2025 Beach Volleyball Roster
Roster
Tia Mendiola
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Yona, Guam
- High School:
- Notre Dame HS
CSUN - 2024 (Junior)
Tia Mendiola appeared in seven duals in her first season with CSUN beach volleyball ... played all seven matches with Julia Bazylevych, posting a 5-2 overall record ... finished 4-2 at No. 5 and 1-0 in the No. 6 exhibition pair ... won four straight and five of seven duals to open the season.
SAN DIEGO MESA COLLEGE
Mendiola spent two seasons at San Diego Mesa College in San Diego, Calif. ... played both indoor and beach volleyball for the Olympians ... partnered with current Matador Sophia Jarosz to form Mesa's No. 1 pair ... the team went undefeated in pool play (3-0) at the 2023 C2A Pairs State Championships before falling to Moorpark's Larissa Dakoske and Hailey Walton in straight sets (22-20, 21-19) to see their season end ... the Olympians won beach conference championships in 2022 and 2023 and an indoor conference title in 2021.
NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL
Mendiola competed in beach volleyball, indoor volleyball, basketball, rugby, and surfing at Notre Dame High School in Talofofo, Guam ... earned first-team all-league honors as an outside hitter for the Lions indoor team in 2020 and 2021 while also garnering first-team all-league accolades in rugby ... graduated in 2021.
PERSONAL
Born in Guam ... parents are Michelle Cepeda and Mike Mendiola ... has three brothers, Aceson, Tyler, and Joey, and one sister, Brooke ... favorites include the Las Vegas Raiders, former Olympian Misty May-Treanor, the TV show "The Challenge" and the movie "Friday Night Lights" ... says she chose CSUN because of "Coach Ari and the location" ... says she chose her uniform number because "I have always had #11, it's a family number" ... majoring in kinesiology.
