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Deanna Hernandez named TLU's Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Posted: Apr 22, 2020

Deanna Hernandez named TLU's Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year

SEGUIN, Texas -- Senior softball player DeAnna Hernandez (Sugar Land/Dulles) has been named Texas Lutheran's 2019-20 Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
 
The Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year award, also called the Walter & Sue Christiansen Award, is given annually to the top senior student-athlete at TLU in recognition of that student-athlete's outstanding achievements in the classroom and in the field of play.
 
Hernandez, a four-year letter-winner for the NCAA Division III national champion Bulldogs, claimed TLU's Junior-Year Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year award in 2019.
 
Hernandez holds a 4.0 grade point average at TLU as a biochemistry major.
 
An outfielder with the Bulldogs, Hernandez helped TLU to the 2019 NCAA Division III National Championship and to the team's sixth consecutive Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference title.
 
Hernandez was named the 2019 Elite 90 Award Winner for NCAA Division III Softball at the national championship finals banquet. The Elite 90 award is given during each NCAA sport's national championship event. The NCAA conducts 90 national championships each year.
 
The Elite 90 is awarded to the top student-athlete at each national championship. The award is given to the participating student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade point average. Ties are broken by the number of hours a student-athlete has earned.
 
Hernandez and the Bulldogs were 19-1 and ranked second in the DIII when the 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
A three-time SCAC Academic Honor Roll award recipient and a 2019 SCAC First Team All-Conference selection, Hernandez is a career .340 hitter with a career on-base percentage of .412. She has 37 stolen bases in 42 career attempts.
 
In the Bulldogs' national championship season, Hernandez hit .367, stole 17 bases, and scored 30 runs. She posted a 2019 on-base percentage of .451.
 
Hernandez will complete her undergraduate studies in May and plans to enter physician's assistant school in the fall.