Cristina Fernandez

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Parsippany, N.J.
High School:
Parsippany

**2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 BIG EAST ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM**
**2020-21 BIG EAST SCHOLAR-ATHLETE AWARD RECIPIENT**
**2021 NJAIAW WOMAN OF THE YEAR**
**2021 SETON HALL MOST VALUABLE PIRATE**

2020-21: Was the second Pirate to cross the finish line at the 2020 BIG EAST Championships in the spring of 2021 and finished with a time of 28:32.3... Named Seton Hall's BIG EAST Conference Institutional Female Scholar-Athletes... Named Seton Hall's New Jersey Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (NJAIAW) Woman of the Year as well as Seton Hall's Most Valuable Pirate.

2019: Inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma Scholar-Athlete National Honor Society... Received a Student Servant Leader Award... Named Seton Hall Academic All-Star for having one of the 10 highest GPAs in athletics... Ran in all eight meets during her junior season... Placed 27th at the 23rd Annual Salisbury University classic (8/31) with a time of 23:48.90... Placed 22nd in the Stony Brook University's Wolfie Cross Country Fall Invitational (9/7) with a time of 20:34.95... Placed 10th in the Pirates' victory 4th Annual NYIT Cross Country Invitational (9/14) with a time of 20:59.86... Completed the Henry Mercer Monmouth Invite (9/21) with a time of 20:42.44... In the Pirates' victory at the NJIT Invitational (10/5) finished with a time of 19:09.96... Competed in the Metropolitan Championship (10/11) and finished with a time of 20:29.3... In the BIG EAT Championships (11/2) finished fifth on the team with a time of 25:15.6... Helped lead the Pirates to victory at the IC4A/ECAC Championships (11/23) with a third place team finish and a time of 20:07... Named to BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2018: Ran in all nine meets as a sophomore... Placed 16th at the ECAC Championship on Nov. 18 with a 19:17... Recorded a 25:10 at the NCAA Regionals on Nov. 9... Placed 61st at the 2018 BIG EAST Championship with a 23:57 on Oct. 27... Placed 27th on Oct. 12 at the Metropolitan Championship with a 20:03... Finished in eighth place at the NJIT XC Challenge on Oct. 6 with an 18:53... Placed eighth at the Cappy Anderson Invitational on Sept. 22 with a 19:55... Recorded a 21:06 on Sept. 15 at the Embry-Riddle Classic... Took 19th place at the Stony Brook Wolfie Invitational on Sept. 8 with a 20:38... Opened the season with a 15th place finish at the Monmouth Kickoff Invitational with a 15:37... Named to BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2017: Competed in seven meets as a freshman...Placed 15th at the NYIT Invitational (9/16) with a time of 20:34.54...Came in 16th place among all competitors at the Cappy Anderson Invitational (9/23) with a time of 20:34.5...Ran a 24:30.4 in the BIG EAST Championships (10/28)...Competed at the NCAA Regionals (11/10) crossing the finish line with a time of 23:31.7...Finished the ECAC Championship (11/18) with a time of 20:16.8.

High School/Personal: Earned eight total letters between cross country, spring track and indoor track while at Parsippany High School...Elected the captain of the cross country, indoor and outdoor track teams as a senior...Received First Team All-Conference honors her senior season...A 2016 NJAC All-Academic Team honoree...Led cross country to a 2nd place finish at the NJ State Sectional Meet...Member of National Honor Society and National Spanish Honor Society...Plans to major in Biology with a Pre-Med track.