| Alana Mendoza |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Camarillo, Calif.
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| High School:
Aldolfo Camarillo
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| Height:
5-3
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| Position:
Utility
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| Experience:
2V
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OREGON STATE
(2004) Alana Mendoza played in 70 games with 66 starts, mostly at second base...held a .205 batting average with 34 hits and 24 runs scored...had five sacrifices and was 3-for-5 on stolen bases...doubled and scored a pair of runs at No. 17 Oregon (Mar. 26)...went 2-for-3 with three runs scored and an RBI at Saint Mary's (Apr. 1)...reeled off a 5-game hitting streak in the middle of April, including a 2-for-3 mark against Portland State (Apr. 13)...went 2-for-4 against Arizona State (Apr. 25)...went 1-for-3 in back-to-back games against No. 3 UCLA (May1-2)...was 1-for-2 with a run scored against No. 2 California (May 14)...went 1-for-2 with a walk against No. 11 Tennessee (May 22) in the NCAA Regional Tournament...was 1-for-2 with a walk against Illinois-Chicago (May 23) during the NCAA Regional Tournament...reached base by balls on five occasions during NCAA Regional Tournament action...tallied three multiple hit games...finished with a .952 fielding percentage with 122 put-outs and 117 assists...defensively was a part of 12 double plays.
(2003) Alana Mendoza redshirted the 2003 season at Oregon State while rehabilitating from Tommy John surgery on her elbow.
(2002) Saw action in 56 games with 43 starts, mostly in the outfield with some at second base...missed the NCAA Regional Tournament while nursing a sprained elbow...ranked sixth on the squad with a .244 batting average...had 30 hits in 123 at bats...singled in her first collegiate at bat, against San Diego (Feb. 2) in the Southern Utah Tournament...went 2-for-3 with two RBI against Southern Utah (Feb. 3)...had a 2-for-3 effort and a double against Alabama (Feb. 16) at the UNLV Tournament...was a perfect 3-for-3 with two runs scored against No. 12 Pacific at the CSUF Worth Tournament...went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a double against San Jose State (Mar. 3) in the CSUF Tournament...was a perfect 1-for-1 against No. 8 Stanford (May 10) before spraining her right elbow...tied for fourth on the team with seven multiple hit games...tallied two multiple RBI contests...was 3-for-6 on stolen base attempts...had a .971 fielding percentage with 44 putouts and 23 assists.
Adolfo Camarillo High School
Earned first team all-league and all-county honors... Named Ventura County Star and Los Angeles Times first team picks as well... Played in Los Angeles Times Senior All-Star Game...Named her school's defensive player of the year twice...Also played volleyball and basketball.
Personal
Born in Camarillo, CA...Daughter of Karen and Gil Mendoza...Has three older siblings, Jessica, Elena, and Walt...English major...Wants to be an English teacher... Hobbies include dancing...Chose OSU because it is "something new and different from California. It's beautiful!"... Lists her sister Jessica, a former softball player at Stanford and current member of the USA Olympic Team, as her favorite athlete... Biggest athletic thrill to date was watching her sister win the Olympic gold medal...Her dad played football and baseball at Fresno State.
