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2024 Softball Roster

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10 Idalis Mendez

  • Position Outfield
  • Class Sixth Year
  • Hometown Horizon City, Texas
  • High School El Dorado HS
  • B/T L/L
  • Major Civil Engineering

Biography

Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal (2022, 2023, 2024)
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)

2024 | 6TH YEAR
  • Played in 36 games with 29 starts
  • Slashline of .313/.439/.438
  • In 80 at bats, recorded 25 hits, 10 RBI, earned 12 walks
  • Had 8 extra-base hits (7 doubles, 1 home run)
  • Posted a .960 fielding percentage with a team-leading 215 putouts
  • Turned 6 double plays
  • Game-high 3 walks versus ACU (2/11) and 14 putouts versus New Mexico (2/14)
  • Had 6 multi-hit and 2 multi-RBI games
  • Went on a 5-game hitting streak and reached base in 5 straight games
  • Closed her career ranked 3rd in program history with a .449 career on-base percentage and ranked 5th with a .349 career batting average 
2023 | REDSHIRT SENIOR
  • Played in 36 games with 18 starts
  • Batted a .286, recorded 9 runs, 2 RBIs, one double, and 2 home runs with 63 at bats, earned 6 walks
  • Had four multi-hit games
  • Posted a 1.000 fielding percentage with one putout
2022 | REDSHIRT JUNIOR
  • Sat out season due to injury
2021 | REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
  • Started in all 37 games in center field for the Miners
  • Slashed .410/.500/.676 -- became the fourth player in Miner history to hit .400+ 
  • Led UTEP in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, hits (43), runs (21), doubles (8), triples (1), stolen bases (2)
  • Second on the team in home runs (6) and RBIs (19)
  • Second consecutive season leading the Miners in batting avg. and OBP
  • Ranked second in CUSA in batting average and third in on-base percentage 
  • Opened the season on a 10-game hitting streak (14 games dating back to the final four games of 2020)
  • Led the NCAA in batting average through the first two weeks of the season with a .679 batting average (MIN. 28 at-bats) 
  • Led the Miners with 14 multi-hit games including the only four-hit performance of the season for UTEP versus Montana (3/5)
  • Went a combined 6-for-7 in a double-header versus Montana and Incarnate Word (3/5)
  • Knocked in all four runs with a double and home run in the Miners' 6-4 loss to Tarleton State (3/20)
  • Exploded for four home runs and nine RBIs and hit at a .583 clip (7-for-12) in UTEP's last regular season series versus UTSA (5/7 - 5/9) and notched the first two-homer game of her career in game three (5/8)
*2020 | REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
  • Led the Miners in batting average (.357) and on-base percentage (.448) in 56 at-bats and started all 22 games
  • Was second on the team in hits (20) and runs (15), respectively
  • Recorded two outfield assists and a .909 fielding percentage
  • Launched the first home run of her career versus Nebraska (2/7)
  • Logged four multi-hit games
  • Finished the season going 5-for-11 at the plate including a triple in the Louisiana Tech series (3/6 - 3/7)
    *2020 season was cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic

2019 | FRESHMAN
  • Sat out season due to injury
EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOL
  • Hit .518 (44-98) with 44 runs scored, 33 RBI, eight doubles, three triples, 17 stolen bases and seven home runs during junior season in 2017
  • Named All-District 1-6A Defensive Player of the Year
  • Named to the El Paso Times' All-City first team
  • Recorded eight assists, 41 putouts and four double plays in the outfield
  • Efforts helped Aztecs (17-9, 9-5 district) advance to UIL Softball State Tournament
  • Recorded season-high five RBI on a 3-for-4 outing with three runs scored, while connecting on a home run during a win against Franklin (3/21)
  • Smacked two home runs and gathered four RBI during a one-run victory against Socorro (3/10)

PERSONAL: Full name is Idalis Richelle Mendez … born in El Paso, Texas ... daughter of Ricardo and Nancy Mendez … has three brothers, Adriel, Cristian and Johan and one sister, Talina … in 2023. she was selected as El Dorado's first inductee into the Aztec Softball Hall of Fame ... majors in civil engineering

Statistics

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2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2019Freshman

    Out Fielder
    10
  • 10

    2020Redshirt Freshman

    Out Fielder
    10
  • 10

    2021Redshirt Sophomore

    Outfield
    10
  • 10

    2022Redshirt Junior

    Outfield
    10
  • 10

    2023Redshirt Junior

    Outfield
    10
  • 10

    2024Sixth Year

    Outfield
    10