2023-24 BESTS
Low Round: 69, Round 3 at The Bruzzy (3/31/24)
Low Tournament: 214 (71-74-69), at The Bruzzy (3/30-31/24)
Best Finish: 8, at The Bruzzy (3/30-31/24)
COLLEGIATE BESTS
Low Round: 69 (2x), Round 3 at The Bruzzy (3/31/24) and Round 2 at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup (10/11/22)
Low Tournament: 214 (71-74-69), at The Bruzzy (3/30-31/24)
Best Finish: 8, at The Bruzzy (3/30-31/24)
AS A JUNIOR (2023-24)
Appeared in four tournaments and played in 11 rounds, all as an individual … Logged a 74.18 scoring average, three rounds at par or better and one top 10 finish … Tied for 39th with a 3-over 219 (70-74-75) at the Diamante Intercollegiate … Logged a tie for 45th with a 6-over 222 (75-71-76) at the MountainView Collegiate … Earned the best finish of her career with an eighth place showing with a 4-over 214 (71-74-69) at The Bruzzy … Was the alternate in all three of the Hogs’ events in the postseason.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2022-23)
Appeared in four tournaments, playing in 12 rounds … compiled a 75.83 scoring average with four rounds at par or under … Started the season with a 17th-place finish at the Blessings Collegiate, logging an 8-over 226 (77-77-72) … Followed that tournament with a tie for 29th at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup, where she also logged an 8-over 226 (80-69-77), while firing her first career round in the 60s in the second round with a 69 … Went 1-over for a 217 (75-71-71) at the Moon Golf Invitational, where her third round was accomplished with zero bogeys.
AS A FRESHMAN (2021-22)
Played in four events during her first collegiate season … Made her collegiate debut at the Moon Golf Invitational, tallying a 73 in round one … Best performance of the year came at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, logging a 224 (73-78-73) to tie for 16th place … Was in the lineup at the SEC Championship, where she carded a 232 … Appeared in rounds two and three at the NCAA Championship.
PRIOR TO ARKANSAS
Fernandez joined Taylor’s program by way of the Montverde Academy … The Asuncion, Paraguay native has several signature finishes thus far in her amateur career, including second place finishes at the Sudamexicano Amateur (2019) and the Optimist International Junior (2019), while notching a win at the AJGA Billy Horschel Junior … In all, Fernandez has notched 21 wins worldwide.
PERSONAL
Fernandez will study sports psychology … Her parents are Hugo Fernandez and Adriana Lopez … She has two brothers, Benjamin and Franco.
