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Lexi Fernandez

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • High School West Ranch
  • Hometown Stevenson Ranch, Calif.
  • Major Bioengineering

Biography

Collegiate Career Statistics (TFRRS)


Accolades: 

  • 2x NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2023, 2024) 
  • 3x NEWMAC All-Conference (2022, 2023, 2024) 
  • 3x USTFCCCA All-Region (2022, 2023, 2024) 
  • 2x USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete (2023, 2024) 
  • 2023 CSC Academic All-District

2024: 

  • Competed in six meets with 5 top 10 Finishes 
  • Ran a career best 21:25.3 6k to earn a 10th place finish at the Conn. College Invitational on Oct. 19 
  • Placed 2nd at the NEWMAC Championships with a time of 21:45.3 
  • Earned All-Region honors with a 10th place finish and a time of 22:16.8 at the NCAA DIII East Region Championships 

2023: 

  • Competed in five events with four top-20 finishes 
  • Finished eighth at the 2023 NEWMAC Cross Country Championships in 23:20.9 and second at the NCAA East Regional in 21:53.8 
  • Placed 48th at the NCAA DIII Cross Country Championships with a time of 22:03.2 

2022: 

  • Competed in two meets 
  • Was 41st at the Conn. College Invitational with a time of 22:51.1 
  • Finished 17th at the NCAA Regional in 23:05.5 

Before MIT: 

  • Broke school record in the 3,200 three times in 2022 
  • CIF D2 Champion in the 3,200 
  • Medaled at Master's in third place 
  • League champion in the 1,600 and 800, as well as the runner-up in the 3,200
  • Top 11 at state 
  • Scholar-Athlete of the Year 
  • 2021 XC league runner-up 
  • 2021 track CIF D2 medalist (fourth in 1600, fifth in 3200) 
  • Won the 2019 track Freshman Rising Star Award 
  • 2018 All-SCV Cross Country Runner of the Year 
  • League runner-up 
  • Team MVP 
  • League Champion in the 1600 and 800 
  • Member of the National Honor Society 
  • LLS Student of the Year 
  • Volunteer assistant coach for Warriors 
  • President of FCA 
  • Member of the Architectural Design Club 
  • Honor Roll student 
  • Ranked third in his class 
  • Merit based Scholar 
  • AP Scholar with Distinction 

Personal: 

  • Majoring in bioengineering with a minor in finance and a concentration in STS 
  • Shadowing Dr. McGilmer at Kaiser 
  • Servlanthropy Deputy 
  • Member of Amphibz at MIT 
  • Member of Theta 

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete: 

  • “Breaking 5 flat in the mile during indoor with my "miler squad" 

Historical Player Information

  • 2022First Year

    5'6"
  • 2023Sophomore

    5'7"
  • 2024Junior

    5'7"
  • 2025Senior

    5'7"