Jessica Mendoza, now an MLB broadcaster, came from softball stardom plus particpation in tennis, soccer, basketball, ballet, dance and gymnastics!THE FOLLOWING IS PULLED FROM A FEATURE STORY ABOUT JESSICA, THE MULTI-SPORT ATHLETE, AT SportingKid Live ...
“Legendary softball player Jessica Mendoza, one of the game’s most prolific hitters, began her journey to greatness playing every sport imaginable growing up...
“Pretty much everything you could think of my parents signed me up for,” says Mendoza, an outfielder on the 2004 U.S. Olympic softball team that captured the gold medal in Athens and won thesilver medal at the ’08 Olympic Games in Beijing. “So many kids are being asked to play one sport these days and when I look back it was nice to be able to kind of just say, ‘Ok, softball season is over. Now I’m going to go to another sport and have fun with it and not think about my at-bats and what I need to do to improve, but instead think about a jump shot and maybe work on my lay-ups and my defense and something totally different.”
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In today’s youth sports world, where specialization and burnout monopolize the landscape, Mendoza never tired of softball because she was too busy competing in other sports, ultimately learning and developing all sorts of skills that would help her become one of the most feared hitters in the game.”CLICK HERE for the FULL ARTICLE by Greg Bach, which includes an interview with Jessica Mendoza.
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| FOUR WESLEY COLLEGE MULTI-SPORT ATHLETES who play field hockey (fall) and softball (spring). Top, L-to-R, co-captains of both teams, seniors Morgan Seymour and Kayla Fromal. Bottom, L-to-R, freshmen Halee Scruggs and Kasey Fry. |
