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2004 Track and Field Roster
Roster
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Johvonne Hernandez
- Position:
- Throws
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Port Isabel, Texas
- High School:
- Port Isabel HS
Notables: Holds school-record for indoor 20lb wt throw (19.78m) and outdoor hammer throw (61.68m) ... Seven-time BIG EAST champion ... Only athlete in SU history to win Most Outstanding Field performer twice in one season
Senior Year: BIG EAST Champion in shot put, weight throw (indoor) and shot put (outdoor) ... All-BIG EAST ... Ranked 6th in the region and 17th nationally in the discus ... Named Most Outstanding Field Performer at BIG EAST Indoor and Outdoor Championship ... Won the weight throw at ECAC Indoor Championship (19.60m) ... Won shot put at BIG EAST Outdoor Championship (15.44m)
Junior Year: Earned All-America honors in the hammer throw, after finishing 11th at the NCAA Championship ... Named the team’s Most Valuable Athlete and Bud Brown Outstanding Thrower ... Won the ECAC Championship in shot put (54-3.75) ... Placed first (202-0.5) in the hammer throw at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championship ... Finished first (52-1.75) at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championship in the shot put ... Finished second (14.39m) at the USTCA Series in the shot put ... Earned fourth place (15.06m) in the shot put at the BIG EAST Indoor Championship ... Place 27th (14.62m) at the NCAA Championship in the shot put and 23rd in discus.
Sophomore Year: Won the Bud Brown Award as the squad’s outstanding thrower … Shared the women’s track & field team’s Most Improved Award with teammate Valerie Boling … Named the Most Outstanding Field Performer at the BIG EAST Indoor Championship after winning the weight throw with a school-record toss of (63-4.25) and the shot put with a throw of (52-10) ... Placed 16th at the NCAA Indoor Championship in the shot put (49-11.75) ... Took second place in the shot put (51-2.75) and placed third in weight throw (59-11) at the ECAC Indoor Championship ... Shot put champion at the Syracuse Invitational (46-7.5) ... Won the shot put title at the N.Y. Elite Collegiate/Open Championship (47-1).
Freshman Year: Recognized as one of the team’s Outstanding Freshmen … Placed sixth at the ECAC Championship in the hammer throw (175-8) and eighth in the discus (157-1) … Earned All-BIG EAST honors with a second-place finish in the shot put (48-5.25) and a third-place finish in the hammer throw (171-9) at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championship … Also placed eighth in the discus at the BIG EAST Championship (157-1) … Won the shot put (47-1.50) and hammer throw (157-7) at the Vielbig Invitational … Won the shot put (47-7) and placed second in the discus (149-5) at the Texas Southern Relays, qualifying for BIG EAST Outdoor and ECAC Outdoor Championships … Qualified for the BIG EAST Outdoor Championship in the discus (138-1) at the Hurricane Invitational … Placed eighth in the shot put at the BIG EAST Indoor Championship (45-5.75) … Provisionally qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championship in the weight throw (59-4.25), placing fourth at the BIG EAST Indoor Championship.
High School: Texas state 3A champion in the shot put and discus in her senior year … Regional record-holder in the shot put … All-American in the shot put in her junior year … Won the team’s Thower of the Year Award … Named to the all-district, all-valley and Brownsville Herald first teams.
Personal: Daughter of John and Catarina Hernandez … Born Dec. 29, 1982 … Majoring in social work.
