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Javon Hernandez Season 2024

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Javon Hernandez Season 2024

PositionIF
Weight171 lbs
Height5-7
ClassSenior
HometownDanbury, Conn.
Previous SchoolJacksonville State

2023 – JUNIOR SEASON AT JACKSONVILLE STATE
Named Second Team All-ASUN … led the league with a .397 average and tied for the league lead in hits (89) … started all 56 games he played, scoring 59 runs while collecting 11 doubles, three triples, seven homers and 49 RBI … struck out only 29 times in 224 at-bats … walked 33 times and reached base at a .479 clip … was 11-for-12 in stolen bases … hit .500 (61-for-122) and drove in 30 runs in 30 league games … led the league in average, on-base percentage (.569) and hits in ASUN play …  collected multiple hits in 25 games, including 16 games with three or more hits … hit his first homer and drove in a season-high four runs vs. Southern Illinois (Feb. 24) … went 14-for-19 during a four-game span from Mar. 11-18 en route to earning ASUN Player of the Week honors … went 8-for-13 with eight runs and five RBI in the series at Bellarmine (Mar. 25-26) …homered twice and drove in eight runs in three games at North Florida (Apr. 6-8) … collected multiple hits 12 times in 16 games from Mar. 11-Apr. 8 … went 9-for-10 in the final two games of the series vs. Jacksonville (Apr. 15-16), collected a season-high five hits in the middle game and four hits in the finale … homered three times and drove in 10 runs in a span of seven games from May 13-25 … matched a season high with four RBI vs. Eastern Kentucky in the ASUN Tournament (May 25).

2022 – SOPHOMORE SEASON AT UCONN AVERY POINT
Led the team with a .462 average and .538 on-base percentage in 22 games … scored 29 runs and collected 36 hits, including eight doubles, four triples and two homers, while driving in 35 runs … stole eight bases … drew 13 walks and struck out eight times … went 7-for-16 with six RBI in the first four games of the season … missed time from Mar. 14-Apr. 12 with an injury … homered and drove in five runs in his first game back (Apr. 13) … went 5-for-6 with a career-high eight RBI and hit for the cycle vs. Monroe CC (May 8) … collected 14 hits and drove in 17 runs in four games from May 6-14.

2021 – FRESHMAN SEASON AT UCONN AVERY POINT
Hit .373 in 16 games during the shortened NJCAA season … led the team in runs (18), hits (19) and triples (three) and ranked second in RBI (11) … drew 12 walks and struck out only four times … reached base at a .522 clip … tied for the team lead with eight stolen bases … collected multiple hits in three of his first four games and in six games on the season.

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Danbury High School (CT) … two-time First Team All-Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference honoree … GameTimeCT First Team All-State … holds the Danbury school record with 112 hits … also played basketball … two-time All-FCIAC honoree on the hardwood – third teamer in 2017-18 and first teamer in 2018-19.

PERSONAL
Son of Ebony Spruill and Andre Hernandez … has two siblings, Davonna Spruill and Jazmyn Torres … born in Danbury, Connecticut, on May 9, 2001.