24 Justin Hernandez
Justin Hernandez
  • Height:
    6-5
  • Weight:
    180
  • Hometown:
    Clinton, Utah
  • Position:
    OPP
  • Year:
    Sr
  • m
    28
  • k/s
    3.40
  • h %
    .232
  • a/s
    0.07
  • b/s
    0.67
  • sa/s
    0.24
  • d/s
    1.33

Bio

2025 (Senior): Heart of America All-Conference Honorable Mention...played in 92 sets over all 28 matches...finished with a team-high 313 kills on 776 total attacks for a .232 hitting percentage, all career highs while adding 62 total blocks, 12 solos and 50 block assists, with 122 digs, 22 service aces, and six assists...set a new career-high for kills in a match twice on the season, the final time being a 26-kill performance on Mar. 14 at Graceland where he hit for a .457 percentage and add four solo blocks for a 30-point match where the 26 kills tied the program's eighth-best five-set kills mark and the 30 points marks the ninth-best point total in a match ever and the seventh-best in a five-set match...he produced two other 20-kill matches, the first was his career-high at the time on Feb. 20 in a four-set match against Judson where he finished with a .429 hitting percentage and his other 20-kill match came on Mar. 15 at St. Ambrose in a five-set win where he hit for a .516 hitting percentage while adding seven block assists, six digs, and two service aces for a 25.5-point match...had double digit kills in all but 10 matches on the season and had two double-doubles on the season with an 11-kill, 12-dig performance at William Penn on Mar. 18 then had 18 kills and 10 digs in a five-set win against Augustana on Mar. 22.

2024 (Junior): Played in 97 sets over all 28 matches...finished with a team-high 175 kills on 449 attacks for a .200 hitting percentage while adding 65 total blocks, 51 assists and 14 solo, 52 digs, three aces, and three assists...had double digit kills in six different matches on the season including a season-high 16 kills with a .344 hitting percentage on Mar. 8 at UHSP.

2023 (Sophomore): Played in 86 sets over 25 matches...finished with a team-high 190 kills on 514 attacks for a .214 hitting percentage while adding 81 digs, 57 blocks, eight assists, and seven service aces...finished with double digit kills in six matches including a season-high 18 kills on Mar. 4 against Kansas Wesleyan.

2022 (Freshman): Played in 16 sets over five matches...finished with 23 kills on 75 attacks for a .040 hitting percentage while adding 12 digs and five blocks.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Mar 22 Augustana W, 3-2
Mar 28 Dordt (IA) L, 3-0
Mar 29 Morningside L, 3-1
Apr 4 at Missouri Valley L, 3-1
Apr 5 at Culver-Stockton (MO) L, 3-0
Apr 8 at Mount Mercy L, 3-0
  Overall Conf
Matches 28 19
Sets 92 62
Kills 313 221
Kills per set 3.40 3.56
Errors 133 93
Total Attacks 776 549
Total Attacks per set 8.43 8.85
Hitting Percentage .232 .233
Assists 6 6
Assists per set 0.07 0.10
Service Aces 22 16
Service Errors 24 14
Service Aces per set 0.24 0.26
Receptions 29 7
Reception Errors 6 1
Digs 122 87
Digs per set 1.33 1.40
Block Solo 12 10
Block Assist 50 37
Block Total 62 47
Blocks per set 0.67 0.76
Block Errors 5 3
Ball Handling Errors 1 0
Points 372.0 265.5
Points per set 4.0 4.3
Matches started 28 19
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Jan 29 at Viterbo L, 3-0 1 3 9 9 34 .000 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 1 11.5
Jan 31 vs. Calumet (IN) L, 3-0 1 3 7 2 13 .385 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Feb 1 vs. Lawrence Tech L, 3-0 1 3 3 2 12 .083 0 0 3 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
Feb 1 at Bethel (IN) L, 3-0 1 1 1 2 4 -.250 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Feb 7 Dupage L, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 7 St. Ambrose (IA) L, 3-0 1 3 9 5 33 .121 0 1 2 2 0 5 1 1 0 2 0 11.5
Feb 11 Grand View L, 3-0 1 3 13 3 20 .500 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 13.5
Feb 15 Graceland W, 3-0 1 3 12 2 21 .476 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 16.0
Feb 18 William Penn (IA) L, 3-0 1 3 13 6 33 .212 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 2 0 4 0 16.0
Feb 20 Judson (IL) L, 3-1 1 4 20 5 35 .429 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 21.0
Feb 21 Ottawa L, 3-0 1 3 6 2 17 .235 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Feb 22 Park L, 3-0 1 3 4 4 21 .000 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 6.0
Feb 25 Mount Mercy L, 3-0 1 3 12 7 28 .179 0 1 1 7 1 8 1 1 0 2 0 14.5
Feb 28 at Dordt (IA) L, 3-1 1 4 17 6 40 .275 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 6 0 21.5
Mar 1 at Morningside L, 3-0 1 3 14 7 35 .200 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 4 0 4 0 18.0
Mar 7 at UHSP L, 3-0 1 3 11 9 34 .059 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 1 0 13.5
Mar 8 at Missouri Baptist L, 3-0 1 3 9 4 27 .185 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Mar 11 at Grand View L, 3-0 1 3 10 2 19 .421 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 11.0
Mar 14 at Graceland W, 3-2 1 5 26 5 46 .457 2 0 2 0 0 8 4 0 0 4 0 30.0
Mar 15 vs. Saint Xavier (IL) L, 3-0 1 3 5 4 23 .043 0 0 1 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Mar 15 at St. Ambrose (IA) W, 3-2 1 5 20 4 31 .516 0 2 0 4 0 6 0 7 1 7 0 25.5
Mar 18 at William Penn (IA) L, 3-0 1 3 11 3 33 .242 1 1 1 0 0 12 0 2 0 2 0 13.0
Mar 21 Kansas Wesleyan W, 3-0 1 3 13 6 28 .250 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 15.5
Mar 22 Augustana W, 3-2 1 5 18 7 42 .262 0 1 1 0 0 10 1 1 0 2 0 20.5
Mar 28 Dordt (IA) L, 3-0 1 3 11 8 33 .091 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 3 1 3 0 14.5
Mar 29 Morningside L, 3-1 1 4 9 6 26 .115 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Apr 4 at Missouri Valley L, 3-1 1 4 10 4 29 .207 2 0 1 0 0 7 0 5 0 5 0 12.5
Apr 5 at Culver-Stockton (MO) L, 3-0 1 3 10 4 33 .182 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 3 0 13.0
Apr 8 at Mount Mercy L, 3-0 1 3 10 5 26 .192 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 10.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2021-22 5 16 23 1.44 20 75 .040 1 0.06 0 0.00 0 0 12 0.75 1 4 5 0.31 26.0 1.6
2022-23 25 86 190 2.21 80 514 .214 8 0.09 7 0.08 7 4 81 0.94 7 50 57 0.66 229.0 2.7
2023-24 28 97 175 1.80 85 449 .200 3 0.03 3 0.03 1 0 52 0.54 14 51 65 0.67 217.5 2.2
2024-25 28 92 313 3.40 133 776 .232 6 0.07 22 0.24 29 6 122 1.33 12 50 62 0.67 372.0 4.0
Total 86 291 701 2.41 318 1814 .211 18 0.06 32 0.11 37 10 267 0.92 34 155 189 0.65 844.5 2.9
    m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Event Total 28 92 313 3.40 133 776 .232 6 0.07 22 0.24 29 6 122 1.33 12 50 62 0.67 372.0 4.0
Conference 19 62 221 3.56 93 549 .233 6 0.10 16 0.26 7 1 87 1.40 10 37 47 0.76 265.5 4.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 12 40 140 3.50 61 337 .234 1 0.03 12 0.30 9 1 58 1.45 5 20 25 0.63 167.0 4.2
Away 13 43 158 3.67 64 391 .240 5 0.12 10 0.23 6 1 59 1.37 7 29 36 0.84 189.5 4.4
Neutral 3 9 15 1.67 8 48 .146 0 0.00 0 0.00 14 4 5 0.56 0 1 1 0.11 15.5 1.7
Result Wins 5 21 89 4.24 24 168 .387 3 0.14 7 0.33 4 0 28 1.33 5 13 18 0.86 107.5 5.1
Losses 23 71 224 3.15 109 608 .189 3 0.04 15 0.21 25 6 94 1.32 7 37 44 0.62 264.5 3.7
Month January 2 6 16 2.67 11 47 .106 0 0.00 1 0.17 3 1 5 0.83 0 3 3 0.50 18.5 3.1
February 11 33 110 3.33 44 264 .250 1 0.03 8 0.24 16 4 38 1.15 5 18 23 0.70 132.0 4.0
March 12 43 157 3.65 65 377 .244 3 0.07 12 0.28 10 1 64 1.49 6 22 28 0.65 186.0 4.3
April 3 10 30 3.00 13 88 .193 2 0.20 1 0.10 0 0 15 1.50 1 7 8 0.80 35.5 3.5

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