Nittany Lions seek third Big Ten crown in program history
CAREER BESTS
Event
Score
Date
Site/Opponent
Floor Exercise
15.150
4/20/12
at NCAA Championships
Pommel Horse
15.700
4/20/12
at NCAA Championships
2012 (Freshman Year)
Competed in seven of the team's nine meets and at the NCAA Championships...Made touches on the floor exercise and pommel horse...Earned All-America honors on the pommel horse...Earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week twice during the season (1/28 & 3/24)...Set the school record on the pommel horse with a score of 15.700 during the team competition at the NCAA Championships (4/20)...Led the team on the pommel horse...Ranked second on the team in the floor exercise...Qualified for the NCAA Championships (4/21) individual finals and Big Ten Championships (4/7) individual finals on the pommel horse...Was an individual final qualifier at the NCAA Championships (4/21) in the floor exercise...Owned the top NCAA Championship (4/19) qualifying score on the pommel horse...Won six individual titles on the pommel horse; at West Point Open (1/28), vs. Illinois (2/18), vs. Minnesota (3/17), vs. Temple (3/24) and during the team and individual finals at the Big Ten Championships (4/6-7)...Also scored 15.700 on the pommel horse vs. Temple (3/24)...set a career-best score of 15.150 in the floor exercise during the team and all-around finals at the NCAA Championships (4/20).
Gymnastics Background
Trained with Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Center under head coach Kelly Crumbly...Junior Olympic pommel horse champion in 2007, 2008, and 2011...A member of the junior national team (2008)...Competed at the 2009 VISA Championships...Qualified for Winter Cup all-around finals in 2010 and 2011.
Personal
Full name is Craig Daniel Hernandez...Born in Libertyville, Ill. on October 21, 1992...Son of Dan and Lisa Hernandez...Has one brother, Alex...Majoring in science...Enrolled in the Schreyer Honors College.
