Celebrity Biographies
Garrett Yrigoyen Biography
| Date of Birth: | 1999, February 24 |
|---|---|
| Years: | 21 years |
| Nation of birth: | United States of America |
| Height: | 6 feet 2 inches |
| Name | Garrett Yrigoyen |
| birth name | Garrett Yrigoyen |
| Dad | David Yrigoyen |
| Mother | Barbara Yrigoyen |
| Place of birth / city | America |
| ethnicity | Latin |
| Profession | Baseball player, surgical technology consultant |
| Net worth | $800 thousand |
| eye color | Green |
| Hair color | Light brown |
| face color | fair |
| Famous for | Bachelorette 14 |
| Divorce | kayla cunningham |
| Education | San Joaquin Delta College and University of Nevada |
| tv show | Bachelorette 14 |
Garrett Yrigoyen is an avid baseball player who rose to fame after appearing on the reality show, The Bachelorette season 14. Yrigoyen received the Pink First Impression from the show’s lead, Becca Kufrin and became a trailblazer for the show. He and Kufrin also shared their first kiss at the beginning of the show. Yrigoyen is divorced. He was married to Kayla Cunningham in 2015, but they broke up only after six months for some undisclosed reasons.
Early life and education of Garrett Yrigoyen
Garrett Yrigoyen was born on February 24 , 1999 in the United States. Yrigoyen is Aries, which defines his personality as magnetic and optimistic. His parents Bárbara Yrigoyen and David Yrigoyen raised him in Manteca, California.
Yrigoyen started playing baseball at a very young age. He attended San Joaquin Delta College and then transferred to the University of Nevada, where he earned a general studies degree. He also majored in communications and health sciences.
Garrett Yrigoyen’s career
Before appearing on the reality show, Garrett Yrigoyen began his career as a baseball player. He is an avid baseball player who also played for the Wisconsin Woodchucks during summer league. While in college, he played for the college baseball team as an infielder and a pitcher.
According to some sources, as of 2018, Yrigoyen works as a surgical technology consultant in the healthcare field.
High school
Yrigoyen participated in the reality show, The Bachelorette season 14 which featured Becca Kufrin as a bachelorette along with 27 men who did everything they could to win Kufrin’s heart. The show premiered on May 28 , 2018 on ABC.
Alex Templeman , Blake Horstmann, Clay Harbor, Colton Underwood are some of the contestants on the show.
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On the show, he became the lucky one to receive Kufrin’s First Impression Rose. They also shared their first kiss on the show. Becca told Yrigoyen,
”You made me laugh and you made me feel so comfortable… It gives me a lot of hope for the rest of this.’
She also admitted,
‘Since he pulled up in that minivan, I fell in love with him. I love all.”
In the first episode, he became the favorite of the show.
Garrett Yrigoyen Net Worth-Salary and Income Sources
Garrett Yrigoen has an estimated net worth of one thousand dollars, however the amount has yet to be made official. According to sources, his net worth is around $800k. Yrigoyen earns money from his baseball career and also from the health field where he works as a surgical technology consultant.
Garrett Yrigoyen’s personal life
Garrett Yrigoyen is a divorcee, Yrigoyen was married to his long time girlfriend named Kayla Cunningham on 19th September 2015 in California. The relationship between the couple did not last long and he got divorced on March 25 , 2016 for some undisclosed reasons. After the heartbreaking divorce, Yrigoyen is in El baccalaureate to win Kufrin’s heart. He resides in Reno, Nevada.
In August 2018, Kufrin cast him, and the pair took part in the final episode of The Bachelorette .
Some of his hobbies are sports, swimming, fishing, traveling, snowboarding and wakeboarding among others.
Controversy
Garrett Yrigoyen found himself embroiled in controversy after he liked some offensive posts from his old Instagram account. He deleted his Instagram account but former The Bachelor contestant Ashley Spivey showed all the posts to the public.