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As a Sophomore in 2006: A walk-on addition to the Cardinal ... Played in six games during her first season ... Collected three digs, including two in a three-game win at home against Oregon State (10/19).
As a Freshman in 2005: Did not play volleyball for the Cardinal ... Prior to joining the Cardinal volleyball program, was a member of the Stanford Crew team where she rowed on the Varsity-4 that finished third at the Pac-10 Championships and ninth at the NCAA Championships.
High School: A two-time La Habra High School varsity MVP in volleyball ... A three-time First Team All-Freeway League selection ... Attended the USA High Performance Camp in 2002 and played one year for Impact VBC ... Also participated in swimming and water polo ... Four-year varsity team captain in swimming in addition to being a two-time La Habra High School "Swimmer of the Year" ... Team captain her senior year ... In water polo, was voted two-time Best Defensive Player and Player of the Year ... Holds the school record in career steals and assists ... An AP scholar ... National Honor Roll ... A National Hispanic Scholar ... Member of National Honor Society ... Valedictorian ... During her senior season, voted the La Habra High School Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Personal: Daughter of Ramon and Julia Hernandez ... Mother played volleyball at UC Riverside ... Has two sisters, Holly and Laura, and one brother, Sean ... Full name is Heather Lynn Hernandez.
Hernandez's Career Highs
| Kills | -- |
| Attempts | 1 vs. Oregon State (10/19/06) |
| Aces | -- |
| Digs | 2 vs. Oregon State (10/19/06) |
| Assists | -- |
| Blocks | -- |
Getting To Know Heather Hernandez
| The best thing about Stanford is: | Being surrounded by a community of incredible people |
| My favorite place on campus is: | Maples during a volleyball game! |
| Favorite Europe trip memory: | Looking down on magnificent St. Peter's Square and all of Rome beyond that from the top of the Basilica with Kristin, Bryn and Cynthia ... it was definitely worth climbing all those stairs! |
| Ten years from now I hope to be: | Happy |
| My favorite class at Stanford: | Art and Ideas |
| The place I would most like to visit: | Spain |
| My favorite pre-game ritual: | Listening to The Eye of the Tiger |
| Earliest sporting memory: | Learning to pepper with my daddy in our backyard |
| Stanford will be fun to watch this year because: | We have the work ethic and the heart to fight our way to the top. We are a force to be reckoned with! |
| My greatest athletic moment was: | Scoring from half tank for the Orange County all-star water polo team in high school |
| The current or former Stanford athlete I most enjoy watching perform: | Kerri Walsh |
| Best book I have ever read: | The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand and Peony by Pearl S. Buck |
| Favorite Food: | Fetuccini Alfredo |
| Least Favorite Food: | Onions |
| If I had to cook all of my meals, I'd probably survive on: | Pasta |
| My favorite movie: | Brokeback Mountain and An Inconvenient Truth |
| My favorite TV show: | House and Gilmore Girls |
| My Favorite Actress: | Natalie Portman |
| The best advice I ever received was: | Integrity is the essence of everything successful |
| The person or people who have had the greatest influence on my career: | Mrs. Briq, Coach Crowther, Carrie Davis, Lori Fuller |
| If I could invite three people in history to dinner, they would be: | Thomas Jefferson, Leonardo da Vinci and Eleanor Roosevelt |
| If I could bring anything from my home town to Stanford, it would be: | The amazing crepe myrtle trees that line my street |
| If I had one CD to listen to it would be: | Dixie Chicks and Rascal Flatts |
| One wish I would make for the 21st century: | Would be that peple become more environmentally aware |