Northeastern State University Athletics

NORTHEASTERN STATE – Mendoza has participated in 21 matches with 14 starts . . . he has recorded 17 points in his career (7g-3a=17p) . . . owns a hat trick that came at Harding (Oct. 26, 2012), and has also has a two-goal performance against Truman State (Sept. 28, 2012) . . . has two game-winning goals on his resume . . . named to the 2012 Daktronics All-Central Region First Team and the 2012 All-MIAA Second Team . . . led all MIAA freshmen in scoring in 2012.
 
Freshman (2012) – Participated in all 21 matches and made 14 starts, including the last 11 . . . named to the Daktronics All-Central Region First Team and the All-MIAA Second Team . . . finished third on the team in both goals and points (7g-3a=17p) . . . was sixth in the conference in goals scored and eighth in points . . . led all MIAA freshmen in scoring . . . recorded a hat trick in the regular-season finale at Harding (Oct. 26) . . . first-career goal came against Sioux Falls (Sept. 9) . . . scored twice against Truman State (Sept. 28) . . . posted game-winners against both Truman State and Harding . . . named the MIAA Athlete of the Week Oct. 30.
 
High School – Was the three-time team MVP at Lake Highlands HS . . . was also the offensive player of the year senior year . . . helped lead his team to the State Cup Championship freshman year.
 
Personal – Majoring in business . . . son of Aida Batista . . . born Oct. 6, 1993.