Born: November 11th, 1980
Adolfo Camarillo High School 1998
Stanford University
2002 – BA American Studies
2003 – MA Education
Jessica Mendoza is one of county’s most successful athletes ever. She represented Camarillo twice as its Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame Athlete of the Year. Jessica lettered in Volleyball and Basketball but it is Softball that she has become an international success. She was named a first team high school All American as a high school senior While at Stanford, Jessica was a four time All American, a four time All Pac 10 first team and a Pac 10 Player of the Year in 2000. She remains the Cardinals season record holder in hits, stolen bases, runs, batting average and the all-time career leader in home runs with 50. Jessica is a two-time Olympian winning a gold medal in Athens in 2004 and a silver in Beijing in 2008. She is a three time World Champion and won two Pan American golds. She continued with a very successful career in Women’s Professional Fast Pitch Softball.
Jessica has been the lead ESPN analyst for College Softball since 2007.
In 2006 she was inducted into the Latino Sports Hall of Fame and in 2012 was added to the Stanford University Sports Hall of Fame. In 2008 she was named the Women’s Sports Foundation Sportswoman of the Year.
Jessica’s personal achievements go way beyond her athletic career. Among her many accomplishments she was president of the Women’s Sports Foundation 2009-2010. She was the Athlete Ambassador for Team Darfur and Right to Play Organization in Africa. She was chosen one of five Olympians to visit our troops and hospitals in Afghanistan. Jessica and her husband Adam Burks, who are expecting their second child, live in Moorpark, California with their son Caleb.