2018 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Julia Hernandez
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Trinity College
- Hometown:
- Madrid, Spain
- Previous School:
- Eastern Florida State College
2018
Second-team CoSIDA Academic All-District selection and second-team Pac-12 All-Academic honoree with a 3.81 in Applied Mathematics … Played in all 22 games and made five starts … Totaled 11 points on four goals and three assists … Recorded a brace on Senior Day against Oregon State … Scored a goal against USC to tie the game in the second half … Recorded a goal against Minnesota in the NCAA second round and also picked up an assist in the first round match against San Jose State.
2017
First-team CoSIDA Academic All-District selection and second-team Pac-12 All-Academic honoree with a 3.85 in Applied Mathematics … Scored a career-high six goals to rank tied for third on the team … Effective scorer, totaling six goals on 16 shots and 575 minutes of play … Feasted against San Diego State, scoring two goals in the season opener and one in the NCAA first round, the latter being the game-winner … Scored five goals in the first six games, scoring a goal against Long Beach State, UC Santa Barbara and Weber State … Hit a penalty kick in the NCAA semifinal shootout to help UCLA advance to the championship game … Recorded an assist against Stanford in the championship game.
2016
Played in 19 games and made starts against San Diego State, Texas A&M, Florida and San Diego … Scored a goal in UCLA’s win at San Diego State … Had a two-goal, one-assist game in UCLA’s exhibition victory over Beijing Normal … Named to UCLA’s All-Academic Team for 2016-17.
2015 (Eastern Florida State College)
Led Eastern Florida State College to a second place national finish … Named NJCAA and NSCAA All-American … Ranked fifth in the nation in both goals (26) and points (65) … Also tallied 13 assists in 18 games.
Spanish National Team
Attended Spanish U-15, U-16 and U-17 National team camps.
High School/Club
Graduated from Trinity College in 2015 … Played for Madrid CFF and Pozuelo CF … Two-time Spanish U-18 national champion … Championship MVP at the UWS National Championships, scoring two goals, including the game-winner on a bicycle kick in overtime.
Personal
Full name is Julia Hernandez Elena … Born in Madrid, Spain … Began playing soccer at the age of 12 … Her greatest athletic thrill was winning her first National Championship in Spain in the last minute of the final in Rayo Vallecano Stadium in Madrid … Admires Rafael Nadal and Veronica Boquete … Parents are Concepción Elena and Francisco Hernandez … Father was a senior national champion in rowing … Has older sister, Lola who placed second in the Spanish National Taekwondo Championship… Applied mathematics major.
