2017-18: team captain for third year...led team with 79.3 stroke average...first team all-WIAC for third consecutive season...earned WGCA all-Central Region honors...Academic All-District...WIAC Scholar-Athlete...fourth at WIAC Championship (80-74-82 - 236)...set school record 70 in the opening round of the Wartburg College Fall Invitational, then followed up with a 75 the next day to set a school 36-hole mark of 145...played 16 rounds in eight meets, never finishing any lower than 13th, and five times finishing fourth or better...second at the Mad Dawg Invitational (78-79 - 157) and third at the Wartburg College Fall Invitational (70-75 - 145)....captured fourth place finishes at the UW-River Falls Invitational (86) the UW-Oshkosh Titan Classic 84-81 - 165) and the conference championship...closed out career with stroke average of 81.9, second on the school's all-time list...2016-17: team captain...led team with 80.5 stroke average...earned WGCA all-Central Region honors...Spring: shot 76-84-83-83 (326) to finish 46th at NCAA Division III Championship...shot under 80 in four of five matches...captured first at UW-Stout Spring Invitational, hitting a 77...third at rain-shortened Carleton Spring Invitational (78)..Fall: first team All-WIAC...earned WIAC athlete of the week honors, Sept. 20, after hitting 75-76 - 151 to finish fifth at D3 Midwest Classic...played in all 12 rounds of season, six tournaments...shot a season and career best 75 at first day of D3 Classic...shot best round of 151 (75-76) at D3 Classic...broke 80 on two consecutive tournaments...placed first at UWRF Triangular, scoring an 83...placed second overall at WIAC Championship shooting 239 (85-78-76)... 2015-16: team captain...earned first team all-WIAC honors...tied for fifth at WIAC Championship (84-80-87 - 251)...Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholar...broke 80 in two consecutive rounds in dual with UW-River Falls, hitting a career-low 77 on the first day and a 78 on the second day to win the event...finished third at season-opening UW-Oshkosh Invitational (84-78 - 162)...played in all 10 events, over 18 rounds, finished with a stroke average of 83.1...selected UW-Stout/Northwestern Mutual Athlete of the Week after conference meet...hit hole-in-one during practice round on Sept. 2, acing the 131-yard, par-3 11th hole at Whitetail Golf Club...2014-15: led Stout at NCAA DIII Championship on first day, with a career-low 80, finished tied for 36th (80-84-83-84 - 331)...played all varsity matches in the spring....finished 16th at Carleton Invitational...played as individual at WIAC Championship, finished 13th...competed in seven meets, 16 rounds....stroke average of 84.8...High School: Golf Coaches Association of Wisconsin (GCAW) all-state honorable mention...three-time GCAW academic all-state...two-time all-Big Eight Conference honorable mention...finished tied for 31st at 2013 WIAA Division I golf tournament...placed fourth at 2013 Big Eight Conference meet...high school team placed second at 2013 state tournament, school's best state finish...shot career-low 78 at 2013 Morgan-Stanley Shootout, helping Verona to team title...four-year letterwinner...team won Wisconsin Dells Invitational, Green Bay Notre Dame Invitational...team was runner-up at conference tournament in 2012 and 2013...Personal: enjoys reading, writing, crocheting, golfing, outside activities...Parents: Rob and Gina Hernandez

FAVORITE THINGS
Favorite Color:  Blue
Favorite Book: The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
Favorite Class: GEM Classes or Accounting
Favorite Food: Oatmeal
Favorite Movie: Bad Moms
Favorite Quote: “Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated; it satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time rewarding and maddening - and it is without a doubt the greatest game mankind has ever invented.”- Arnold Palmer
Favorite Genre of Music: Pop
Favorite Card/Board Game: Euchre and Golf
Favorite High School Athletics Memory: Taking runner up as a team at State my senior year
Favorite Professional Golfer: Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth, Lexi Thompson

STOUT FACTS
Why did you decide to come to Stout? To play golf and study GEM
What team and individual goals have you set for this year? Win Conference 2 years in a row and get back to nationals because it is in the same place as where it was my freshman year!
Favorite Blue Devils Athletics Memory: Going to Nationals my freshman year and last year
What do you like the most so far during your time at UW-Stout? Meeting new friends and having this team to call my family

FUN FACTS
Where did you work this past summer? Wisconsin State Golf Association
What TV show would you like to guest star on? Greys Anatomy
If you could have dinner with one famous person, dead or alive, who would it be?  Arnold Palmer
Who would play you in a movie about your life?   Jennifer Lawrence
What is your dream job?  Something to do with tournament administration
What one item would you bring with you on a deserted island? A boat full of gas to get off said island
When you are not participating in your sport what do you like to do? Workout, Run, Watch Netflix, Crochet
 
SPORT FUN FACTS
What part of your game did you work on this off-season?  My short game, I want to be more consistent putting and around the greens
What is your pre-competition ritual? On the range, I hit my pitching wedge, then 7 iron, then 5 iron, then my hybrid, then wood, then driver and lastly a few shots with my 8 iron.
Are you superstitious about anything? I always play Titleist 7’s with blue dots by the numbers and my initials on it
What do you look for in a good teammate? People who are supportive and will push you to get better. It is important that even if you might not travel a weekend to keep working hard and focused because it will help the team in the long run.