UC Davis Athletics

2019: Appeared in six games late in the season, driving in a run with a hit against UC Riverside on April 20... Also plated a run against the Highlanders a day later... Made one appearance in the circle against Cal State Fullerton on April 27, facing a pair of hitters and striking out one.

2018: Appeared in 22 games overall, making 18 starts, while appearing six times in the circle, starting a pair of games... Collected a season-high two hits as part of a 2-for-3 day against Utah State (March 10), and had hits in three straight games -- all three of them doubles -- while driving in a pair against Fairleigh Dickinson (March 18), Santa Clara (March 18), and CSUN (March 30)... Made her first career start and went the distance in the circle against nationally ranked Tennessee on Feb. 10... Earned her first career victory with two innings of relief against UTEP on Feb. 11... Struck out two against Pacific on Feb. 16.

2017: Only Aggie to appear as both a pitcher and position player... Played 22 games as a position player, starting ten of them... Entered nine games as a relief pitcher... Started six games as the designated hitter, three games in the outfield and one at third... Recorded a career-high three RBI against North Dakota on March 17... Hit a triple, her only multi-base hit of the season, against Seton Hall on March 9... Hit .333 with the bases loaded and .500 with a runner on third and less than two outs... As a pitcher, she made nine appearances for 21.1 innings of work... She finished in second amongst Aggie pitchers in opposing batting average (.259), games finished (8) and games in relief (9)... Pitched a season-high 5.2 innings against Cal State Fullerton on April 15, allowing just four hit and one earned run... Recorded a season-high three strikeouts against Bryant on March 16 in a perfect two innings of work... Mendoza is just one of three players on the team with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage with nine putouts and seven assists.

LA HABRA HS '16: Four-year letterwinner... Earned All-Freeway League first team, Rookie of the YEar and Scholar-Athlete honors throughout her high school career.

PERSONAL: Oldest of Elena and Frank Orozco's two children... Her grandparents, Irene Realyvasquez and Frank Orozco, graduated from UC Davis... Her aunt, Melissa Gutierrez, is also a UC Davis alum... Most people do not know that she enjoys watching anime and reading manga.