Nicole Mendes

Photo by: Ty Russell

Position:
Utility
Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
High School:
Home School
Hometown:
Houston, Texas

Season	AVG	GP	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SLG	BB	HBP	SO	OBP	SB	SBA	FLD%
2017	.408	59	51	184	55	75	8	3	7	24	.598	12	2	24	.449	21	25	.977
2018	.309	60	57	165	46	51	6	5	0	15	.406	19	1	29	.384	13	18	.959
2019	.348	60	52	138	39	48	4	4	6	39	.565	19	1	24	.422	7	11	.982
2020	.500	6	1	6	2	3	0	0	2	5	1.500	1	0	0	.571	0	0	.000
2021	.364	56	48	129	60	47	7	4	10	38	.713	19	3	11	.451	5	6	.978
TOTAL	.360	241	209	622	202	224	25	16	25	121	.572	70	7	88	.428	46	60	.972

Season	ERA	W-L	APP	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	AVG	WP	HBP
2017	0.75	1-0	13	2	0	0/7	0	18.2	9	3	2	8	14	.141	0	3
2018	4.67	1-0	5	0	0	0/4	0	6.0	10	4	4	1	3	.357	1	0
2019	4.50	0-0	9	0	0	0/3	0	9.1	13	6	6	4	12	.317	0	0
TOTAL	2.47	2-0	27	2	0	0/14	0	34.0	32	13	12	13	29	.241	1	3

Career
Named to 2017, 2019 and 2021 WCWS All-Tournament Team ... 2017 All-Region First Team selection, 2021 All-Region Second Team and 2018 Third Team pick... 2017 All-Big 12 First Team honoree ... Named to 2017 Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team ... 2017 Big 12 Freshman of the Year and All-Big 12 Freshman Team selection ... Named Big 12 Player of the Week (3/28/17) ... 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection, 2018 and 2019 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team honoree.

Record Book
Finished her career second in program history for triples with 15 … Played in an OU record 23 Women’s College World Series games in her five seasons … Ranks 10th in program history with 46 stolen bases … Set a postseason single-game program record with 7 RBIs vs. Morgan State in the 2021 Norman Regional.

2021 (Redshirt Senior)
Started 48 games for the Sooners in the outfield, played in 56 of OU’s 60 contests … Batted .364 with a career-best 10 home runs to go with seven doubles, four triples and 38 RBIs … Stolen five bases on six attempts … Slugged .713 with a .451 on-base clip … Registered 40 putouts primarily in right field with four assists to just one error for a .978 fielding percentage … Had a team-high eight runs scored at the WCWS, batting .318 with a pair of doubles and triples and one home run … Hit her one home run of the WCWS in game one of the championship series vs. Florida State (6/8) … Went 2-for-4 with a triple and run scored vs. James Madison (6/7) … Finished 1-for-2 with a triple and RBI in OU’s second game vs. JMU (6/6) … Recorded the game-sealing catch in right field in the Super Regional final vs. Washington (5/29) to go with a 1-for-2, one double, two runs scored performance … Went 2-for-5 with a pair of RBIs and a stolen base vs. Wichita State (5/23) in the Norman Regional Final … Set a postseason single-game program record with 7 RBIs vs. Morgan State (5/21) in the regional opener, blasting two home runs, one being a grand slam … Had back-to-back games with home runs in the Bedlam series vs. Oklahoma State (5/8-9), including a 1-for-3, one HR, one stolen base, three RBI performance in the Big 12 title-clinching third game of the series … Hit a go-ahead grand slam at Baylor (4/27) … Went 3-for-3 with a triple and two RBIs on Senior Day vs. Texas Tech (4/25) … Finished 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs in game one vs. Texas (4/16) … Went 2-for-3 with a home run and RBI vs. Portland State (2/28) … Opened the season with a 2-for-5, two home run, five RBI performance vs. UTEP (2/11).

2020 (Senior)
Academic All-Big 12 first team honoree … Played in six games, starting one, for the Sooners following knee surgery in fall 2019 … Went an exceptional 3-for-6 at the plate with two home runs and five RBIs … Finished with a slash line of .500/1.500/.571 … Hit both of her home runs in the same day, going 1-for-1 with two-run shots vs. Utah and Mercer (3/6) … Went 1-for-1 at the plate in her third appearance of the year vs. Northwestern (3/1), bringing in the go-ahead run on a single in a 5-1 win.

2019 (Junior)
Played in 60 games with 52 starts (51 in center field, one at first base) … Also made nine appearances in the circle, totaling 9.1 innings of work … Tallied 13 games with multiple hits and 10 games with multiple RBIs … Reached base in 22 straight games from Feb. 24-April 5 … Recorded a .306 batting average during the postseason and a .316 average in the WCWS, both ranking second on the team … Went 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI against Charlotte (2/9) … Three straight multi-hit performances from March 14-15 … Finished 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a career-high four RBIs at Utah (3/31, game two) … Stole two bases in OU’s Big 12 Championship game vs. Texas Tech (5/10) … Was 2-for-3 with three RBIs and a home run in OU’s regional opener against UMBC (5/19) … Strung together a season-long five game hitting streak during Super Regionals and the WCWS (5/25-6/2) … Drove in the game-winning run with an RBI triple in OU’s WCWS opener vs. Alabama (5/30) … 2-for-3 in OU’s season finale vs. UCLA (6/4).

2018 (Sophomore)
Appeared in 60 games with 57 starts (56 in right field, one at first base) … Made five appearances in the circle, totaling 6.0 innings pitched with a 1-0 record … Led the team with five triples, ranking 24th nationally and tying for ninth-most in a single season in school history … Matched Caleigh Clifton with a team-high 13 stolen bases, stealing five in the NCAA tournament … Led the team with a .714 batting average (5-for-7) at the NCAA Norman Super Regional (5/25-26) … Totaled 14 multiple-hit games … Went 3-for-4 with one RBI at Baylor (3/29) … Scored three runs at Baylor (3/30) … Matched a season high with three hits and three runs in game one of Supers against Arkansas (5/25) … Registered her first mutli-RBI game of the season in game two of Supers, driving in two runs on her fifth triple of the season (5/25).

2017 (Freshman)
Played in 60 games with 52 starts (42 in RF, 7 at DP, 2 at P, 1 in LF) ... led the team in batting average and stolen bases and tied for the lead in triples ... ranked 29th in the country in hits (75), 46th in runs per game (0.90) and 49th in batting average (.408) ... wrapped up a career-best 21-game hit streak from April 14 to May 26 (two off the school record) and 35-game on-base streak (March 18 to May 26) ... homered in both games of the WCWS Championship Series vs. Florida (6/5-6) ... had at least two hits in every game of the Norman Regional, going 11-21 (.524), including a leadoff homer in the finals against Tulsa on the first pitch of the game ... combined with Paige Lowary on a no-hitter and accounted for the only run with a solo home run at Oklahoma State (5/6) ... during the Texas Tech series, was 8-12 (.667) with 7 runs scored and 6 stolen bases ... went 4-4 at Loyola Marymount with 3 runs scored, 2 doubles and a triple coming a HR short of becoming the first Sooner ever to hit for the cycle (3/16) ... was 3-5 with 3 runs, 3 RBI and a triple at Long Beach State (3/14) ... slashed .600/.667/.700 at the OU Tournament with 5 runs, a double and two stolen bases ... earned her first career win in her OU pitching debut with two strikeouts in 1.2 hitless innings against Incarnate Word (2/17)

Travel Ball
Played for Diamond Sports Hotshots ... in summer of 2016, hit .355 with 27 runs scored, 20 runs driven in, two home runs and 20 stolen bases and threw 135.0 innings with 136 strikeouts and 1.45 ERA

Personal
Daughter of Paul and Nina Mendes … has one sister, Brittany … was home schooled ... chose OU over Tennessee, Missouri, Texas A&M, LSU and Texas ... majoring in psychology