Jeremiah Hernandez

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Position:
Guard
Height:
6-5
Weight:
192
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Chicago
Prev School:
USI
High School:
Saint Viator

Career Accolades
2024 First Team All-OVC
OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll

2024-25 (Graduate at Ball State): Played in 31 games and made 13 starts ... averaged 6.9 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 20.7 minutes per game ... scored in double figures 10 times including a season-best 18 points in the overtime win over Eastern Michigan (2/11) ... also scored his 1,000th collegiate points in the game with the Eagles ... had 12 points and a career high five assists in a win against Anderson (12/31) ... went for 13 points, two assists and a season-best six rebounds vs Florida Tech (11/26) ... finished his career with 1,041 points, 280 rebounds, 170 assists and 126 steals

2023-24 (Redshirt Senior at USI): Voted First Team All-Ohio Valley Conference ... made 28 starts in 31 games ... averaged a team-best 17.2 points per game while adding 3.3 rebounds per contest ... finished fifth in the OVC in scoring, ninth in free throw percentage (81.0) and fourth in steals per game (1.5) ... made 38 more free throws (200 total) last season than any other OVC player to rank No. 13 nationally ... poured in a career-high 35 points Southeast Missouri State (12/29) ... also scored 25+ points against Little Rock (28 on 1/18), Morehead State (30 on 1/20), Western Illinois (26 on 1/25), UT Martin (25 on 2/15), Morehead State again (28 on 2/20), and Western Illinois again (27 on 2/24) ... set a USI record by hitting 16-of-16 from the stripe vs. Little Rock (1/18).

2022-23 (Redshirt Junior at USI): Played in 27 games while averaging 4.9 points and 2.3 rebounds in 15.8 minutes per game ... scored a season-high 15 points in the win over Tennessee State (2/25) ... grabbed a season-best eight rebounds in wins over Little Rock (1/12) and Tennessee State ... put 14 points on Missouri in the season opener (11/7).

2021-22 (Redshirt Sophomore at Kent State): Played in 29 games while making three starts ... averaged 2.7 points in 13.3 minutes per game ... recorded a season-high 10 points vs. Southern (12/19).

2020-21 (Redshirt Freshman at Kent State): Started three games while playing in 23 contests ... averaged 3.7 points and 1.4 rebounds in 17.8 minutes per game ... finished third on the team with 22 steals ... scored in double figures three times, including a season-high 13 points in his collegiate debut against Point Park (12/2) ... put up 11 points in back-to-back games at Bowling Green (2/9) and against Northern Illinois (2/13).

2019-20 (Freshman at Kent State): Redshirted

High School: A four-time letter winner at Saint Viator High School ... was a three-time East Suburban Catholic All-Conference performer and the Player of the Year in 2018 and 2019 ... named IBCA and NBC First Team All-State in 2019 after posting 19.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game.