Olympian gives finer points on softball

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USA Olympian Jessica Mendoza demonstrates how to throw during a softball clinic at Bluffs Park. Photos by Stephanie Chaisson

USA Olympian Jessica Mendoza participated in a free softball clinic at Malibu Bluffs Park on Sunday.

In addition to being a key player on the USA softball teams that took home Olympic gold at the 2004 Athens games and the silver at Beijing in 2008, Mendoza and her teammates also won the gold medal at the 2007 Pan-American Games. Her individual honors include being named USA Softball Athlete of the Year in 2006, World Championships Offensive MVP in 2006 and 2008 Women’s Sports Foundation Sportswoman of the Year.