CAREER
2024 National Champion...Earned two Academic All-Big Ten honors (2023, 24).
2024 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
Season: Appeared in 127 sets while playing in all 37 matches, including 36 as a starter at middle blocker...Hit .305 with 242 kills (1.91/set), 146 blocks (1.15), and four aces...Recorded double-digit kills seven times and hit better than .400 in five of those matches, including a season-high 14 kills on .480 hitting in a four-set win over Michigan State (9/29)...Totaled five or more blocks in a match 16 times, including a season-high nine in addition to six kills in a five-set win at Ohio State (10/18)...Averaged 1.05 kills/set and 0.90 blocks/set over Penn State's six NCAA Tournament matches.
at No. 15 Tennessee (8/30: Made Penn State debut and finished with six kills and two blocks in a four-set win. No. 4 Louisville (9/3): Hit .462 with seven kills and three blocks in a sweep. at No. 9 Kentucky (9/6): Racked up eight blocks in addition to six kills in a sweep. vs. Ball State (9/7): Hit .474 with 10 kills and four blocks in a sweep. Duke (9/13): Hit .667 with nine kills and two blocks in a sweep. Yale (9/22): Finished with 10 kills on .526 hitting and had six blocks in a four-set win. Michigan State (9/29): Totaled a season-high 14 kills on .480 hitting and added three blocks in a four-set win. No. 11 Oregon (10/4): Contributed seven kills and five blocks in a sweep. at Indiana (10/13): Chipped in with 11 kills and six blocks in a four-set win. at Ohio State (10/19): Tallied a season-high nine blocks in addition to six kills in a five-set win. at UCLA (10/24): Did her part with eight blocks, seven kills, and one ace in a five-set win. Iowa (11/1): Hit .421 with 10 kills, three blocks, and one ace in a sweep. at Maryland (11/17): Reached double digits with 11 kills on .389 hitting and had five blocks in a four-set win. No. 8 Purdue (11/21): Hit .529 with 10 kills and four blocks in a sweep. No. 2 Nebraska (11/29): Finished with eight kills and six blocks in a four-set win that clinched a share of the Big Ten title. North Carolina (12/7): Contributed six blocks and four kills in a four-set win in the NCAA First Round. No. 4 Louisville (12/22): Tallied six kills and six blocks to help Penn State secure its eighth national title with a four-set win.
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.