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Jessica Mendoza Speaks Out About Her Experience In ESPN The Magazine’s “Body Issue”
My appearance in ESPN’s “Body Issue”:
I am excited about this issue because it is unique and shows the beauty of the athlete’s most powerful tool: their body.…
Jessica Mendoza brings a new life into the World!
2 time Olympic medalist, Jessica Mendoza gave birth to her first child with husband, Adam Burks. Baby Caleb Ashton Mendoza-Burks came into the world on Wedesnday, August 13th just before 7:00pm.…
More | Posted: August 12, 2009Jessica Mendoza and other Women’s Sports Foundation representatives join White House Title IX anniversary roundtable
At 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 23, the White House will be holding a 37th anniversary of Title IX roundtable featuring Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, Education Secretary Duncan, Foundation founder Billie Jean King, former Foundation President Dominique Dawes, current President Jessica Mendoza and CEO Karen Durkin.…
More | Posted: June 22, 2009Jessica Mendoza gives Reese Witherspoon a few tips for her upcoming Softball movie!
Olympic softball player, Jessica Mendoza was on site helping Reese Witherspoon prepare for her upcoming softball movie at UCLA’s softball field.…
More | Posted: June 11, 2009Softball star touts importance of athletics for young women
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February 05, 2009 Volume 30, No. 18
Softball star touts importance of athletics for young women
Sports can provide the necessary “life skills” to be successful, Olympic softball gold medalist Jessica Mendoza said at the fourth-annual Lourdes/Bearcats Celebrating Women’s Athletics Luncheon and Auction.…
Mendoza Named Women’s Sports Foundation Team Sportswoman of the Year
NEW YORK, N.Y – The Amateur Softball Association is pleased to announce that tonight at the 29th Annual Salute to Women in Sports Awards Dinner, softball player Jessica Mendoza (Camarillo, Calif.), who next year will become president of the organization, will be awarded the Sportswoman of the Year Award for team-sport athletes from the Women’s Sports Foundation at the Waldorf=Astoria in New York City.…
More | Posted: October 14, 2008Candrea and Mendoza to lead European clinics to assist in education and development
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. —- The Amateur Softball Association announced today that two-time Olympian Jessica Mendoza (Camarillo, Calif.) and two-time USA Softball Olympic head coach Mike Candrea (Tucson, Ariz.) will lead softball clinics in London and Italy in the coming weeks to help spread education and development of the sport.…
More | Posted: September 12, 2008The full guest list for Oprah’s Olympic Party in Millennium Park
Source: THE WATCHER
Oprah Winfrey’s’s PR folks have released the full list of Olympians who will gather in Millennium Park on Wednesday for a special edition of her talk show.…
Mendoza Finalist for the WSF Sportswoman of the Year
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – The Amateur Softball Association is pleased to announce that USA Softball’s very own Jessica Mendoza (Camarillo, Calif.) is a finalist for the Women’s Sports Foundation Sportswoman of the Year.…
More | Posted: August 29, 2008USA Softball Olympic Wrap-Up: A Message of Hope
USA Softball’s 2008 Olympic story wasn’t a fairy tale ending nor did the team close the book with a ‘happily ever after.’ But despite the finish, the message in the end wasn’t about winning or losing, it was about ‘hoping for ever after.’
In 2005, the IOC made a decision that will forever affect the sport of softball. With the ’08 Games being the final hurrah, the U.S.…