In third year of Academy, insisted on taking the Kobayashi Maru simulator test 14 times before finally admitting it was a "no-win scenario."
During midshipman training cruise in 2266, aboard U.S.S. Defiant (NCC-1764), risked life to carry four unconscious officers out of danger to safety during skirmish with two Klingon battle cruisers.
First assignment after Academy was security detail aboard U.S.S. Enterprise. Received assignment at request of Enterprise captain James T. Kirk, who served with his father, Captain Joseph Garrovick, aboard the U.S.S. Farragut, 2254-2257. Ensign Garrovick was in security detail that encountered dikironium cloud creature on Argus X. Garrovick assisted Captain Kirk in baiting and destroying cloud creature on surface of the planet.
Family: Mother, Jeanne, resident Tycho City, Luna; Father, Starfleet Captain Joseph Garrovick (deceased 2257)