2019 Softball Roster
Naomi Hernandez
- Position:
- OF
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Major:
- Community Health Education
- Hometown:
- Corona, Calif.
- High School:
- Norco HS
- Prev School:
- Norco HS
Long Beach State Career: Begins the 2021 campaign with a career batting average of .337, fourth-best in school history … Also ranks in the program’s Top 10 in runs scored (5th, 119), doubles (3rd, 36), and walks (9th, 75) … Can also join the program’s Top 10 in at-bats, hits, and RBI with numbers consistent with prior seasons.
(2021): A first-team All-Big West selection … Also earned third-team All-West Region honors as an outfielder … Started in all but one game on the season in right field … Hit .383 with eight doubles and 16 RBI … Had a hitting streak of 16 games, the fifth-longest in school history … Also walked a team-high 22 times, posting a .483 on-base percentage, second-best in the Big West … Also ranked in the league’s Top 10 on the year in batting and was sixth in Big West play with a .413 batting average in conference play … Recorded a 30-game long streak of reaching base … Missed the opening game of the season and then started the next 40 games … Went 1-for-3 in her season debut against San Diego … Went 2-for-3 and scored a pair of runs in the next game … Opened the UC Davis series by going 3-for-3 with a walk, scoring two runs and stealing a base … Had two hits in the finale against the Aggies … Had three hits in the opening game of the road series at CSUN … Went 3-for-4 to start a four-game series against UC San Diego … That game was the start of her 16-game hitting streak …. Raised her average to .441 over that stretch, going 2-for-3 with a double in the first game against UCLA … Had the streak snapped in the second game against the #2 Bruins … Went 2-for-4 with a double in the middle game of the championship clinching three-game series against Cal State Fullerton.
(2020): Made 19 starts in 20 total games in her third season at Long Beach State … Played second base in all 19 starts … Finished the year with 10 RBI … Hit an RBI single in the season opener against Nevada … Had two RBI and scored twice against George Washington … Started a four-game hitting streak in that game, part of a team-best nine game base reached streak for the junior … Went 2-for-4 with a double against Seattle … Picked up her final hit of the year against St. John’s … An Academic All-Big West honoree.
(2019): Earned All-Big West honors for the second straight season, named Honorable Mention … Played in 49 games, starting 44, primarily in the outfield … Also started six games at second base … Hit .287 with a team-high 25 walks, adding seven doubles … Continued a hitting streak from the end of 2018 through the first five games of 2019 … Ended at 15 games, tied for the fourth-longest hitting streak in school history … Snapped in an 0-for-3 game with a walk against Fresno State … Went 2-for-3 with an RBI double against Boise State … Had two hits in back-to-back games against California and San Jose State … Hit a single and had an RBI against BYU … Went 2-for-4 in the win against Liberty … Set a season high with three hits against College of Charleston, going 3-for-5 with three runs scored and a double … Went 2-for-3 against Iowa State … Had an RBI in each of the first two games of conference play at Hawai’i … Went 2-for-5 in the opening game at UC Riverside … Also had two hits in the finale, going 5-for-11 on the series … Had a pinch hit single against Cal State Fullerton … Doubled in her return to the starting lineup against UCSB, also stealing a base … Walked twice in a 1-for-3 day at Cal Poly, starting all three games of the series at second base. … An Academic All-Big West honoree.
(2018): Had an incredible first season at Long Beach State, being named the Big West Freshman Player of the Year … Chosen for the 25-player NFCA Freshman of the Year Watch List … Also was named to the NFCA West All-Region Second Team as an outfielder, and was selected First Team All-Big West … Led Long Beach State with a .387 batting average and was second among all LBSU players in a single season with 75 hits … Also second behind Nichole Fry with 48 runs scored for the most in one season at the Beach … Her .387 batting average is the third-best in one season in school history … Led the team with a .457 on-base percentage … Tied the school’s single season record with 18 doubles and four home runs with 37 RBI on the year … Walked 23 times with only 16 strikeouts … Opened her career on a 12-game hitting streak, hitting .565 over that streak … Started every game in 2018 in the outfield and batted second in all 57 games … Debuted with a 2-for-4 game against Louisiana Tech … Went 4-for-4 with a walk and a double against Nevada … Had multiple hits in all five games of the Puerto Vallarta Collegiate Classic earning All-Tournament Team honors … Also was named the Big West Player of the Week in her first week … Had a season-high four RBI against Buffalo, going 3-for-5 with two doubles and a home run … Walked twice and scored twice in an 0-for-1 game to snap her hitting streak against Auburn … Tied the school record with five hits in one game at Loyola Marymount, going 5-for-5 with two doubles and a home run … Hit .380 in Big West competition … Doubled and had three RBI against Hawai’i … Opened the Cal State Fullerton series by going 3-for-5 with two runs score, two RBI and a double … Homered at UC Davis in a 1-for-2 game … Went 3-for-4 with three doubles at CSUN … Hit safely in all three games of the postseason.
High School: A four-year starter in the outfield at Norco High School … Named second-team All-America by MaxPreps after her senior year … Also a two-time second-team All-CIF selection, and a two-time first-team all-league selection … Hit .509 with 27 RBI and a school record 43 runs scored as a senior … Led the Cougars to a 33-1 overall record as a senior, reaching the CIF Southern Section finals … Hit .487 with 35 runs scored and 27 RBI as a junior … Won a national championship at the club level with So Cal Athletics.
Major: Community Health Education
Career Highs:
At-Bats: 6, at UC Davis (5/5/18)
Hits: 5, at Loyola Marymount (3/24/18)
Runs: 3, many times
Home Runs: 1, many times
RBI: 4, 2x, last at Hawai’i (4/30/21)
Stolen Bases: 1, many times
