West Virginia University Athletics

West Virginia (2022-23)

• Enrolled at WVU for spring semester but did not compete

Prior to West Virginia

• Started 29 of 30 games played last season at Manhattan, where he averaged 18.9 points, 3.2 rebounds and 4.5 assists
• Earned First Team All-MAAC honors 
• Led the MAAC in scoring and in free throws made (182) and was second in assists (136)
• Had 14 games of 20 or more points
• Had 27 points at home against Iona, including the game-winning basket with less than five seconds to play 
• Scored a MAAC-best and season-high 38 points at Niagara (season-high seven 3-point field goals) 
• Had 12 assists versus Manhattanville
• Scored 21 against Rider in the MAAC Tournament
• Played the 2020-21 season at Marquette, where he played in 10 games 
• Scored a season-high eight points at DePaul and had five points in the victory at North Carolina
• Spent his first two seasons at Gardner-Webb, where he helped the Bulldogs to the 2019 Big South Championship
• In his sophomore season, he averaged 15.2 points, 6.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game 
• Reached double figures on 18 occasions, including hitting for at least 20 points or more on four occasions
• Hit a then-career high 35 points against Winthrop and had a season-high 11 rebounds against UT Martin
• As a freshman, he broke the Gardner-Webb single-season freshmen scoring record for the Division I era with 526 points, averaging 15.1 points per game
• Reached double figures in scoring 29 times, playing in all 35 games with 26 starts 
• Was one of only two freshmen in Division I to record a triple-double that season, along with Duke’s R.J. Barrett
• Had 17 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists against Savannah State 
• Had a team-best 19 points in the NCAA Tournament opener vs. eventual national champion Virginia
• Has played in 97 career games, starting 76 during his collegiate career 
• For his career, he has scored 1,460 points, grabbed 444 rebounds and dished out 338 assists
• Played a postgraduate season at Putnam Science Academy (Conn.), where he led the Mustangs to a 38-4 record, a No. 1 national prep school ranking and the program’s first-ever National Prep Championship 
• Led Putnam Science in scoring at 18.8 ppg with 5.2 rpg and 3.7 apg 
• Played his prep basketball at Wings Academy, where he was a two-time All-New York City and NYSSWA All-State selection 
• Earned Second Team All-New York City honors as a senior, averaging 23.4 points per game and 7.8 rebounds per game en route to garnering All-State honors
• Played on the U17 Dominican Republic Junior National Team in 2015 and on the U18 Dominican Republic Junior National Team in 2016

Personal

• Son of Juana Hernandez
• Birthday is Oct. 14
• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
• Graduated with a Regents Bachelor of Arts degree