2021 - Program's 7th-Best ERA In Single Season (2.35)
2021 - Top-45 In NCAA For ERA (2.35)

2021 (Redshirt Senior):
Appeared in ten games with nine starts (both team-highs)…Finished second in the SWAC for ERA (2.35), fourth in complete games (2), fifth for WHIP (1.16) and sixth in hits per nine innings (7.34)…Led the Braves pitching staff in ERA, WHIP, complete games, innings pitched (61.1), strikeouts (55) and batting average against (.223) while picking up his first career save versus Mississippi Valley State (4/9)…Earned the win in the season opener at Valley, shutting out the Delta Devils over 7.0 innings with three whiffs on just four hits allowed (3/5)...Did not give up a hit or walk over 2.0 innings at #3 Ole Miss with one strikeout (4/6)…Struck out at least five batters in seven of his nine starts…Recorded 11 punchouts at Alabama A&M, his second double-digit strikeout game of his career…Tied a career-high with 8.0 innings while allowing zero earned runs and five hits to go along with six whiffs in the SWAC Tournament against Prairie View A&M (5/19)…Only allowed 16 earned runs all season.

2020 (Redshirt Senior):
Started three games in four appearances…Had the eighth-most strikeouts in the SWAC (25)…Pitched to a team-best 4.13 ERA over 24.0 innings while allowing 11 runs…Recorded career-highs in innings pitched (8.0) and strikeouts (12) while earning the win versus Alabama A&M (3/7).

2019 (Redshirt Junior):
Led all starters with a 7.34 ERA, 65.0 innings pitched and three wins…Started 11 games…Second on the team in strikeouts (52)...Pitched a complete game, giving up two earned runs on six hits and striking out six at Mississippi Valley State (4/26).

2018 (Junior):
Pitched 2.1 innings with one strikeout...Redshirted (medical).
 
Previous School:
In two seasons at Southeastern Illinois, he pitched in 23 games including 11 starts…Picked up five wins…Accumulated 75 strikeouts.

High School:
Lettered in baseball at Next Level America Academy.

Personal:
Full name is Jose Antonio Fernandez...Born Sept. 10, 1997… son of Jose Fernandez Diaz and Luiza Vasquez…one of four siblings...majoring in computer networking and information technology.