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Jersey Number 3
Amanda Mendoza
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Position:
- G
- Hometown:
- Miami, Fla.
- High School:
- Miami Senior HS
- Prev School:
- St. Petersburg College
Bio
In the Troy Record Book (as of end of 2016-17 season)
1st – Single-season free throw percentage - .894 (2015-16)
6th – Single-season free throw percentage - .844 (2016-17)
10th – Single-season 3-point percentage - .392 (2015-16)
2016-17 (Junior): Played in all 33 games, started 30, including the final 22 … Led the team and was ninth in the Sun Belt Conference with 98 assists … Shot 84.4 (54-64) percent from the free throw line, the sixth best mark in school history … Averaged 7.6 points, 2.97 assists in 23.2 minutes per game … Averaged 1.7 3-pointers per game, seventh best in the league; was second on the team with 54 three’s made … 1.8 assist-to-turnover ratio was the best in the conference … Scored in double-digits nine times, including a season-high 21 points against Villanova in the San Juan Shootout on Nov. 24 … Recorded a career-high six rebounds twice, once against UT Arlington on Jan. 14 and again against Appalachian State on Feb. 16 … Posted season-high seven assists twice, first at Tennessee on Dec. 21 and again at ULM on Feb. 9
2015-16 (Sophomore): Played in all 33 games with 17 starts, including starting the final 13 games with Troy going 10-3 in those games … Averaged 6.2 points per game with eight games scoring in double figures … Second on team with 47 made 3-pointers, averaging 1.4 3-pointer per game to rank 11th in Sun Belt … Shot 39.2 percent (47-of-120) from deep to rank third in the Sun Belt … 3-point percentage was 10th best in a single-season in Troy history … Led team with 89.4 percent (42-of-47) from the free throw line, the best single-season mark in Troy history … Ranked second on the team with 80 assists, averaging 2.4 per game … Posted a 1.6 assist-turnover ratio … Recorded season-high 22 points in Sun Belt semifinal win over top-seed Arkansas State (3/11), hitting season-high six 3-pointers on 12 attempts … Recorded 12 assists (0 turnovers) in her Troy debut vs West Alabama (11/13), most assists by a Trojan in her debut since at least 1999-2000 when game statistics are first available … On the season, shot 37.3 percent (57-of-153) overall from the field
Prior to Troy: Played for one season at St. Petersburg College in St. Petersburg, Fla. … Named first team All-Southern Conference … Led St. Petersburg to a 10-4 conference record and a second place finish in the Southern Conference … Averaged 9.0 points and a team-best 2.1 assists per game … Shot 37 percent from 3-point range
Prep: Played four years at Miami Senior High School … Starting point guard for all four seasons … Led Miami Senior to the FHSAA Class 8A State Championship as a senior in 2014 … Was MVP of the Class 8A State Championship in 2013, despite her team finishing as runner-up … Helped Miami Senior to a combined 57-6 record in her junior and senior seasons … Named second team FABC/Source Hoops Class 8A All-State following senior season in 2014 … Named first team All-Dade County by the Miami Herald three teams following her sophomore, junior and senior seasons … Never missed a game in high school career … Averaged 12.4 points, 7.6 assists and 3.5 steals per game over four-year high school career
Personal: Full name is Amanda Ashley Mendoza … Born on March 18, 1996 … Daughter of Carlos and Jeanette Mendoza … Has one sister, Vanessa Gonzalez … Major is athletic training
1st – Single-season free throw percentage - .894 (2015-16)
6th – Single-season free throw percentage - .844 (2016-17)
10th – Single-season 3-point percentage - .392 (2015-16)
2016-17 (Junior): Played in all 33 games, started 30, including the final 22 … Led the team and was ninth in the Sun Belt Conference with 98 assists … Shot 84.4 (54-64) percent from the free throw line, the sixth best mark in school history … Averaged 7.6 points, 2.97 assists in 23.2 minutes per game … Averaged 1.7 3-pointers per game, seventh best in the league; was second on the team with 54 three’s made … 1.8 assist-to-turnover ratio was the best in the conference … Scored in double-digits nine times, including a season-high 21 points against Villanova in the San Juan Shootout on Nov. 24 … Recorded a career-high six rebounds twice, once against UT Arlington on Jan. 14 and again against Appalachian State on Feb. 16 … Posted season-high seven assists twice, first at Tennessee on Dec. 21 and again at ULM on Feb. 9
2015-16 (Sophomore): Played in all 33 games with 17 starts, including starting the final 13 games with Troy going 10-3 in those games … Averaged 6.2 points per game with eight games scoring in double figures … Second on team with 47 made 3-pointers, averaging 1.4 3-pointer per game to rank 11th in Sun Belt … Shot 39.2 percent (47-of-120) from deep to rank third in the Sun Belt … 3-point percentage was 10th best in a single-season in Troy history … Led team with 89.4 percent (42-of-47) from the free throw line, the best single-season mark in Troy history … Ranked second on the team with 80 assists, averaging 2.4 per game … Posted a 1.6 assist-turnover ratio … Recorded season-high 22 points in Sun Belt semifinal win over top-seed Arkansas State (3/11), hitting season-high six 3-pointers on 12 attempts … Recorded 12 assists (0 turnovers) in her Troy debut vs West Alabama (11/13), most assists by a Trojan in her debut since at least 1999-2000 when game statistics are first available … On the season, shot 37.3 percent (57-of-153) overall from the field
Prior to Troy: Played for one season at St. Petersburg College in St. Petersburg, Fla. … Named first team All-Southern Conference … Led St. Petersburg to a 10-4 conference record and a second place finish in the Southern Conference … Averaged 9.0 points and a team-best 2.1 assists per game … Shot 37 percent from 3-point range
Prep: Played four years at Miami Senior High School … Starting point guard for all four seasons … Led Miami Senior to the FHSAA Class 8A State Championship as a senior in 2014 … Was MVP of the Class 8A State Championship in 2013, despite her team finishing as runner-up … Helped Miami Senior to a combined 57-6 record in her junior and senior seasons … Named second team FABC/Source Hoops Class 8A All-State following senior season in 2014 … Named first team All-Dade County by the Miami Herald three teams following her sophomore, junior and senior seasons … Never missed a game in high school career … Averaged 12.4 points, 7.6 assists and 3.5 steals per game over four-year high school career
Personal: Full name is Amanda Ashley Mendoza … Born on March 18, 1996 … Daughter of Carlos and Jeanette Mendoza … Has one sister, Vanessa Gonzalez … Major is athletic training
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