Hernandez, a junior forward, started all 19 of Dubuque's games this season, leading all IIAC players in all four major scoring categories with 35 points on 13 goals and nine assists and five game-winning goals. In conference play, he posted a league-high six assists, ranked second with 14 points and tied for third with four goals. Twice named the IIAC Offensive Player of the Week in 2015, he scored in three straight games on three separate occasions this season. Hernandez totaled seven goals in a six-game stretch from September 22 to October 10, kicking off the stretch with his first career hat trick against Elmhurst on September 22. Three of his five game-winning goals came in one-goal victories -- against Illinois Wesleyan (Sept. 1), at Hamline (Sept. 4) and at Simpson (Oct. 3).
Hernandez's 2015 totals for assists (tie-second), game-winning goals (tie-second), points (third), goals (fourth) and shots (seventh, 60) rank in the top-10 in program history at UD. With one season remaining, he also ranks third in program history in assists (tie, 18), fourth in points (70), shots (173) and game-winners (tie, 8) and sixth in goals (26). Hernandez is the first Dubuque player to be named an Iowa Conference MVP in men's soccer.
