

Height:
6-9
Weight:
230
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Saldus, Latvia
High School:
Liepaja Secondary School

Latvia Men’s National Team
Starting center for Latvia’s U-18 Men's National Team at December 2016 FIBA Europe Championship in Turkey … averaged 10.2 points and 6.5 rebounds per six tournament games … as a member of Latvia’s U-16 National Team, helped squad to silver medal at the 2014 FIBA Europe Championship.

2017-18 (Freshman)
Appeared in 20 of 31 games during first season on campus and averaged 12.0 minutes per appearance … scored career high six points at Hawai’i (Jan. 10) … added five points versus UC?Santa Barbara (Jan. 5) … scored first collegiate points with four at California (Nov. 12) … grabbed career high nine rebounds versus Holy Names?(Nov. 15), eight versus Central Michigan (Nov. 24) and seven versus UC?Santa Barbara.

BK Liepajas Lauvas (Liepajas, Latvia)
Member of club BK Liepajas Lauvas during youth career.

Personal
Son of Rolands and Agita Garoza … has one sister, Ilva Ezerina … majoring in business administration … chose Cal Poly because of its academic reputation, the business program and the weather in the area … career ambitions include playing professionally and running own company … Karlis Edvarts Garoza was born on Sept. 10, 1998 in Saldus, Latvia.