Dee Dee Hernandez Season 2024

Through 2024 season

Honors
* All-Mountain West First Team (2024)
* Mountain West All-Tournament Team (2023)
* All-Mountain West Second Team (2022)
* Two-time Mountain West Player of the Week (March 25, 2024 and April 29, 2024)
* Two-time Mountain West Freshman of the Week (March 1, 2022 and March 30, 2022)

2024 SEASON - JUNIOR
Named to the All-Mountain West First Team for the first time in her career… Started five of her 31 appearances, finishing 10-4 with a team-leading 2.65 ERA across 74 innings… Struck out 40 hitters while walking just 17… Earned three saves… Opposing hitters had a .267 average when facing Hernandez, the lowest on the team… Did not allow a run across five appearances from Feb. 9-17, pitching 10 1/3 innings, allowing nine hits and one walk while striking out nine, with a season-high five strikeouts coming against Minnesota on Feb. 9… Allowed just two earned runs during a 13-game stretch from March 2-April 14, allowing 22 hits while striking out 16 hitters across 31 1/3 innings… Earned Mountain West Pitcher of the Week honors on March 25 after throwing 10 1/3 scoreless innings at Fresno State, allowing just five hits while striking out four… Won conference Pitcher of the Week accolades again on April 29 after allowing just three runs over 10 1/3 innings against Nevada, going 1-1, while the rest of the typically strong Aztec pitching staff faltered.

2023 SEASON - SOPHOMORE
Started two of her 36 appearances, finishing 8-3 with a 4.15 ERA across 82 1/3 innings... Struck out 61 hitters to just seven walks... Posted a career-high six saves... Did not allow an earned run over a 14 2/3 inning stretch from Feb. 9-Feb. 17 in which she struck out ten hitters while allowing just ten hits... Allowed just one baserunner and no runs over four innings against Boston University on March 4 and Minnesota on March 7... Had back-to-back scoreless outings against UNLV and at Nevada on April 12 and 15, allowing just two hits while striking out four... Struck out five in 5 2/3 scoreless innings across three games from April 22-28... Pitched 16 2/3 scoreless innings across seven appearances from May 5 through the Mountain West Tournament and the NCAA Regionals... During that span, tallied 12 strikeouts against no walks while earning the win in the Mountain West Championship game against San Jose State on May 13 and was named to the Mountain West All-Tournament Team.

2022 SEASON - FRESHMAN
Appeared in 31 games and started in seven … Pitched a total of 85 innings and earned nine wins … Had an ERA of 1.98 with 68 strikeouts to just 11 walks … Limited opposing hitters to a .252 batting average and posted three saves ... Had a perfect fielding percentage of 1.000 with 11 assists … Threw at least three innings in 17 appearances throughout the season ... Recorded a season-high eight  strikeouts in a game against CSUN on Feb. 17 ... Gave up just one hit and no runs over five innings with four strikeouts in a win over UC Davis on Feb. 24 ... Threw a season-high 6.2 innings at Fresno State on March 27, and gave up just two runs while striking out six.

CLUB BALL
Played her club ball for Panthers Gold for coaches Chris and Ivette Hernandez.

HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered four times at Crescenta Valley High School in La Crescenta, California ... Named a 2019 Max Prep Sophomore All-American … Was the 2019 CIF D3 Player of the year … Pitched one no-hitter … Named to the 2019 Cal-Hi Sports All State Underclassman First-Team … Named the 2019 Daily News Pitcher of the Year and the 2019 LA Times Girls Athlete of the Year … Named the 2018 all-area freshman of the year … Was a first-team all-CIF D3 selection in 2018 ... A three-time Pacific League Pitcher of the Year (2018, 2019 and 2021) … Named a 2021 D1 all-CIF pick and 2021 Daily News all-area selection … Played in the PGF High School All-American game … Led the Falcons to three Pacific League titles (2018, 2019 and 2021) … Team was the 2019 CIF D3 champion … For her career was 25-3 with a 0.42 ERA in the circle with a .556 batting average and 19 doubles at the plate in 2018.

PERSONAL
Desiree Denise Hernandez was born Jan. 25, 2003, in Glendale, California ... Daughter of Chris and Maria Hernandez … Aunt, Ivette Hernandez, played softball at Utah … Picked San Diego State over Arizona State, Florida State, Oregon, California, Stanford, Utah, Wisconsin, Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State, California Baptist, Utah Valley and Delaware State … Has yet to declare a major... Lists Derek Jeter, Michael Jordan, Kellani Ricketts, and Aztec assistant coach Rachel Garcia as her favorite athletes.