UTEP's Mendez, an El Dorado alum, fights back from injury Wochit
Idalis Mendez had dreamed of the moment so long.
Mendez wanted to be a Miner softball player since she was 9-years old and always wanted to be swinging a bat and patrolling center field for UTEP at the Helen of Troy Softball Complex.
She gave herself that chance with a stellar career at El Dorado that ended in 2018 when Mendez earned a scholarship to the only university she wanted to attend.