| Nick Hernandez
• LHP • Tennessee • Freshman
 HIGH
SCHOOL: Graduated from Hialeah High School in Hialeah,
Fla. ... Was selected by the Oakland Athletics in the 32nd round
of the 2006 MLB draft ... Posted a 13-3 record with a 0.72 ERA and
119 strikeouts as a senior in 2006 ... As a senior, was named first-team
All-State, first-team All-Dade County and Miami Dade Pitcher of
the Year ... Went 9-2 with a 0.88 ERA and 76 strikeouts as a junior
in 2005 on his way to All-Dade County honors and All-State honorable
mention ... Played on the 2005 18 & Under World Wood Bat Champion
Florida Bombers summer team, going 2-0 with eight saves, a 0.99
ERA and 34 strikeouts in 28.1 innings ... Ranks third on the Bombers'
all-time single-season list with eight saves (2005).
PERSONAL: Full name is Nicholas Angel Hernandez
... Born July 30, 1988, in Hialeah, Fla. ... Son of Nicolas and
Kimberly Hernandez ... His father was a catcher at Hialeah and was
selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the first round (eighth overall)
in the 1978 MLB draft ... His uncle, Angel Hernandez, has been an
MLB umpire for 13 years and worked the 2005 World Series ... Academic
major: Arts & sciences.
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