University of South Alabama Athletics

AT SOUTH ALABAMA
JUNIOR SEASON (2025)    
• Appeared in nine games, all as a pinch hitter, with eight of those nine opportunities coming in Sun Belt Conference play
• Posted a .444 batting average as she was 4-for-9 at the plate 
• Recorded a home run and drove in five in those opportunities
• Registered her first career home run with a two-run shot in the series opener versus ULM (4/25)
• Also drove in a pair of runs with a two-run, pinch hit single in the series finale against the Warhawks (4/27)
• Had a pinch-hit single in game one of a double header at Troy (5/2) 

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2024)
• Appeared in nine games, all as a pinch hitter
• Walked three times

FRESHMAN SEASON (2023)    
• Appeared in nine games, mainly as a pinch hitter, while making one start
• Had hit, walked six times and drove in a run
• Drew a bases-loaded walk versus Mississippi Valley State (2/24)
• Reached base safely in five of her first seven plate appearances
• Earned first collegiate start at Georgia Southern (4/21)

AT RIVERDALE HIGH SCHOOL    
• Lettered four seasons in softball at Riverdale High School in Fort Myers, Fla.
• Also lettered one season in basketball for the Raiders
• Left Riverdale holding the four-year career record in home runs (18)
• Two-time second-team all-area selection 
• Led RHS to a pair of regional titles
• Over the course of her four-year prep career, batted .422, with 95 hits, 100 RBI and 40 runs scored over her 85 games
• Recorded 21 hits and drove in 22 runs as a senior
• 11 of her 21 base hits went for extra bases; eight doubles and three home runs
• Rated No. 19 on SBLive.com’s Top 20 Catchers in the state of Florida in 2022
• Batted .403 with a .570 on-base percentage and an .850 slugging percentage as a junior with a 1.421 OBP
• Recorded eight home runs, 27 hits, and 37 BI, while scoring 17 runs that same season
• Had eight multi-hit outings and nine multi-RBI games
• Twice drove in six runs, the first in a 14-2 win over LaBelle where she was 3-for-3 with a home run and a double, and then against Mariner in a 20-3 victory
• Played two seasons of travel ball for the NJ Intensity where she led the club with 21 home runs during the 2019 travel ball season
• Saw time at catcher and first base for NJ Intensity

PERSONAL        
• Full name is Sophia Cristina Mendoza    
• Born in Humaco, Puerto Rico        
• Daughter of Edgar Mendoza and Elizabeth Torres        
• Youngest of two children in her family     
• Has an older sister, Stephanie    
• Father, Edgar played collegiate baseball at UPR College (1994-98), while her uncle, Javier Mendoza also played baseball at Benedictine College (2001-04)    
• Majoring in criminal justice: Spainish