Mendoza batted .387 (70 for 181) with a team-high nine home runs and 38 runs batted in this season for the Vaqueros, who went 24-19 and 14-14 in conference. Mendoza contributed 16 doubles and scored 43 runs to go along with a .646 slugging percentage.
“Mike can legitimately handle any pitch in any location and all velocities,” Glendale college Coach Chris Cicuto said in a statement. “He is a hitter that squares up on balls so often that it makes it difficult for a pitcher to throw any pitch throughout an at bat.”
Dultz batted .287 (35 for 122) with 18 runs batted in. Ishida hit .329 (49 for 149) with two home runs and 30 runs batted in. Arredondo batted .376 (35 for 93) with eight doubles and 15 runs batted in, while Okuda hit .313 (25 for 80) with three home runs and 20 runs batted in.
Pacheco went 4-1 with a 3.38 earned-run average in 17 appearances. He struck out 49 in 40 innings. Turner went 4-3 with a 4.30 ERA in 12 appearances. In 52 1/3 innings, Turner struck out 33.
Fonta batted .292 (45 for 154) with 12 doubles and 31 runs batted in.
GAMBURYAN SET TO MAKE DEBUT SUNDAY
Mixed-martial-arts fighter Manny Gamburyan, who trains at Main Event Gym in Glendale among other places, will make his World Extreme Cagefighting debut on Sunday.
The 5-foot-5 Gamburyan, a multiple-time Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran and former cast member of “The Ultimate Fighter,” will also make his debut in the featherweight class (145 pounds) after years of fighting at lightweight (155).
“It’s a good thing,” Gamburyan told www.fanhouse.com of being moved from Zuffa, Inc.’s UFC to the company’s sibling company WEC, which features smaller weight classes. “It’s good for me because I can compete in my own weight class now. With my height, featherweight just makes more sense than lightweight.”
