2026-27 Wrestling Roster
Moses Mendoza
- Class:
- Freshman
- Position:
- 133
- Hometown:
- Gilroy, Calif.
- High School:
- Gilroy
Prep
• Graduated from Gilroy High School (2026)
• Two-time California state champion, winning at 132 pounds as a junior (2025) and 138 pounds as a senior (2026)
• Three-time state placewinner; also placed third at 120 pounds as a sophomore (2024)
• Posted a career prep record of 168-3
• Captured tournament titles at Super 32 (2025) and Doc Buchanan (2023, '26)
• Won the 132-pound freestyle title at the 2025 Fargo Junior Nationals; seven-time Fargo All-American, also reaching the finals in 2022 at 113 pounds • Took fifth place at 61kg at the 2026 U20 World Championships in Slovakia
• Claimed 61kg bronze at the U20 Pan American Championships (2026) in Rio de Janeiro
• Honor Roll
• Nation's top-ranked 138-pound wrestler and No. 14-ranked pound-for-pound wrestler in 2025-26; No. 11 overall recruit by FloWrestling and No. 10 by MatScouts
Personal
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts; undeclared major
• Born December 26, 2006
• Son of Daniel Mendoza and Ester Garza
• Has three siblings, Daniel, Eli and Jocelyn
• Brother Daniel is also on the Michigan wrestling team
