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Far be it from me to claim I know anything about Women's Softball, but I do know Stanford Softball has probably the most visible alum of any program in the country in ESPN MLB/softball analyst Jessica Mendoza.  Has she made her feelings felt on this topic or is she in any way using her platform to campaign for Stanford Softball improvement?

Mendoza certainly weighed in on the topic of Hanson's hiring 3 years ago, but I doubt she'll be publicly commenting on the topic of Hanson in the future.

From the Stanford Daily, July 17, 2014:

Stanford’s hire of Hanson was endorsed by arguably the greatest player in Cardinal program history, softball legend and now ESPN broadcaster Jessica Mendoza ‘02.

Mendoza, a four time All-American for the Card, told GoStanford.com, “Rachel is a great fit because she knows how to work with the student-athlete and relate to the uniqueness of the Stanford student-athlete. She’s able to bring out the best of the players and represent the university in the best way possible. The great thing about Stanford is that it’s ‘student’ before ‘athlete’ and Rachel gets that.”

Legendary Stanford softballer or not, Mendoza certainly whiffed on the occasion of this endorsement.

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Far be it from me to claim I know anything about Women's Softball, but I do know Stanford Softball has probably the most visible alum of any program in the country in ESPN MLB/softball analyst Jessica Mendoza.  Has she made her feelings felt on this topic or is she in any way using her platform to campaign for Stanford Softball improvement?

Mendoza certainly weighed in on the topic of Hanson's hiring 3 years ago, but I doubt she'll be publicly commenting on the topic of Hanson in the future.

From the Stanford Daily, July 17, 2014:

Stanford’s hire of Hanson was endorsed by arguably the greatest player in Cardinal program history, softball legend and now ESPN broadcaster Jessica Mendoza ‘02.

Mendoza, a four time All-American for the Card, told GoStanford.com, “Rachel is a great fit because she knows how to work with the student-athlete and relate to the uniqueness of the Stanford student-athlete. She’s able to bring out the best of the players and represent the university in the best way possible. The great thing about Stanford is that it’s ‘student’ before ‘athlete’ and Rachel gets that.”

Legendary Stanford softballer or not, Mendoza certainly whiffed on the occasion of this endorsement.