Fresno State Athletics
2020 Softball Roster
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Hernandez, Vanessa M.
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Jersey Number 23
Vanessa M. Hernandez
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Sanger HS
- Hometown:
- Sanger, Calif.
Bio
FRESNO STATE ACCOLADES
• 2021 NFCA All-Region Second Team
2023 (Fifth Year) Appeared in 24 games with 23 starts for the Bulldogs … recorded 12 hits including three doubles and three home runs … logged 15 RBIs … drew nine walks … scored five runs.
2022 (Senior): Played in 41 games with 35 starts as the Bulldogs’ primary first baseman … finished the season with a .240 batting average … tallied 23 hits … logged 15 RBIs … scored 10 runs … drew 21 walks … recorded four doubles and one home run … had a .367 on base percentage … registered a .983 fielding percentage … had hits in 17 games including five with multiple hits … had a season-high game in the win over San Jose State (April 2) going 3-for4 with two RBIs and two extra-base hits.
2021 (Junior): Played in 40 games and chalked 38 starts … recorded 33 hits … logging eight multi-hit games … drew a conference-high 26 walks … finished the season with an overall batting average of .330 … scored 22 runs and brought in 29 … owned a team-high .570 slugging percentage and a .469 on base percentage … had a career-high three hits in the 6-0 victory over Nevada (April 24) … named the MW Player of the Week on March 9 after leading the Bulldogs to a 3-0 weekend at the Judi Garman Classic with .625 (5-for-8) batting average, 2.000 slugging percentage and a .750 on base percentage … named to the NFCA All-Region Second Team.
2020 (Sophomore): Played in 17 games and earned eight starts as a designated player ... recorded nine hits, eight runs and 10 RBIs ... logged one stolen base.
2019 (Freshman): Started and played in 56 of 57 games at shortstop ... hit ninth in 36 games with the team going 25-11 in those contests ... hit .246 with 3 home runs, 19 RBIs, and 23 runs scored ... after a slow start hit .308 over the last 29 games of the season ... had a .392 slugging percentage and .342 on-base percentage ... had five multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games, driving in three runs in three different games ... had three RBIs in two of the last five games of the season, tallying a three-run triple against Boise State and homering and driving in three against UC Riverside in the NISC ... hit .269 with 10 RBIs in MW games ... hit 4-for-6 (.667) on the season with the bases loaded ... scored runs in 20 games, scoring twice in games against Santa Clara and Nevada ... had a seven-game reached base streak and a four-game hitting streak ... tied for third on the team with five sacrifice bunts ... was 1-for-1 in stolen base attempts with a steal against Cal Poly ... drew 18 walks and was hit by a pitch once ... ranked second on the team with 83 assists and had 95 putouts defensively
High School: Played four seasons for coach Erica Pennington at Sanger HS ... named the County/Metro Athletic Conference (CMAC) Offensive Player of the Year as a junior as she led the school to the Valley championship game for the first time ... played in the City County All-Star game at Margie Wright Diamond as a senior and earned the Jenny Eller Most Inspirational Player Award ... nominated for Cal-Hi Sports All-State team in 2018 ... as a junior hit .595 with a .625 on-base percentage in 2017, recording 8 home runs, 31 RBIs, and 47 hits in just 25 games played ... hit .506 with 35 runs and 27 RBIs as a senior while striking out only four times in 96 plate appearances ... led the team to a 21-11-1 overall record as a junior ... as a freshman hit .415 and as a sophomore hit .379 ... added 17 stolen bases as a freshman and had 34 steals in her career while being caught stealing only one time .. two-year team captain ... also recruited by Nebraska, Loyola Marymount, San Jose State, and CSUN ... also played basketball for Sanger HS and was the CMAC Player of the Year as a junior while breaking the school record for career blocks
Personal: Listed as Vanessa M. Hernandez to differentiate from senior outfielder Vanessa Hernandez ... Parents are Virginia Garza and Carlos Hernandez ... has two younger brothers, Jacob and Justin ... first in her family to play college sports ... chose Fresno State because of the great coaches and staff. She loves the hype and getting to play close to home and she loves winning ... majoring in business with a minor in criminology
• 2021 NFCA All-Region Second Team
2023 (Fifth Year) Appeared in 24 games with 23 starts for the Bulldogs … recorded 12 hits including three doubles and three home runs … logged 15 RBIs … drew nine walks … scored five runs.
2022 (Senior): Played in 41 games with 35 starts as the Bulldogs’ primary first baseman … finished the season with a .240 batting average … tallied 23 hits … logged 15 RBIs … scored 10 runs … drew 21 walks … recorded four doubles and one home run … had a .367 on base percentage … registered a .983 fielding percentage … had hits in 17 games including five with multiple hits … had a season-high game in the win over San Jose State (April 2) going 3-for4 with two RBIs and two extra-base hits.
2021 (Junior): Played in 40 games and chalked 38 starts … recorded 33 hits … logging eight multi-hit games … drew a conference-high 26 walks … finished the season with an overall batting average of .330 … scored 22 runs and brought in 29 … owned a team-high .570 slugging percentage and a .469 on base percentage … had a career-high three hits in the 6-0 victory over Nevada (April 24) … named the MW Player of the Week on March 9 after leading the Bulldogs to a 3-0 weekend at the Judi Garman Classic with .625 (5-for-8) batting average, 2.000 slugging percentage and a .750 on base percentage … named to the NFCA All-Region Second Team.
2020 (Sophomore): Played in 17 games and earned eight starts as a designated player ... recorded nine hits, eight runs and 10 RBIs ... logged one stolen base.
2019 (Freshman): Started and played in 56 of 57 games at shortstop ... hit ninth in 36 games with the team going 25-11 in those contests ... hit .246 with 3 home runs, 19 RBIs, and 23 runs scored ... after a slow start hit .308 over the last 29 games of the season ... had a .392 slugging percentage and .342 on-base percentage ... had five multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games, driving in three runs in three different games ... had three RBIs in two of the last five games of the season, tallying a three-run triple against Boise State and homering and driving in three against UC Riverside in the NISC ... hit .269 with 10 RBIs in MW games ... hit 4-for-6 (.667) on the season with the bases loaded ... scored runs in 20 games, scoring twice in games against Santa Clara and Nevada ... had a seven-game reached base streak and a four-game hitting streak ... tied for third on the team with five sacrifice bunts ... was 1-for-1 in stolen base attempts with a steal against Cal Poly ... drew 18 walks and was hit by a pitch once ... ranked second on the team with 83 assists and had 95 putouts defensively
High School: Played four seasons for coach Erica Pennington at Sanger HS ... named the County/Metro Athletic Conference (CMAC) Offensive Player of the Year as a junior as she led the school to the Valley championship game for the first time ... played in the City County All-Star game at Margie Wright Diamond as a senior and earned the Jenny Eller Most Inspirational Player Award ... nominated for Cal-Hi Sports All-State team in 2018 ... as a junior hit .595 with a .625 on-base percentage in 2017, recording 8 home runs, 31 RBIs, and 47 hits in just 25 games played ... hit .506 with 35 runs and 27 RBIs as a senior while striking out only four times in 96 plate appearances ... led the team to a 21-11-1 overall record as a junior ... as a freshman hit .415 and as a sophomore hit .379 ... added 17 stolen bases as a freshman and had 34 steals in her career while being caught stealing only one time .. two-year team captain ... also recruited by Nebraska, Loyola Marymount, San Jose State, and CSUN ... also played basketball for Sanger HS and was the CMAC Player of the Year as a junior while breaking the school record for career blocks
Personal: Listed as Vanessa M. Hernandez to differentiate from senior outfielder Vanessa Hernandez ... Parents are Virginia Garza and Carlos Hernandez ... has two younger brothers, Jacob and Justin ... first in her family to play college sports ... chose Fresno State because of the great coaches and staff. She loves the hype and getting to play close to home and she loves winning ... majoring in business with a minor in criminology
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