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El Dorado alum and UTEP softball player Mendez bounces back from injury

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.