Curt Mendoza Class: Senior Hometown: Redlands, Calif. High School: Redlands Height / Weight: 6-4 / 230 Position: OF Birthdate: 01/12/1984 Experience: 3V B-T: R-R

Has started half of SDSU's games over the past three seasons either in left field, right field or as the designated hitter...Is expected to be the Aztecs' starting right fielder in 2006...Hits for average and power... Member of the Colton Nighthawk team that won the 17-18 Super Series national title during summer 2002...Named to the all-tournament team at that event...Selected in the 19th round by the Cleveland Indians in the 2002 pro draft.

SAN DIEGO STATE 2005
Played both left and right fields in 2005...Second on the squad in home runs with eight...During the final month of the season (May), hit .363 with 11 runs, 16 RBI, three doubles and five home runs in 12 contests...Hit homers in back-to=back games vs. Utah at Franklin Covey Field in early May...Personal season-best five-game hitting streak (May 7-14)...Over those five contests, went 11-for-22 (.500) with eight runs scored, nine RBI, three doubles and three home runs...Best day at the plate came at New Mexico on May 14 when he went 4-for-6 with five runs scored, four RBI, two doubles and a homer...Did not commit an error in the outfield over his 38 games (42 chances)...Batted .298 in conference play.

SAN DIEGO STATE 2004
Played left field in 33 of his 38 appearances...In season-opening doubleheader at Hawai'i-Hilo, went 3-for-7 with a home run and three runs batted in...Had a three-run homer in the final game of that series to secure SDSU's 6-2 win in 10-innings...Batted .286 in the designated hitter role...Best day at the plate was a 3-for-5 effort at Utah on May 20...In that three-game series against the Utes, went 5-for-13 with three runs scored, two doubles and a homer...Had pair of four-game hitting streaks during the season...Four of his six home runs on the year came in May...Hit .250 in league play with a .528 slugging percentage...Had first stolen base as an Aztec vs. Brigham Young on May 3.

SAN DIEGO STATE 2003
Made 24 appearances in the outfield and 13 as the designated hitter during his freshman season...Began his collegiate career with a two-hit game against 8th-ranked Arizona State...Season-high three hits vs. Long Beach State on Mar. 12...Hit a game-tying homer at UNLV on Mar. 29, then singled in the winning run in the 10th inning in the 4-3 win over the Rebels...Personal-best five-game hitting streak in early March (6-for-19, double, three runs, six RBI)...His four homers were third-most on the team...Did not commit an error in 21 chances in league play...Went 4-for-9 with four runs scored and two runs batted during the final two games at the Mountain West Conference tournament.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played four seasons of varsity baseball at Redlands High School...Was coached there by Bill Havard...A three-year all-Citrus Belt League selection...Also a team captain for three seasons...Redlands won Citrus Belt League title his junior year...Was listed 13th among the top 50 seniors at the 2002 Perfect Game Pacific Coast Invitational in Temecula...Played for the football team as a freshman.

PERSONAL
Curt Timothy Mendoza was born Jan. 13, 1984, in Redlands, Calif...Son of Ted and Martha Mendoza...Lists Gary Sheffield as his favorite athlete...Criminal justice major at SDSU.