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Ainhoa Garcia Velasco
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 5-3
- Eligibility:
- Y-2
- Hometown:
- Madrid, Spain
- High School:
- IES Jose Garcia Nieto
- Prev School:
- Life
EMU: Comes to Ypsilanti after one collegiate season at Life… Member of the Spanish national team that captured the 2024 European Championship… Brings a wealth of football experience as she played both flag and American football from an early age.
LIFE: Played one year at Life University (Marrietta, Ga.) before transferring to Eastern Michigan… 2026: Helped the Running Eagles to an 11-6 record and a 6-3 mark in Sun Conference play… Life reached the semifinals of the Sun Conference Tournament before falling to top-seeded and eventual undefeated national champion Warner… The loss in the semifinals snapped a six-game winning streak… Appeared in 12 games and finished third on the team in tackles with 54 and was third in TFLs with 3.0 while adding 1.0 sacks… Tallied three pass breakups as well.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from IES Jose Garcia Nieto in Madrid… Competed for clubs programs as Spanish schools don’t sponsor athletic teams… Participated in Taekwondo, basketball, soccer, volleyball, and roller skating at the club level… Placed in the U19 Mixed Tackle Football National Championship Final… Was the first woman to play for the Madrid regional team… Played football from a young age and was earned the U13 Mixed Flag Football Breakout Player Award and the Cadet American Football Defensive MVP honor from her team… Named to national teams for flag football twice for the U15 squad… U17 National and Madrid champions in 2022-23 as well as the U19 Mixed American Football teams… Added a national title in American football in 2023-24 and a Madrid title in U17 flag football… Also helped Spain to the U17 European Championship in 2023-24.
PERSONAL: Full name: Ainhoa García Velasco… Pronounced EYE-no-uh… Daughter of Jesús García and Arantza Velasco… Has two brothers, Gorka and Íñigo… Physics major.
LIFE: Played one year at Life University (Marrietta, Ga.) before transferring to Eastern Michigan… 2026: Helped the Running Eagles to an 11-6 record and a 6-3 mark in Sun Conference play… Life reached the semifinals of the Sun Conference Tournament before falling to top-seeded and eventual undefeated national champion Warner… The loss in the semifinals snapped a six-game winning streak… Appeared in 12 games and finished third on the team in tackles with 54 and was third in TFLs with 3.0 while adding 1.0 sacks… Tallied three pass breakups as well.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from IES Jose Garcia Nieto in Madrid… Competed for clubs programs as Spanish schools don’t sponsor athletic teams… Participated in Taekwondo, basketball, soccer, volleyball, and roller skating at the club level… Placed in the U19 Mixed Tackle Football National Championship Final… Was the first woman to play for the Madrid regional team… Played football from a young age and was earned the U13 Mixed Flag Football Breakout Player Award and the Cadet American Football Defensive MVP honor from her team… Named to national teams for flag football twice for the U15 squad… U17 National and Madrid champions in 2022-23 as well as the U19 Mixed American Football teams… Added a national title in American football in 2023-24 and a Madrid title in U17 flag football… Also helped Spain to the U17 European Championship in 2023-24.
PERSONAL: Full name: Ainhoa García Velasco… Pronounced EYE-no-uh… Daughter of Jesús García and Arantza Velasco… Has two brothers, Gorka and Íñigo… Physics major.
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