Saskia Hernandez
DS/L
Position
5'9''
Height
Redshirt Sophomore
Class
Miami, Fla.
Hometown
Westminster Christian School
High School
NC State
Previous School
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2023
- Signed with Virginia in January
2022 (at NC State)
- Did not appear in any matches
2021 (at NC State)
- As a true freshman, played in six contests and logged 18 sets
- Finished 23 digs on the season
- Recorded a season-high six digs against then-No. 4 Pittsburgh (Sept. 26)
HIGH SCHOOL
- Two-time USA Beach Volleyball national champion
- USA Volleyball High Performance Championship winner
- 2019 Miami-Dade All-County Player of the Year and Athlete of the Year
- Three-time Miami-Dade First Team All-County
PERSONAL
- Youngest of five children, including two older sisters, Sylvia and Priscilla Hernandez, both of whom played collegiate volleyball
- Sylvia played at the University of Miami from 2014-17, while Priscilla was at Miami from 2018-21 before transferring to NC State in 2022
- Her parents, Henry and Sylvia Hernandez, also competed at Miami with her mother running track and her father playing baseball
- Member of the National Honor Society