Emily Hernandez

Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
East Brunswick, N.J.
High School:
East Brunswick

**2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 BIG EAST ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM**

2020-21: Did not compete in cross country action in the spring 2021 season to due COVID-19.

2019: Inducted into the Chi Alpha Sigma Scholar-Athlete National Honor Society... Ran in all eight meets during her junior season... Placed fourth overall at the 23rd Annual Salisbury University classic (8/31) with a time of 22:39.93... Placed 13th overall at Stony Brook University's Wolfie Cross Country Fall Invitational (9/7) with a time of 20:06.63... Placed eight in the Pirates' victory at the NYIT Cross Country Invitational (9/14) with a time of 19:34.59... Placed fourth on the team in the Henry Mercer Monmouth Invite (9/21) with a time of 20:02.02... Took 15th overall and fourth on the Pirates' in their victory at the NJIT Invitational (10/5) with a season-best time of 18:52.22... Placed fifth on the team in the Metropolitan Championships (10/11) with a time of 20:08... Competed in the BIG EAST Championships (11/2) and finished with a time of 25:15.3 good enough for fourth on the team... Took 6th overall in the Pirates' victory at the IC4A/ECAC Championships (11/23) with a time of 20:23... Named to BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2018: Ran in all nine meets as a sophomore... Recorded four top-10 finishes... Placed 13th at the ECAC Championship on Nov. 18 with a 19:15... Led Seton Hall with a 23:47 at the NCAA Regionals on Nov. 9... Finished second on the Pirates and 48th overall with a 23:16 at the 2018 BIG EAST Championship on Oct. 27... Notched a 20th place finish with a 19:51 at the Metropolitan Championship on Oct. 12... Placed sixth overall at the NJIT XC Challenge on Oct. 6 with an 18:37... Enjoyed her highest finish of the year with a third placement at the Cappy Anderson Invitational on Sept. 22 with a 19:10... Placed eighth overall with a 20:12.94 at the Embry-Riddle Classic on Sept. 15... Finished 12th with a 19:48 at the Stony Brook Wolfie Invitational on Sept. 8... Placed ninth overall with a 15:14 at the season-opening Monmouth Kickoff Invitational on Sept. 1... Named to BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2017: Competed in all nine races during her freshman campaign...Picked up four top-10 finishes...Placed fifth at the UDel Blue & Gold Invitational (10/17) with a time of 24:16.7...Ran a 19:36.7 for a sixth place finish at the Cappy Anderson Invitational (9/23)...Finished ninth at the Wolfie Invitational (9/9) with a time of 19:06.5...Placed 10th with a time of 20:07.94 at the NYIT Invitational 5K (9/16)...ran a 20:11.3 at the ECAC Championship (11/18).

High School/Personal: Ran cross country and both winter and spring track at East Brunswick High School for four years… Ran a 19:59 5K in the Greater Middlesex Championships, placing 8^th… Ran a career-best 4:03 in the 1200m… Ran a career-best 11:55 in the 3200m at NJ Group IV Sectionals… Named All-Division for Cross Country from 2014-2016 and was All-Conference in 2015…Member of the English Honors Society… Seal of Biliteracy recipient 2017… Majoring in Psychology.