THE HEAD COACH KRISTINA HERNANDEZ’S RESUME
Kristina
HERNANDEZ HEAD COACH North Carolina A&T, 2003 1st Season Kristina Hernandez begins her first season as indoor volleyball head coach and second season as sand volleyball head coach at Stetson University. In her first season as the sand head coach, Hernandez guided the Hatters to an 18-win season, the program’s first Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, and an appearance in the AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball Championship. Two pairs were named first-team all-conference, three Hatters earned all-freshman team honors, and three pairs earned A-Sun Pair of the Week accolades. Hernandez came to Stetson from Hofstra University, where she won 93 matches in six
seasons with the Pride, leading them to an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2012. That season her team posted 21 wins, its most since 2006, and captured the Colonial Athletic Association title. Hernandez also led Hofstra to the CAA semifinals in 2008 and 2013. While in West Hempstead, Hernandez guided a dozen of her players to all-conference honors and saw more than 30 earn academic awards from the conference. In 2012, outside hitter Kelsie Wills earned AVCA National Player of the Week honors. In 2009, Hernandez was selected to the AVCA’s Thirty Under 30 list that recognizes up-and-coming coaches under the age of 30. Before her arrival at Hofstra, Hernandez led the Loyola University Maryland volleyball program for four seasons. As head coach of the Greyhounds, she compiled 49 victories, doubling her team’s win total her very first season and giving them their first 20-win season in a quarter century. During the 2007 campaign, Loyola appeared in the conference semifinals and finished in the top three in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the first time since 1997. While at Loyola, Hernandez had one of her student-athletes named MAAC Setter of the Year, one named MAAC Rookie of the Year, and three
COACHING EXPERIENCE
Head Women’s Volleyball Coach Stetson University............................. 2014-Present Hofstra University......................................2008-14 Loyola University.......................................2004-07 USA Volleyball Select A2 Associate Head Coach...................2014 Select A2 Associate Head Coach...................2013 Youth National A2 team Assistant Coach........2012 Select A3 Camp Head Coach.........................2012 Junior Continental Team Head Coach............2010 Junior National A2 team Assistant Coach.......2009 Youth National A2 team Assistant Coach...2007-08 Head Volleyball Coach (Club) TCA Baltimore Volleyball Club........................2007 Junior Olympic Co-Head Coach Golden Bear Junior Olympic Club..................2004
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
North Carolina A&T....................................2000-03 MEAC Academic All-Conference.............2001-03
YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORDS
Indoor 2004 - Loyola.................................................10-18 2005 - Loyola...................................................7-25 2006 - Loyola.................................................10-26 2007 - Loyola.................................................22-12 2008 - Hofstra................................................18-14 2009 - Hofstra................................................13-19 2010 - Hofstra................................................10-24 2011 - Hofstra................................................14-17 2012 - Hofstra (CAA Champions/NCAA).......21-14 2013 - Hofstra................................................17-15 Total Indoor..............................................142-184 Sand 2014 - Stetson (A-Sun Champions/AVCA)......18-6 Total Sand.......................................................18-6
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