American sports broadcaster and former softball player
For the British equestrian, see Jessica Mendoza (equestrian).
Jessica Mendoza
Mendoza (left) with Bryce Harper in 2016
Personal information
Full name
Jessica Ofelia Mendoza
Born
(1980-11-11) November 11, 1980 (age 43) Camarillo, California, U.S.
Height
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Spouse
Adam Burks
(m. 2006)
Sport
Country
USA
Sport
Softball
Position
Outfielder
College team
Stanford University
Medal record
Women's softball
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
2004 Athens
Team competition
2008 Beijing
Team competition
Pan American Games
2003 Santo Domingo
Team competition
2007 Rio de Janeiro
Team competition
Jessica Ofelia Mendoza (born November 11, 1980) is an American sportscaster and former softball player. Currently, she serves as an analyst for ESPN's coverage of Major League Baseball and Los Angeles Dodgers coverage on Spectrum SportsNet LA.[1] As a softball outfielder, Mendoza was a collegiate four-time First Team All-American and two-time Olympic medalist. Mendoza played from 1999 to 2002 at Stanford and was a member of the United States women's national softball team from 2004 to 2010. She won a gold medal at the 2004 Olympics in Athens and a silver medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. She played professionally in National Pro Fastpitch and was named 2011 Player of the Year and currently ranks in the top 10 for career batting average and slugging percentage.
Mendoza was a color commentator on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball from 2016 to 2019.[2] She remains an ESPN baseball analyst. Mendoza was named by fans and experts to the Greatest College Softball Team as an outfielder, one of only three to achieve the honor.[3]
^Harris, Jack (March 14, 2022). "Jessica Mendoza, Adrián González, José Mota join Dodgers' TV, radio coverage teams". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
^"Jessica Mendoza, Aaron Boone join 'Sunday Night Baseball' broadcast". ESPN.com news services. January 13, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
^"Lauren Chamberlain, Jessica Mendoza Voted to ESPN's Greatest All-Time College Softball Team". Espn.com. Espn.com. June 10, 2020. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
Jessica Ofelia Mendoza (born November 11, 1980) is an American sportscaster and former softball player. Currently, she serves as an analyst for ESPN's...
play-by-play announcer for ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball (with Aaron Boone and JessicaMendoza), a position he resigned from at the conclusion of the 2017 season...
Major League Baseball games for a major television network. In 2015, JessicaMendoza was the first female analyst for a Major League Baseball game in the...
the event for the first time (taking over from Dan Shulman), with JessicaMendoza and Eduardo Pérez as color analysts and Buster Olney as a field reporter...
World Series for ESPN Radio with play-by-play announcer Dan Shulman. JessicaMendoza and he became color commentators on Sunday Night Baseball with Shulman...
joined them in September. On August 30, 2015, former softball player JessicaMendoza joined the Sunday Night Baseball broadcast team as a color commentator...
Card series between the Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays with JessicaMendoza, Tim Kurkjian and Coley Harvey, during the 9th inning of game 2 in...
Bay Rays game for YouTube. On September 29, 2021, Newman teamed with JessicaMendoza to call a game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres...
Chris Singleton and JessicaMendoza as color analysts, Buster Olney as reporter, and Marc Kestecher hosting the pregame shows. Mendoza became the first woman...
series in the United States. Dan Shulman called the play-by-play, with JessicaMendoza and Eduardo Pérez as color analysts and Buster Olney as field reporter...
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in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse and Fiers broke the rules." JessicaMendoza, an advisor to the Mets and ESPN commentator, also criticized Fiers...
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