Career Statistics
Major: Event Management
Career Honors:
- 2017 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2016 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2014 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
Career Highlights:
- Pinch-hit, walk off grand slam vs. Baylor to open Florida’s 2014 WCWS title run
As a Senior (2017):
- Had the walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the 10th against Liberty (2/25) to give the Gators the 2-1 victory
- Went 2-for-2 against Auburn (3/26) and drove in four RBI in the Gators 7-0 win during the second game to take the series
- Produced a career-high five RBI in a 13-0 rout of North Dakota State (3/15)
- Pinch-hit home run in the series finale against Georgia (4/10) that extended the Gators lead out to 3-0 for the series sweep
As a Junior (2016):
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Recorded a .158 batting average (6-for-38), including one home run, five RBI and two runs scored.
- Herndon was used as Florida’s primary pinch hitter.
- Hit her first home run since May 29, 2014 at Texas A&M in a pinch-hit at bat in the top of the seventh inning
- Went 2 for 2 with one run scored in her first start of the season against Jacksonville on Feb. 17
As a Sophomore (2015):
- 31 games / 2 starts
- Tallied four runs in SEC play (also: 4/18 at Georgia - Game 1; 4/25 vs. Texas A&M)
- Drove in her only two runs of the year against South Carolina and at Missouri
- Knocked a pinch-hit double on March 15 vs. LSU
- Started the Gators’ series finales against Iowa (Feb. 15 - OF) and Kentucky (April 13 - DP)
- Scored twice in Game 1 of a doubleheader vs. South Carolina on April 4
- Pinch ran for the Gators in Games 2 and 3 of the WCWS Championship Series against Michigan
As a Freshman (2014):
- SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
- 52 games / 24 starts
- Led the squad with 21 pinch-hit at-bats and five pinch hits
- Scored her first run on Feb. 6 at USF
- Drove in her first runs on Feb. 15 vs. Ohio State at the Easton Desert Classic in Las Vegas
- Recorded her first career home run on Feb. 16 in the Gators’ 15-2 (6 innings) win over Minnesota
- Started at shortstop against Illinois State, logging her first at-bat and first hit of her career
- Notched her first multi-hit game on March 2 vs. Radford, when she also stole a season-best two bases
- Recorded a pinch-hit RBI single on May 17 vs. Stetson during UF’s record-setting 14-0 NCAA Regional win
- Sealed Florida’s 11-0 (5 innings) win in the opening game of the Women’s College World Series against Baylor with a pinch-hit, walk off grand slam
High School / Travel Ball:
- 2013 graduate of Hebron High School in Carrollton, Texas
- Played travel ball with Team TFS Texas, coached by Monti VanBrunt
- 2013 NFCA High School First Team All-American (UT)
- 2013 NFCA First Team All-South Central First Team (UT)
- Batted .530 with a .593 on-base percentage as a senior at Hebron
- Named the 2013 Denton Record-Chronicle District co-MVP, along with First Team All-Area and Texas All-State selections
- Held single-season records at Hebron for hits (53), batting average (.530), RBI (44), triples (7), stolen bases (20) and runs scored (46)
- Hit .394 with four homers and 28 RBI as a junior at Hebron
- Batted .481 in the postseason as Hebron was a Texas 5A Region I Finalist
- 2012 First Team Class 5A All-State
- 2012 First-Team All-District 8-5A honors
- 2012 Dallas Morning News First Team All-Area
- 2012 Hebron High School MVP
- 2012 Vype Magazine Reader’s Choice Softball MVP (Denton County)
- Vype Magazine Muscle Milk Player of the Week for Denton County (April 23, 2012)
- Dallas Morning News Softball Player of the Week (May 14, 2012)
- Led Hebron to the 2011 Texas 5A Quarterfinals as a sophomore
- 2011 Hebron High School Most Improved Player
- 2011 All-District 8-5A Second Team
- Hebron was a Texas 5A State Semifinalist her freshman season in 2010
- Was a member of both the Art Club and Key Club at Hebron High School
- Led Team TFS to the 16U ASA World Series title and was tabbed the team MVP by Softball Today
- Earned the Team TFS Texas Yukiko Ueno Award as the team’s Pitcher of the Year
Herndon's Career Stats
| Year |
avg |
gp-gs |
ab |
r |
h |
2b |
3b |
hr |
rbi |
bb |
so |
sb-att |
fld% |
| 2014 |
.268 |
52-24 |
82 |
20 |
22 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
14 |
11 |
21 |
7-8 |
.978 |
| 2015 |
.211 |
31-2 |
19 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
6 |
0-0 |
1.000 |
| 2016 |
.158 |
35-6 |
38 |
2 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
4 |
0-0 |
1.000 |
| 2017 |
.256 |
55-43 |
121 |
14 |
31 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
27 |
11 |
28 |
4-5 |
1.000 |
| TOTAL |
.242 |
173-75 |
260 |
41 |
63 |
8 |
2 |
9 |
48 |
28 |
59 |
11-13 |
.984 |
Herndon's Career Bests
CAREER GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]:
Hits: 3, North Dakota State, Mar 15, 2017
Doubles: 1, 8 times
Triples: 1 [t-4th], Mercer, Mar 12, 2014; CCSU, Mar 18, 2014
Home runs: 1, 10 times
Total bases: 7, North Dakota State, Mar 15, 2017
RBI: 5, North Dakota State, Mar 15, 2017
Runs scored: 2, 5 times
Walks: 3, at LSU, Mar 14, 2014
Hit by pitch: 1, 12 times
Struck out: 3 [t-6th], vs Oklahoma, Jun 05, 2017
Sac flies: 1 [t-9th], UCF, Apr 19, 2017; vs FIU, Mar 05, 2016; Auburn, Mar 26, 2017
Sac bunts: 1, 5 times
At bats: 6, vs Oklahoma, Jun 05, 2017
Stolen bases: 2, vs Radford, Mar 02, 2014
