#23 Luis Hernandez Season 2025
Ranked No. 10 on the 2025 D1Baseball.com list of the Top 50 Catchers in the Nation
Rated No. 6 on the Perfect Game Baseball Top 75 Seniors list for the 2025 season
• Transferred to LSU from Indiana State in the summer of 2024 … ranked No. 32 among Baseball America’s Top 100 College Transfers
• A member of Puerto Rico’s national team that claimed a silver medal in September 2024 at the U23 Baseball World Cup in Shaoxing, China, where he hit .350 (7-for-20) with two doubles and four RBI
• 2024 First-Team All-Missouri Valley Conference selection, batting .359 (89-for-248) with 14 doubles, 23 homers and 76 RBI.
• A first baseman, catcher and designated hitter at Indiana State, he was a 2024 ABCA All-Midwest Region selection, and he was voted to the Missouri Valley Conference All-Defensive Team
2024 Season (at Indiana State): ABCA/Rawlings All-Midwest Region Second Team selection … 2024 MVC Baseball All-Conference First Team selection … 2024 MVC Baseball All-Defensive Team selection … March 25 MVC Baseball Player of the Week … Fifth in the MVC in batting average (.359) … Third in the MVC in slugging percentage (.694) … Fourth in the MVC in OPS (1.115) … Sixth in the MVC in runs scored (60) … Fourth in the MVC in hits (89) … Second in the MVC in RBI (76) … Second in the MVC in home runs (23) … Seventh in the MVC in fielding percentage (.995) … Lined up and started in all 59 games in the 2024 season at first base, designated hitter, and catcher … Recorded a .359 batting average with 89 hits in 248 at-bats … Recorded 39 extra-base hits including 14 doubles and 23 home runs … Led the Sycamores with 60 runs scored and was second on the team with 76 RBIs … Drew 17 walks and was hit by 11 pitches … Posted a .421 on-base percentage and a .694 slugging percentage … Finished the season with five stolen bases in six chances … Posted a .995 fielding percentage over 380 chances … Finished second on the team with 27 multi-hit games, while leading Indiana State with 24 multi-RBI contests … Recorded a career-best 24-game hitting streak from February 17 – March 30 … Recorded a career-best 26-game on-base streak from February 17 – April 2 … Highlighted his season with a 5-for-5 game with two runs scored, two home runs, and five RBIs at Xavier on March 15 … Went 4-for-4 with four runs scored and two RBIs at Florida A&M on March 10 … Went 4-for-5 with a double, a run scored, and two RBIs at Southern Illinois on April 27 … Recorded three multi-homer games against Xavier (Mar. 15), Belmont (May 4), and at Valparaiso (May 17).
2023 Season (at Indiana State): MVC Tournament All-Tournament team … Lined up and started in 58 games in the 2023 season serving as Indiana State’s primary designated hitter on the year … Finished fourth on the team with a .291 batting average with 65 hits over 223 at-bats … Led the Sycamores with 18 doubles and connected on five home runs … Scored 42 runs while driving in 28 RBIs … Drew 21 walks and was hit by 13 pitches … Posted a .379 on-base percentage and added a .439 slugging percentage … Was 4-for-5 in stolen base attempts … Posted a .970 fielding percentage with 56 putouts and nine assists while recorded two errors … Finished third on the Sycamores with 19 multi-hit games … Recorded four multi-RBI contests … Season-high eight-game hitting streak on from April 2-15 … Season-high 26-game on-base streak from February 26 – April 16 … Recorded a season-best three hits twice in 2023 coming against Northeastern (Feb. 26) and at Evansville (Apr. 30) … Homered in five different games including at Miami (Feb. 22), Indiana (Apr. 4), Southern Illinois (Apr. 22), at Evansville (Apr. 30), and at Missouri State (May 20) … Doubled twice in two separate games against Iowa (Feb. 17) and Purdue (Mar. 28) … Season-high four RBIs on April 30 at Evansville … Season-high three runs scored three separate times against Ball State (May 9), at Missouri State (May 20), and against Iowa (June 4) … Was hit by two pitches in three separate games including Valparaiso (Mar. 25), Evansville (May 26), and Iowa (June 4).
2022 Season (at Indiana State): Lined up in 36 games with 27 starts at catcher, first base, and designated hitter in his freshman campaign with the Sycamores … Finished the season with a .259 batting average with 28 hits in 108 at-bats … Recorded 10 extra-base hits (five doubles, one triple, four home runs) … Finished the year with 16 runs scored and 16 RBI … Posted a .435 slugging percentage and a .339 on-base percentage … Posted nine multi-hit games in the 2022 season and added five multi-RBI games … Recorded his lone three-hit game in 2022 against Bradley on May 7 … Homered against Maryland (Mar. 5), Valparaiso (Apr. 10), Bradley (May 7), and Valparaiso (May 25) … Connected on his lone triple against Michigan on March 6 … Finished the year with a 1.000 fielding percentage over 147 chances (135 putouts, 12 assists) … Threw out five would-be base stealers.
High School: Member of the High School Championship team at the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy … Also competed in both volleyball and basketball … Was the MVP on Italy … Son of Luis Hernandez and Yajaira Estevez.
Personal: Born July 17, 2002 … parents are Luis Hernandez and Yajaira Estevez … father owns an ice cream store, mother owns a furniture business … has one older sibling, Shaira … majoring in sport administration at LSU.