Hunter Hernandez had a record-breaking week for The Big West co-regular season champion Anteaters to claim a fifth Big West Player of the Week award in 2025-26. 

On Saturday at Cal Poly, Hernandez tied UC Irvine’s single-game scoring record with 41 points on 50 percent shooting from the field and a 16-for-18 night from the line. It was the third 40-point game in UCI program history and the first since 2010.   

Two days later, the senior from San Jose, Calif., dropped a game-high 24 points with a perfect 10-for-10 outing from the charity strip in the Anteaters’ title-clinching win at UC Davis.  

By the end of the week, Hernandez increased the single-season scoring total to a school-record 603 points, while also breaking UC Irvine’s all-time record with 385 career free throws made.  

In the two wins, Hernandez averaged 32.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 1.5 steals while shooting .459 from the field, .455 from beyond the arc and .929 (26-for-28) at the free throw line.