Upcoming Event: Softball versus Utah Valley on October 2, 2025 at 4 p.m.
4 p.m.
Softball
vs Utah Valley
2025 Softball Roster
Roster
Mendez, Rio
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Jersey Number 21
Rio Mendez
- Position:
- INF
- Height:
- 5-4
- Custom1:
- R/R
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Lakewood, Calif.
- High School:
- Gahr HS
Bio
2025: Played in 31 games, making four starts...scored 10 runs and added one RBI...scored the winning run in Utah's Feb. 9 win over Miami (OH).
Prior to Utah: All-American Watch List finalist in 2023 and named to the same list in 2022...named her team's defensive player of the year in 2023...a first-team all-league pick and named Clutch Player of the Year as a sophomore while helping her squad win a league title...hit .444 as a freshman and was named Rookie of the Year by her team...her club experience includes club play with the So Cal Athletics Terrones and the BCS Bengals Briggs...part of multiple championship teams at the club level, including a first-place finish at the PGF Shootout in 2023...helped Puerto Rico TCI International Team win a silver medal.
Personal: Daughter of Yvette and Dennis Mendez and has one sibling, Devin.
Prior to Utah: All-American Watch List finalist in 2023 and named to the same list in 2022...named her team's defensive player of the year in 2023...a first-team all-league pick and named Clutch Player of the Year as a sophomore while helping her squad win a league title...hit .444 as a freshman and was named Rookie of the Year by her team...her club experience includes club play with the So Cal Athletics Terrones and the BCS Bengals Briggs...part of multiple championship teams at the club level, including a first-place finish at the PGF Shootout in 2023...helped Puerto Rico TCI International Team win a silver medal.
Personal: Daughter of Yvette and Dennis Mendez and has one sibling, Devin.
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