The 6-foot-6 Garino, spent the last four seasons at George Washington University. He capped off his senior season with a bang as he helped lead the Colonials to the 2016 NIT Championship– where he was named to the All-Tournament Team.
While at GWU, he earned Atlantic 10 All-Defensive Team and the All-Conference

Second Team honors after averaging 14.1 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.37 steals in 32.0 minutes, while shooting .510 from the field and .430 from 3-point range.
Garino was named to the Atlantic 10 All-Defensive Team in three consecutive years.