Texas State Athletics

2023: Played in 46 games with 34 starts... Made 23 starts at third base and 11 at second base... Batted .201 (27-for-134)... Hit five home runs and four doubles... Finished with 25 RBI and 14 runs... Drew seven walks and was hit by a pitch twice... Laid down four sacrifice bunts... Was 2-for-2 stealing bases... Posted a .942 fielding percentage with 60 assists, 38 putouts and six errors... Went 1-for-4 with a run scored against Northwestern (2/17)... Drove in two runs and swiped a base against Northwestern (2/18)... Hit a three-run homer against Northwestern (2/19)... Smashed a two-run long ball against Oral Roberts (2/25)... Hit a solo shot against Oral Roberts (2/26)... Had a double at Grand Canyon (3/3)... Went 3-for-4 with a RBI and double against #11 TCU (3/14)... Posted 2-for-3 day with a run scored against Southern Miss (3/19)... Drove in a run with two hits at Coastal Carolina (3/25)... Hit a three-run home run against Arkansas State (4/1)... Went 2-for-4 with three RBI and scored once at South Alabama (4/6)... Plated two run at #19 Texas (4/11)... Recorded two singles at UTSA (4/18)... Hit a two-run double at Old Dominion (4/29)... Was 2-for-4 with a three-run homer, scored twice and recorded a double against Incarnate Word (5/2)... Scored a run versus Louisaina (5/26).

2022: Played in two games... Recorded one at-bat... Made collegiate debut as defensive replace at second base in the ninth inning at ULM (5/6)... Appeared as a pinch hitter at ULM (5/7).

High School: Graduated from Cedar Park High School... Named 2021 USA Today Male Athlete of the Year... Selected 2021 Austin American-Statesman Player of the Year... Earned 2021 THSBCA 5A Academic All-State honors... Selected all-state second team at shortstop as a senior... Named 2021 All-District 25-5A First Team at shortstop... Picked to play in the 2021 Austin Area Baseball Coaches Associaton All-State Game... Batted .347 with 40 RBI, five home runs and 28 stolen bases as a senior... Was a 2019 Austin American-Statesman All-CenTex Honorable Mention selection... Picked to 2018 All-District 19-5A Second Team... Also the football team's starting quarterback... Threw for 9,660 yards, 54 touchdowns and a 61.1 completion percentage in his prep career... Helped lead the Timberwolves to the UIL 5A Division I State Championship Game as a senior.

Personal: Son of Rikk and Rachel Hernandez... Has two younger sisters, Ridgley and Roen... Hobbies include fishing and playing video games... Chose Texas State over Incarnate Word, Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado and Sam Houston... Majoring in economics... Born May 7, 2002.