University of California, Santa Barbara

UC SANTA BARBARA
2025
All-Big West Second Team … Started all 54 games in the middle infield for the Gauchos, hitting .314/.392/.559 with 40 RBIs … Led the team in both doubles (17) and home runs (11) … Ranked second on the team with two triples … His 17 doubles ranked second in The Big West … Also ranked seventh in the conference in home runs and ninth in slugging percentage … Had nine multi-RBI games, third-most on the team, including a career-high five against UC Riverside on April 12 … Finished the season on a 13-game hitting streak and 14-game on-base streak … Tallied a career-high four hits in Santa Barbara’s win at Long Beach State on March 29.

2024
All-Santa Barbara Regional Team … Played in 51 games for the Gauchos, starting 49 of them at shortstop … Hit .272/.354/.389 with nine doubles, four home runs and 30 RBIs … Hit his first career home run as part of a three-RBI day in his Caesar Uyesaka Stadium debut against UConn (March 8) … Matched his season high with three more three-RBI games against UC San Diego (May 5), Cal State Bakersfield (May 10) and UC Riverside (May 24) … Stole home against UC Davis on Apr. 19.

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HIGH SCHOOL
Earned four varsity letters between Culver City and JSerra Catholic High Schools … 2023 Rawlings High School Gold Glove Award winner … 2023 Trinity League Gold Glove winner … First Team All-CIF in 2022 … Second Team All-Trinity League in 2022 … Won back-to-back CIF Southern Section Championships in 2022 and 2023.

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PERSONAL
Son of Jessica and Mario Mendez … Has a younger sister, Emily … Majoring in Communication at UC Santa Barbara … Roots for the Los Angeles Dodgers … Enjoys watching Rick and Morty and the Harry Potter movies … Listens to Drake.