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Age
20
Hometown
Reistertown, MD
Education
Garrison Forest School (2022), University of Virginia, University of North Carolina (2026)
World Championship Experiences
- Gold - 2023 Junior Pan American Championship (St. Michael, Barbados)
- Silver - 2024 Junior Pan American Championship (Calgary, Canada)
- Bronze - 2022 Uniphar 5-Nations Tournament (Dublin, Ireland)
- 10th - 2023 FIH Hockey Women's Junior World Cup (Santiago, Chile)
- Canceled - 2022 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup (Liège, Belgium)
Career Highlights
- 2025: Named to the U.S. Women's National Team (January), Series against New Zealand (Auckland, New Zealand), Recorded first cap on January 19 against New Zealand
- 2024: At Virginia, named NFHCA NCAA Division I Watchlist, ACC Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 4), NFHCA All-South Region Second Team
- 2024: Named to the U.S. U-21 Women's National Team
- 2023: At Virginia, named NFHCA NCAA Division I Preseason Watchlist, All-ACC Second Team, NFHCA First-Team All-Region
- 2023: Named to the U.S. U-21 Women's National Team
- 2022: At Virginia, named Synapse Sports National Rookie of the Week (Oct. 4), ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 10), VaSid First Team All State, First Team All-ACC, All-ACC Academic Team, ACC Academic Honor Roll, NFHCA National Academic Squad, NFHCA All-South Region First Team, NFHCA Third-Team All-American
- 2022: Named to the U.S. U-21 Women's National Team
- 2022: Named to the U.S. Women's National Indoor Team
- 2021: Named to the U.S. Women's National Development Team
- 2020: Named to the Junior U.S. Women's National Indoor Team
- 2020: Named to the U.S. U-16 Women's National Team
Personal
Daughter of Aileen Mendez & Pedro Mendez-Tellez...Has a brother, Antonio