Olivia Hernandez

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

**2020 SETON HALL JUNIOR FEMALE SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR**
**2019 SETON HALL SOPHOMORE FEMALE SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR**
**2018 SETON HALL FRESHMAN FEMALE SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR**
**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: Named Seton Hall Junior Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year... Inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma Scholar-Athlete National Honor Society... Named a Seton Hall Academic All-Star for having one of the 10 highest GPAs in Athletics... Ran in seven meets during her junior season... Placed 18th at Stony Brook University's Wolfie Cross Country Fall Invitational (9/7) with a time of 20:25.55... Placed seventh overall in the Pirates' victory at the NYIT Cross Country Invitational (9/14) with a time of 20:34.33... Placed fifth on the team in the Henry Mercer Monmouth Invite (9/21) with a time of 20:05.39... Took third on the team and 11th overall in the Pirates' victory at the NJIT Invitational (10/5) with a time of 18:46.30... Placed second on the team in the Metropolitan Championships (10/11) with a time of 19:48.7... Took third on the team in the BIG EAST Championships (11/2) with a time of 24:41.6... Took seventh overall in the Pirates' victory in the IC4A/ECAC Championships (11/23)... Named to BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2018: Ran in all nine races as a sophomore... Recorded six top-10 finishes, including four, top-4 finishes... Placed fourth overall at the ECAC Championship on Nov. 18 with an 18:42... Ran a 24:06 at the NCAA Regional on Nov. 9... Notched the top Pirate finish at the 2018 BIG EAST Championship on Oct. 27 with a 23:15... Placed 13th at the Metropolitan Championship on Oct. 12 with a 19:29... Placed second overall at the NJIT XC Challenge on Oct. 6 with an 18:25... Placed fourth overall at the Cappy Anderson Invitational on Sept. 22 with a 19:13... Finished in seventh place overall at the Embry-Riddle Classic on Sept. 15 with a 20:12.87... Finished in ninth place at the Stony Brook Wolfie Invitational on Sept. 8 with a 19:26... Opened the season with a fourth place finish overall at the Monmouth Kickoff Invitational on Sept. 1 with a 14:53... Named to BIG EAST All-Academic Team... Named Seton Hall Sophomroe Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year

2017: Ran in all nine races as a freshman...Picked up four top-five finishes...Placed third at the UDel Blue & Gold Invite (10/7) with a time of 23:48.5...Placed fifth at the Wolfie Invitational (9/9) with a time of 18:39.7...Ran a 19:20.29 to finish fifth at the NYIT Invite 5K (9/16)...Finished fifth at the UMES Cappy Anderson Invitational (9/23) clocking in at 19:27.6...Ran a 19:34.1 in the ECAC Championship (11/18) to close out her season... Named Seton Hall Freshman Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year

High School/Personal: Ran four years of varsity cross country and the 3200 for winter and spring track…Served as team captain as a senior…Placed in the Top-30 in the Greater Middlesex Conference…Mother, Margaret, attended Seton Hall…Plans to major in psychology