Queens College Athletics

2016: Made eight appearances for the Knights, with one start... Registered a 2.65 earned run average in 17.0 innings, which ranked as the third lowest mark among relievers on the team... Registered 10 strikeouts on the season... Pitched 1.2 scoreless innings of relief vs. Franklin Pierce (2/27)... Provided a scoreless inning in a home game against Merrimack (3/18)... Allowed one hit in a scoreless inning at Bloomfield (3/31)... Struck out a season-high four batters in 2.2 innings vs. St. Thomas Aquinas (4/8)... Pitched three scoreless innings of relief at Molloy (4/15)... Struck out two batters in four innings in a home win over Bloomfield (4/19)... Posted a strikeout in a scoreless inning in a home win over Wilmington (4/27)... Notched two strikeouts on the road at Mercy (5/3).

2015: Saw action in four games... Threw 1.2 innings of scoreless relief with a strikeout in the first game at Dowling (4/4)... Struck out three in three innigns of work at Nyack (4/9)... Tossed a scoreless inning and struck out a batter against Briarcliffe (4/15).

Before Queens: Graduated with honors from Bishop Ford High School in Brooklyn in 2014 where he played four years of baseball (three varsity)... Played AAU ball with the Brooklyn Bonnies and the Kings County Royals.

Personal: Son of Hilda and Jose Hernandez... Has one brother, Roberto... Nickname is K-Rod... Has visited all 50 states... Played baseball in Puerto Rico... Enjoys karate and mixed martial arts... Go-to meal is rice and beans... Pregame ritual involves prayer and putting on his glasses... Tries to mold his pitching after David Price... Majoring in Nutrition and Exercise Science.