Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
Maxson Hernandez-Trujillo - Men's Tennis
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- Athletic Communications Assistant (Soccer, M/W Tennis)
Maxson Hernandez-Trujillo joined the Middle Tennessee athletic department on July 6, 2026, as an Athletic Communications Assistant. He oversees day-to-day communications efforts as the primary contact and sports information director for Middle Tennessee's women's soccer, men's tennis and women's tennis teams, while also assisting in a secondary role with the men's basketball team.
Hernandez-Trujillo graduated from the University of Central Florida in May 2026 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and a minor in Sports Business Management. During his four years at UCF, he served in multiple roles with the university's athletics department.
From January 2023 to May 2026, he served as a student manager for the UCF men's soccer team, overseeing equipment, operations and daily training preparations. During his tenure, the Knights earned the first No. 1 national ranking in program history and the first No. 1 ranking in any sport in UCF history during the 2023 season. He was also part of the 2025 Sun Belt Tournament championship team, which captured UCF's first men's soccer Sun Belt title and advanced to the second round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament.
During the 2024-25 and 2025-26 academic years, Hernandez-Trujillo also served as a Strategic Communications Intern with UCF Athletics. His responsibilities included updating statistics, maintaining roster bios, writing press releases and feature stories, and managing in-game live statistics. He primarily worked with UCF Women's Soccer, which advanced to the second round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament during his time with the program.
Beyond his work at UCF, in the summer of 2024, Hernandez-Trujillo worked as a communications assistant with USL League Two club Nona FC, writing press releases and conducting media interviews. He returned to the league in the summer of 2025, working with Brooke House FC, where he managed the club's social media efforts for both its men's and women's teams. Across all three teams, he worked with players representing more than 30 NCAA Division I institutions. Additionally, in December 2025, he served as a media relations assistant for the StaffDNA Cure Bowl, assisting with press box operations, credentials, press conferences and overall media relations efforts surrounding the game.
In his free time, Hernandez-Trujillo enjoys line dancing, playing the piano and watching sports.
