2025 - Senior

• Secured five kills and five digs while starting in the season opener against South Dakota State (8/29/25)
• Played in all four sets while collecting five digs, one kill, and an ace versus Vanderbilt (8/31/25)
• Notched a season-most eight digs – in addition to two kills, two aces, and two assists – at Notre Dame (9/5/25)
• Collected four kills and seven digs at #3 Louisville (9/7/25)

2024 - Junior

• Hit .231 with eight kills while adding a pair of digs, a pair of assists and a block against Cincinnati (8/30/24)
• Amassed six kills, five digs, a pair of aces and a pair of blocks at Bowling Green (8/31/24)
• Tallied a team-high 12 kills and seven digs against Illinois State (9/3/24)
• Notched eight kills, three assists and a solo block against Toledo (9/6/24)
• Posted her first double-double with 11 kills and 10 digs at Iowa State (9/7/24)
• Earned seven kills two assists, three digs and an ace against Wake Forest (9/8/24) 
• Playing in all four sets, tallied an ace, 16 kills, two assists and four digs while playing #24 Dayton (9/13/24)
• Logged 12 digs, 17 kills for a double-double against WKU (9/14/24)
• Tallied 12 kills, four block assists, an ace and eight digs all while playing Missouri (9/20/24)
• Posted eight kills, three aces and four digs at Lipscomb (9/21/24)
• Recorded six kills, five digs and a block at #11 Oregon (9/27/24)
• Earned 10 digs, six kills, two aces and a block at Washington (9/28/24)
• Amassed 11 kills, four digs, two assists and an ace while playing #2 Nebraska (10/3/24)
• Recorded 11 kills, four digs and two aces playing Northwestern (10/6/24)
• Recorded eight kills, four digs and two block assists in a match at Michigan (10/11/24)
• Dished out 10 kills, four digs and three aces playing at Michigan State (10/12/24)
• Earned 12 kills, six digs and a block assist playing Indiana (10/16/24)
• Recorded five kills and digs, an ace and a block assist in a match against Maryland (10/20/24)
• Tallied 11 digs, six kills, two assists and a block assist at #2 Nebraska. (10/25/24)
• Earned 12 kills, seven digs and an assist in a match at Iowa (10/27/24)
• Logged seven digs and five kills at Northwestern (11/1/24)
• Recorded eight kills and three digs in a match against Wisconsin (11/3/24)
• Posted with 16 kills, six block assists, five digs and an assist against #20 USC (11/8/24)
• Amassed 11 kills, four digs and two block assists against Ohio State (11/9/24)
• Recorded eight kills, three digs and two assists at #4 Penn State (11/15/24)
• Accumulated eight kills, six digs, two aces and a block at#8 Purdue  (11/17/24)
• Tallied six kills, three digs, two block assists and a solo block in a match with Rutgers (11/22/24)
• Recorded eight digs, six kills, two assists and an ace against UCLA (11/23/24)
• Amassed 12 digs, eight kills, two aces and a block against #15 Minnesota (11/27/24)
• Logged nine kills, five digs, three blocks and an assist at Indiana (11/29/24)
• Hit .324 with 14 kills, adding a pair of blocks and seven digs in NCAA Tournament match against [8] UNI (12/6/24)

2023 - Sophomore // at Northwestern

• Played in 25 matches, making nine starts
• Amassed double-digit kills on 14 separate occasions
• Tallied a season-best 21 kills against Indiana (10/29/23)
• Added a pair of assists at Northeastern (9/9/23)
• Logged a season-best 14 digs against the Hoosiers (10/29/24)
• Posted four aces against Illinois (11/25/24)
• Tallied three blocks at Penn State (11/28/24)

2022 - Freshman // at Northwestern

• Tallied 15 kills, 11 digs, and nine aces as a first-year
• Recorded her first kill in her first collegiate action against Northeastern (8/27/22)
• Tallied six kills against Rutgers (10/7/22)
• Had three aces against Purdue (10/28/22)
• Notched three kills on six attempts against Ohio St. (11/4/22)

High School

• Nominated for 2020 Gatorade Player of the Year
• 2018, 2019, and 2020 All-State selection
• 2018, 2019, and 2020 First Team All-Conference
• Big 12 Scholar Athlete
• 2018 and 2019 Lincoln Invite All-Tournament Team
• Four-year letter winner
• Two-time captain
• Holds both single-season and career kill records at Normal West
• Over 1,000 career high school kills
• Led team to Regional Championship in 2018 and 2021
• Played seven seasons for Illini Elite Volleyball Club
• Ranked 35th best played in class of 2022 by Prep Volleyball

 
Personal

• Parents are Johnny and Hilarie Hernandez
• Father played basketball at Eastern Illinois
• Mother played volleyball at UIC
• Sister Sydnie plays volleyball at Bowling Green