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Daniela Mendez-Trendler
Midfield
Position
5'9''
Height
Freshman
Class
Reisterstown, Md.
Hometown
Garrison Forest School
High School
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2023
- Scored two goals with an assist at Temple, all in the third quarter (9/3)
- NFHCA NCAA Division I Preseason Watchlist
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
Summer 2022
- Member of the US-U21 team that won bronze at the Uniphar 5-Nations tournament in Dublin, Ireland (6/27)
- Earned an invitation to participate in the USA Field Hockey U-21 Selection Camp in December based on her summer performance (7/28)
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