Career: Concluded his four years at Emory by playing in 83 games, 38 as a starter ... Scored in double figures on 42 occasions ... Grabbed 10 or more rebounds in nine games and registered seven double-doubles (pts./rebs.) ... Recorded 12 performances of 20 or more points ... Ended his career at Emory ranked 15th in points scored (886) and 17th in scoring average (10.7 ppg) ... Holds down the No. 11 spot on the Eagles' all-time list with 345 field goals and his 45.2 percent (345-of-763) mark from the floor places him 17th ... 16th on the school's all-time annals with 368 rebounds ... Other top-20 Emory rankings he ended with included field goal attempts (763, 13th), free throws (161, 19th,) and free throw percentage (.770, 14th).

Senior (2009-10): Played in all 25 games and averaged 17.5 minutes, 7.3 points and 2.9 rebounds per outing ... Scored in double figures on eight occasions ... Team's top point producer in three games ... Tabbed as the UAA Co-Player of the Week (Jan. 11) after averaging 19.0 points, while shooting 75 percent from the floor (15-of-20), and 5.0 rebounds in helping the team to wins over Carnegie Mellon (Jan. 8) and Case Western (Jan. 10) ... In the 98-89 triumph over Case, he topped the team with a season-high 23 points, hitting eight-of-10 from the floor, including three-of-four from three-point range, and all four of his free throw attempts ... Knocked down seven-of-10 from the field and tallied 15 points, second high on the club, and picked off five boards in the 80-67 over CMU ... Successful on six of his eight field goal opportunities en route to a 13-point performance, second high on the squad, in an 89-81 win against Hanover (Dec. 19) ... Notched double-digit scoring in a six-of-eight-game stretch (Dec. 5-Jan. 10) ... Tied for team scoring honors with 13 points at Chicago (Feb. 5).

Junior (2008-09): Played in all 25 games and drew 14 starting assignments ... Averaged 26.5 minutes per game, second high on the team, and ranked as the club's top scorer with a 14.0 points per-game average, good for ninth place among UAA cagers ... Second on the squad and tied for 15th in the conference in rebounding (4.9 rpg) ... Earned his second straight honorable-mention berth on the All-UAA Team ... Ranked 12th on the UAA chart in scoring average in league affairs (12.5 ppg) ... Led Emory in field goals (134), free throws (70) and steals (27) ... Shot 81.4 percent from the foul line (70-of-86) in overall action, third on the UAA ladder, and was fifth in that category for league games (.837) ... Scored in double figures in 15 games and totaled seven efforts of 20 or more points ... Three double-doubles to his credit including one in the season opener vs. Oglethorpe (Nov. 17) when he registered career highs in both points (28) and rebounds (16) ... His rebound total in that game represented the high-water mark by an Emory player during the year and tied for 13th on the school's single-game list ... Scored 15 of his game-high 24 points in the second half in helping the team to an 89-83 triumph in the second Oglethorpe meeting (Nov. 25) ... Sank seven-of-12 from the floor and all eight of his free throw attempts and recorded game highs in both points (23) and rebounds (11) vs. Brandeis (Jan. 25) ... Came off the bench and was successful on eight-of-11 from the field en route to a team-leading 19 points in 24 minutes vs. Rochester (Feb. 6) ... Came through with a club-best 19 points vs. NYU (Feb. 22) in an 80-79 double-overtime victory ... Averaged 14.8 points and shot 50 percent (25-of-50) from the field over the last four games ... Led or shared for the team's scoring lead in 12 games and was the club's top rebounder on five occasions ... Pumped in 17 of his game-high 22 points in the second half, knocking down seven-of-nine from the floor in that final 20 minutes, in helping the team to a 77-66 triumph over Sewanee (Dec. 9).

Sophomore (2007-08):  Bounced back from an injury-shortened 2006-07 campaign to earn honorable mention All-UAA acclaim ... Started 23 of the 24 games he saw action in ... Second on the team and ninth among UAA players in scoring with a 14.1 per-game average in overall action ... Tossed in 16.0 points per league outing, second on the squad and fifth on the UAA chart ... Topped the team and held down the sixth position on the UAA ladder in overall rebounding (6.6 rpg) ... Snared 6.3 caroms per conference contest, seventh on the league ladder ... Shot 47 percent from the floor (134-of-285), 15th among UAA cagers ... Scored in double digits on 19 occasions and closed out the campaign by scoring 10 or more points in the last 12 games of the year including four efforts of 20 or more points ... Led or shared for the team lead in rebounding in 11 games and posted six double-figure performances in that category ... Emory's top scorer in four contests ... Compiled four double-doubles ... Tallied 14 of his game-high 23 points in the second in helping the Eagles to an 89-85 win over Carnegie Mellon (Jan. 27) ... Converted eight-of-14 from the field (1-of-1 from three-point range) and a season-best seven-of-eight from the foul line en route to a season-high 24 points vs. Chicago (Feb. 15) ... Three outings of a season-high 12 rebounds (vs. Washington & Lee, Nov. 20, Oglethorpe, Dec. 15, Washington University, Feb. 17) ... Showed a good touch from the charity stripe, hitting 71.9 percent (64-of-89) of his attempts, good for 14th spot on the UAA ladder ... Hit nine-of-13 from the floor and finished with 20 points in the 81-76 overtime win over No. 1 Rochester (Jan. 25) ... 22-point (second high on the team), 11-rebound outing in season finale at Case Western (Mar. 1) ... 338 total points and his 14.1 per-game scoring average ranked him 29th on Emory's seasonal lists ... 159 rebounds tied him for 25th place on the school's seasonal chart.

Freshman (2006-07):  Had seen action as a reserve in nine of the first 10 games of the season before an injury suffered in practice sidelined for the remainder of the year ... Averaged 5.2 minutes, 1.8 points and 1.6 rebounds per outing ... Picked up four points and a season-best four rebounds in six minutes of action at the University of the South (Nov. 30) ... Turned in another four-point performance against the South (Dec. 6) .... Three rebounds and a pair of steals in five minutes against Maryville (Dec. 9).

Prior to Emory: Four-year member of the basketball program at Belen Jesuit Prep School where he played for Jose Roca ... Averaged 19.0 points and 10.6 rebound per game his senior season en route to second-team all-state recognition ... Closed out his prep career as the school's all-time leading scorer with 1,586 points ... First-team all-county selection and was team MVP his junior and senior campaigns ... As a junior, he scored at a 17.5 per-game clip ... Finished with career with 1,100 rebounds ... Belen Jesuit brought district titles his sophomore and junior seasons.

Personal: Born July 17, 1988 .. Son of Vince and Irma Fernandez ... Serves as a resident advisor at Emory.

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"I chose Emory because I was interested in continuing my studies at an excellent university. The school has an outstanding reputation and will help prepare me prepare for the future. I also wanted to continue my career as a student-athlete playing basketball."