West Valley College: Highly recruited Juco transfer . . . a two-year varsity letterwinner as a shortstop at West Valley College . . . earned First-Team All Conference and First-Team JuCo All-American in the Coast Conference. . . hit .335 with four home runs, 12 doubles, 30 RBI's and 20 walks.
Santa Teresa HS:Played shortstop through 2001-03 ... earned First-Team All-Division in 2002 ... also earned San Jose Mercury Honorable Mention in 2002.
Personal: Jason Hershfield was born on November 25, 1985 in San Jose, Calif ... parents are Randy and Cheryl Hershfield ... father is a Shop Foreman for Mercedes Benz and mother is a Dental Hygienist ... will face former Santa Teresa High School teammate Kyle Bellows yearly against San Jose State and will face former West Valley CC teammate Eric Thames who plays for Pepperdine ... his favorite athlete is Derek Jeter because of his leadership qualities and believes that he is a player who makes people around him better.
