7 Clay Mendez
7 - Clay Mendez
Height: 6-0
Weight: 175
Hometown: Bartow, Fla.
Position: A/M
Year: Jr.
High School: Bartow HS
Major: Criminal Justice
gp 16
p 41
g 26
a 15

2024: Played in 15 matches, with 13 starts... Led team with 34 goals and was second on team with 46 points... Ranked third on team with 12 assists and shared team lead with seven man-up goals... Tied program single-game record with nine goals and 14 shots at Montreat (Mar. 7), with 11 points tying for second-most in a game... Finished with four goals at Newberry (Mar. 2) and at Adams State (Apr. 11)... Finished with three goals and two asissts and had three ground balls vs. Coker (Mar. 30)... Scored three goals and an assist vs. Mars Hill (Mar. 23)... Scored three goals at Catawba (Feb. 24)... Recorded at least one point in 13 matches, and had at least one goal in 11 matches.

2023: Did not appear in any matches.

High School: Graduated from Bartow (Fla.) High School... Coached by Derek Keating... Two-time All-County attack... Tampa Region All-Star... Two-time Offensive Player of the Year... Team MVP... Team won county championship twice... Scored 135 goals and 48 assists in career, including 72 goals as a senior... Played club lacrosse for Apprentice Athletics.

Personal: Born November 14, 2002 in Fort Myers, Florida... Son of Sandra Harbin... Father, Scott Steele, was a member of the U.S. Men's Beach Volleyball Team... Mother ran track at University of Miami... Majoring in criminal justice... Future plans: Join police academy... Hobbies and activities: Video games, fishing, basketball, coaching... Favorite class at Tusculum: Criminal justice courses; Favorite movie: "Django Unchained"; Favorite musical artist: Chris Stapleton; Favorite sports teams: Georgia Bulldogs, Manchester City; Favorite athlete: Lyle Thompson; Favorite foods: Cookout tender tray; Most famous person Clay has met: Robert Downey Jr.

Recent Games
Mar 29 at Mars Hill L, 20-10
Apr 2 Lincoln Memorial L, 12-9
Apr 6 at Coker L, 14-9
Apr 12 at #7 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 25-9
Apr 16 Thomas More W, 26-13
Apr 19 Emory & Henry W, 20-8
Statistics category Overall Conf
Games 16 10
Points 41 19
Goals 26 11
Assists 15 8
Man-up goals 3 2
Man-down goals 0 0
Ground balls 11 6
Turnovers 23 13
Caused turnovers 2 1
Faceoffs 0-0 0-0
Faceoff percentage 0.0 0.0
Shots 56 29
Shooting percentage 46.4 37.9
Shots on goal 38 15
Shots on goal percentage 67.9 51.7
Date Opponent Score g a pts up dn gb to ct fo sh sh% sog sog%
Feb 8 at Young Harris L, 19-10 2 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0-0 4 50.0 4 100.0
Feb 15 vs. Virginia St. W, 17-13 4 1 5 0 0 2 3 1 0-0 7 57.1 6 85.7
Feb 19 at Emmanuel (GA) L, 18-14 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 4 50.0 3 75.0
Feb 26 Chowan W, 19-10 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 100.0 2 100.0
Mar 1 #20 Catawba L, 14-12 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0-0 2 0.0 0 0.0
Mar 5 at Lees-McRae W, 18-14 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0-0 5 40.0 4 80.0
Mar 8 #19 Newberry L, 20-6 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 3 33.3 3 100.0
Mar 15 at #5 Wingate L, 28-11 2 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0-0 3 66.7 2 66.7
Mar 19 at #3 Limestone L, 25-8 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 4 50.0 2 50.0
Mar 22 #15 Anderson L, 28-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 3 0.0 1 33.3
Mar 29 at Mars Hill L, 20-10 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 1 100.0 1 100.0
Apr 2 Lincoln Memorial L, 12-9 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0-0 4 25.0 1 25.0
Apr 6 at Coker L, 14-9 1 3 4 0 0 2 2 0 0-0 4 25.0 1 25.0
Apr 12 at #7 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 25-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0.0 0 0.0
Apr 16 Thomas More W, 26-13 3 4 7 0 0 0 4 0 0-0 5 60.0 4 80.0
Apr 19 Emory & Henry W, 20-8 3 0 3 2 0 1 2 0 0-0 4 75.0 4 100.0
  gp gs g a pts up dn gb to ct fo sh sh% sog sog%
2023-24 15 13 34 12 46 7 0 22 31 0 0-0 78 43.6 58 74.4
2024-25 16 6 26 15 41 3 0 11 23 2 0-0 56 46.4 38 67.9
2025-26 10 - 6 7 13 0 0 2 10 1 0-0 20 30.0 12 60.0
Total 41 19 66 34 100 10 0 35 64 3 0-0 154 42.9 108 70.1
  gp gs g a pts up dn gb to ct fo sh sh% sog sog%
Total 16 6 26 15 41 3 0 11 23 2 0-0 56 46.4 38 67.9
Conference 10 2 11 8 19 2 0 6 13 1 0-0 29 37.9 15 51.7
Exhibition - - - - 0 0 0 - 0 - 0-0 - - - -
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Home 7 3 10 5 15 2 0 4 12 1 0-0 23 43.5 15 65.2
Away 8 2 12 9 21 1 0 5 8 0 0-0 26 46.2 17 65.4
Neutral 1 1 4 1 5 0 0 2 3 1 0-0 7 57.1 6 85.7
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Wins 5 3 14 5 19 2 0 5 10 1 0-0 23 60.9 20 87.0
Losses 11 3 12 10 22 1 0 6 13 1 0-0 33 36.4 18 54.5
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February 4 3 10 3 13 1 0 3 5 1 0-0 17 58.8 15 88.2
March 7 3 8 5 13 0 0 4 6 1 0-0 21 38.1 13 61.9
April 5 - 8 7 15 2 0 4 12 0 0-0 18 44.4 10 55.6