2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster
Biography
GRADUATE STUDENT (2025-26)
- Appeared in 32 games while making 17 starts during his final collegiate season for the Toreros
- Averaged 9.8 points in 24.8 minutes, which ranked fourth and third on the team, respectively
- Ranked second on the team in assists (93) and rebounds (114)
- Recorded both of his 20-point games in a three game stretch, netting 20 points against Santa Clara (January 24) and 21 against Oregon State (January 31)
- Logged a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds at San Francisco (January 2)
- Registered a team-high 17 points and five assists in the team’s 66-62 win against LMU (CA) (March 5) during the WCC Tournament
SENIOR (2024-25 - WESTMONT COLLEGE)
- Set single-season scoring record in both the program and league by averaging 27.9 ppg which led all of NCAA DI-III
- Named D2CCA First Team All-American while at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, Calif.
- Graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Business and Economics
- Named PacWest Conference Male Athlete of the Year and PacWest MBB Player of the Year
- Winner of the inaugural WESPY for Player of the Year
- Shot 56.0% from the field (led PacWest), 31.5% from three, 78.6% from the free throw line
- Fourth in all of DII with 37.9 mpg (40+ seven times) and second in the division with 18.3 fga, also led DII in points in the paint per game with 16.2
- Averaged 5.3 rebounds, tallied 105 assists and led team with 56 steals
- Scored a single-game program record 51 points on Feb. 8 in an overtime win at home against Point Loma
- Had eight games with at least 30 points
- Scored less than 20 points only three times in 27 games
- Broke Westmont's single-season scoring record with 752 total points on Feb. 19 against Vanguard, scoring 22 points on his senior night
- Led Westmont to its first ever berth in the PacWest Tournament
JUNIOR (2023-24 - WESTMONT COLLEGE)
- Appeared in all 28 games, making 27 starts in his first year at Westmont
- Second-leading scorer on the team, averaging 13.6 ppg, only his older brother, Anthony, scored more
- The team's leading threat from beyond the arc, making a team-best 46 of 121 from three-point range (.380)
- Shot 76.3% from the charity stripe and averaged 3.6 rpg, credited with 52 assists, 32 steals, and four blocks
- Scored a season-high 28 points on Feb. 21 at Point Loma in San Diego
- Scored in double-figures in 20 of 28 games
FRESHMAN, SOPHOMORE (2021-22, 2022-23, - VENTURA COLLEGE)
- Played first two seasons of collegiate ball at Ventura College in the California Community College Athletic Association
- Was named First Team All-Western State-North League in both seasons
- Helped the Pirates to league titles in back-to-back years
- Averaged 18 ppg, six rebounds and four assists overall
- Scored in double figures in all 24 games as a sophomore, posting 30-plus six times (high 38) ... Also had three double-doubles with 10-plus rebounds (12), assists (10) and even steals (10) in different games
- Named First Team All-State in 2022-23
HIGH SCHOOL
- Was a three-year captain at Saugus High School, a 2020 graduate
- Also played club for Pump N Run
- Once earned Los Angeles Daily News Boys Player of the Week for a 48-point, 13-rebound performance (Jan. 6, 2020)
- Notched a quadruple-double (13 points, 14 steals, 10 assists, 10 rebounds) on Nov. 20, 2019
PERSONAL
- Son of Katherine Hernandez, has an older brother, Anthony, a younger brother, Aiden, and a younger sister, Kayla
- On why he chose USD: "It was the best place for me and my family. The coaching staff welcomed me with open arms and let me know I'd be able to grow here as a player, person, father, and partner."
- Best basketball memory is scoring 51 points against San Diego team Point Loma Nazarene
- Favorite musician is Brent Faiyaz
- Enjoys cooking and golfing, favorite things to do in SD are going to America's No. 1 zoo and the aquarium
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