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2024 Women's Soccer Roster

Aaron Draper
Aaron Draper
Aaron Draper
Aaron Draper
Aaron Draper
Aaron Draper
Aaron Draper
Aaron Draper
Aaron Draper
Aaron Draper

8 Natalie Mendoza

  • Position Midfielder/Forward
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Franklin HS
  • Hometown Elk Grove

Biography

Notable Awards
- All-CCAA Second Team (2023)
- United Soccer Coaches All-West Region Second Team (2023)

As a Senior (2024)
- Started all 18 matches on the season, logging 1,279 minutes 
- Scored three goals coming against Seattle Pacific (Sept. 14), Cal Poly Humboldt (Oct. 20) and Stanislaus State (Nov. 7)
- Notched a single assist against Regis (Sept. 5)
- Played one full match against Cal Poly Humboldt

As a Junior (2023)
- Appeared in 18 matches, starting 17 and logging 1,283 minutes
- Played a season high 90 minutes at Cal State LA (Oct. 20)
- Scored 3 goals, two as game winners against CSU San Bernardino (Oct. 8) and Monterey Bay (Oct. 29)
- Notched 1 assist against Biola (Sept. 16)
- Recorded the only free kick goal for the Wildcats against the Yotes (Oct. 8)
- Earned All-CCAA Second Team
- United Soccer Coaches All-West Region Second Team

As a Sophomore (2022)
- Started all 19 matches, playing 1,317 minutes
- Played a season-most 100 minutes against Cal Poly Humboldt (Oct. 30) in the CCAA Tournament first round
- Recorded 6 points, scoring 2 goals and assists each
- Net the match-winner at Sonoma State (Sept. 23)
- Recorded 36 total shots, 10 on goal

As a Freshman (2021)
- Appeared in 17 matches in 2021, starting 14
- Ranked second on the ’Cats with four assists on the season
- Registered an assist in each of the first three matches of the 2021 campaign

Pre-Chico Days
- A 2020 graduate of Franklin High School in Elk Grove
- Helped lead the Wildcats to postseason appearances in all three of her varsity seasons
- Earned All-Delta League honors in 2018–19

Personal
- Born October 22, 2002, in Sacramento
- Daughter of Gilbert and Marisela
- Has an older sister, Erica
- Her grandmas are her heroes (“because they are both very strong and independent women”)
- The person she most admires in the sports world is Brazilian footballer Marta Vieira da Silva (“I have always looked up to her style of play and passion for soccer”)
- Favorite course at Chico State is Physics taught by David Brookes
- Why she chose to attend Chico State: “I loved Chico’s beautiful campus and the athletic program’s family environment”
- Her greatest sports moment was scoring her first CCAA goal against Sonoma State in the 2022 season, "It was the best team goal i have been apart of."
- The most interesting thing she’s ever done is go sailing in San Francisco Bay
- The most impressive thing she’s ever accomplished is learning how to solve a Rubik’s Cube
- Has learned by playing soccer “to embrace failure”
- Enjoys swimming, doing yoga, listening to music, going on bike rides and spending time outdoors when she has free time
- Her biggest talent outside of soccer: “my humor”
- Can play the maracas
- Has gone skydiving
- Claims “no one can beat me at Just Dance on Wii”
- At the top of her bucket list: “To go scuba diving in Australia”
- Best advice ever received came from her mom: “Everything happens for a reason”
- Majoring in civil engineering
- Plans a career as a water resource engineer.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 23

    2021Freshman

    F
    5'7"
    23
  • 8

    2022Sophomore

    M/F
    5'7"
    8
  • 8

    2023Junior

    Midfielder/Forward
    5'7"
    8
  • 8

    2024Senior

    Midfielder/Forward
    5'7"
    8
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