Daniela Mendez-Trendler

2022 NFHCA Third-Team All-American
2023 NFHCA First-Team All-Region
2022 All-ACC First Team
2023 All-ACC Second Team

2024

• Scored the game-winning goal against American 7:24 into overtime (9/15)
• Scored twice in the victory against Cal, including the game-winner, giving her back-to-back games with the GW (9/20)
• Assisted on two goals against Stanford (9/22)
• Scored both of Virginia’s goals at Boston College including the fourth-quarter goal that forced overtime (10/4)
• Scored the game-winning goal in double overtime at Wake Forest (11/1)
• Named the ACC Offensive Player of the Week after her performance against Wake Forest (11/4)
• NFHCA NCAA Division I Watchlist

2023

• NFHCA First-Team All-Region
• All-ACC Second Team
• Led the team in goals scored (9) and points (27)
• Also had nine assists, ranking second on the team in that category, and seventh in the ACC
• Ranked eighth in the ACC in points per game and ninth in goals per game
• Appeared in all 21 games with 17 starts
• Scored a goal against Liberty at home (8/29)
• Scored two goals with an assist at Temple, all in the third quarter (9/3)
• Scored Virginia’s fifth goal and logged an assist against William & Mary (9/8)
• Scored UVA’s first goal of the 2OT win against Syracuse (9/22)
• Scored the game-winning goal in the second overtime of the 2-1 victory at No. 2 Duke, assisting on UVA’s first goal (10/15)
• Scored the game-winning goal at James Madison (10/24)
• Assisted on both goals in the ACC Semifinal game against North Carolina (11/1)
• Scored the game-winning goals against Saint Joseph’s (11/10) and Maryland (11/12) in the NCAA Championship
• NFHCA NCAA Division I Preseason Watchlist

INTERNATIONAL

• Won silver at the 2024 Junior Pan American Championship in British Columbia, helping the US U21 team qualify for the 2025 Junior World Cup (7/13/24)
• Member of the US U21 Team competing at the FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup in Santiago, Chile (12/11/23)
• Won gold with the US U21 Junior National Team at the 2023 Junior Pan American Championship in Barbados, helping the team qualify for the Junior World Championships (4/18)
• Member of the US-U21 team that won bronze at the Uniphar 5-Nations tournament in Dublin, Ireland (6/27)

2022

• NHFCA Third-Team All-American, the sixth UVA freshman to be named an All-American in her rookie campaign
• NFHCA All-South Region First Team, the fifth UVA freshman to be named to the first team in program history
• First Team All-ACC
• Won gold with the US U21 Junior National Team at the 2023 Junior Pan American Championship, helping the team qualify for the Junior World Championships (4/18)
• Ranked second on the team in goals (8) and points (19). Also had three assists
• Ranked 12th in the ACC with 0.42 goals per game and 15th with 1.0 points per game
• Appeared in 19 games with 15 starts
• Was in the starting lineup for the season-opener at Penn State, assisting on UVA’s first goal of the season (8/26)
• Scored her first collegiate goal at Delaware (8/28)
• Scored both goals in the 2-0 victory against No. 5 Louisville (9/30)
• Scored the game-winner against William & Mary (10/02)
• Named the ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week for her efforts in the wins against Louisville and William & Mary (10/04)
• Also named the Synapse Sports National Rookie of the Week (10/04)
• Scored goals in back-to-back games at Duke (10/7) and against Miami (10/9) giving her five goals in a four-game span
• Scored her eighth goal against Kent State
• VaSID First Team All-State
• All-ACC Academic Team
• NFHCA National Academic Squad
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

Background

• 2021 NFHCA First Team High School All-American
• 2021 MAX Field Hockey First Team High School All-American
• 2021 All-Metropolitan Player of the Year
• Two-time Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland All-conference “A”, All-Metropolitan, and All-Region
• Former member of the USA U-16 Junior National Team
• Former member of the US Junior Indoor National Team
• Invited to the USA Field Hockey RISE selection camp

Personal

• Daughter of Aileen Mendez and Pedro Mendez-Tellez
• Her mother, Aileen, played four years of field hockey at Iowa when Michele Madison was an assistant coach there. Their Iowa team won the NCAA title in 1986
• Has an older brother, Antonio Mendez
• Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences