CAREER
Earned one Academic All-Big Ten honor (2023).
2023 • SOPHOMORE SEASON (AT NEBRASKA)
Awards: Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
Season: Played in 26 sets over 13 matches...Hit .317 with 27 kills (1.04/set), 15 blocks (0.58/set) and two digs.
at Indiana (9/30): Contributed four kills in a four-set win. Rutgers (10/28): Chipped in with four kills and three blocks in a sweep. Long Island (12/1): Hit .333 with six kills and four blocks.
2022 • FRESHMAN SEASON (AT NEBRASKA)
Season: Played in 42 sets over 14 matches...Finished with 47 kills (1.12/set), 33 blocks (0.56/set), 14 digs and two aces.
Tulsa (8.26): Made collegiate debut and finished with two kills and four blocks. Stanford (9/13): Tallied a season-high six kills and matched a season high with four blocks. at Kentucky (9/18): Finished with four kills and three blocks in a sweep. Michigan State (9/23): Matched a season high with six kills and added a pair of blocks in a sweep. Delaware State (12/1): Contributed four kills and four blocks in the NCAA First Round sweep.
PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Was a standout volleyball and basketball player at Fremont High School in Utah...Competed with Team USA at the FIVB U18 World Championships, where the Americans finished third. finishing with nine kills, three blocks and two aces in the bronze-medal match...Lettered three years at Fremont and passed the 1,000-career kills milestone in just two and a half seasons...Totaled 407 kills on .294 hitting with 59 aces and earned third-team AVCA All-America and first-team All-Region 1 honors as a junior...Was an outside hitter who helped her team to a third-place finish in the state tournament and a Region 1 championship as a sophomore, finishing with 417 kills on .312 hitting while earning 6A first-team all-state recognition by the Deseret News and Region 1 Most Valuable Player and All-Area MVP by the Standard-Examiner for the second straight year...Hit .387 for the Region 1 champion Silverwolves while finishing with 369 kills and 101 blocks as a freshman...Was a top-20 finalist for Prep Volleyball’s National Freshman of the Year and earned a spot on the publication’s special mention list for high school All-American...Played club volleyball for the Utah Hive, winning the Triple Crown SLC Tournament and taking third at the Red Rock Rave...Led the Fremont girls basketball team to the 2021 state championship with a perfect 26-0 record as a sophomore, averaging 14.3 points, 8.9 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.9 blocks while starting every game...Ranked No. 4 overall and the No. 1 middle blocker recruit for 2022 by PrepVolleyball.com...Played two seasons of volleyball and one season of basketball at Nebraska before transferring to Penn State.
PERSONAL
Parents are Phil and Jenny Mendelson, who both played basketball at Weber State...Majoring in geography.