Chico State Athletics

Chico State’s all-time home run leader…Led Wildcats in homers (7), extra-base hits (22) and slugging percentage (.607) in 2015, earning All-CCAA Honorable Mention…Hit school record-breaking home run Apr. 24 vs. Cal State Dominguez Hills…Posted 11 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games last season…Went 4-for-5 with a home run and four RBI May 1 vs. Cal State Monterey Bay during the CCAA Championship Tournament…Put together a 10-game hitting streak Mar. 27-Apr. 4…Named CCAA Player of the Week Apr. 20-26…Hit 11 round-trippers in 2014 to tie Chico State’s single-season home run record…Set a new Chico State single-season record for home runs by a freshman in 2013…Named All-CCAA Honorable Mention as a true freshman…Enters 2016 season ranked second in Wildcat history in career RBI (116) and slugging percentage (.591), third in extra-base hits (62), fifth in doubles (37) and total bases (259), and sixth in batting average (.340)…Pre-Chico Days: A 2012 graduate of Etiwanda High School…Helped lead Eagles to two Baseline League title teams and the 2009 CIF D-II championship…Second Team All-BL selection in 2012…All-BL Honorable Mention as a sophomore and junior…Personal: Born 5/7/94 in Pasadena…Daughter of Chuck and Armida…Has one younger brother, Zachary…Sports hero is All-American and Olympic softball star Jessica Mendoza…Biggest sports thrill was hitting her first collegiate grand slam (Apr. 12, 2014 vs. Cal State Monterey Bay)…traveling, baking and spending time with her family…Says the best thing about Chico is “the leaves changing colors in the fall”…Would someday like to visit her cousin Andrew in London…Best advice ever received: “the fundamentals of the game never change”…When playing first base, always packs the dirt around the bag…Wants to meet Justin Timberlake and the Los Angeles Dodgers…Would travel the world if money were no object…Majoring in exercise physiology…Plans on becoming an athletic trainer.