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EXTRA ELITE SPOTLIGHT: MEIKO DOMINGUEZ
UT Meiko Dominguez, #11 in the 2025 Extra Elite 100, helped Texas Bombers Gold-Malpass win a 14U title at the Alliance Nationals and she recently talked to Extra Inning Softball about her club team, getting mentally stronger, the Alliance Nationals, Athletics Mercado 2025-Tidd, playing college softball, Cat Osterman, Drake and speaking Vietnamese.
EXTRA ELITE SPOTLIGHT Q&A
Name: Meiko Dominguez
Hometown: Helotes, TX
High School: Sandra Day O’Connor High
Club team: Texas Bombers 14U Gold-Malpass
Graduation year: 2025
Height: 5-foot-6
Position: UT
Nickname: Meiky
Twitter: @meikodominguez
Honors: 1st Team All-State and 2nd Team All-Academic.
High School stats: .423 AVG, .505 OBP, .982 fielding percentage, 20 RBIs, 33 hits, 8 doubles, 1 HR.
Travel Ball/Summer Stats: .417 AVG, 12 doubles, 2 triples, 10 HRs, 50 hits, 45 RBIs and 5 SBs.
Tell us about your travel team/organization and how you became involved with them? I got involved in the Bombers because I saw the amount of good coaches that can coach you up to play at a higher level and I’m willing to be coached up to play (in) this (organization) to get better and stronger for the future.
What do you bring to the team? I bring the team hope. I feel like since one person never gives up, we all don’t. It’s like a snowball effect.
What areas were you focusing on/trying to improve this summer? Areas I was trying to focus on this summer were getting mentally stronger after a mistake and slowing the game down in my head. I have definitely improved in this area because I realized that not everyone can be perfect. I just have been telling myself if you believe, you can do it, you can.
Can you tell us about your experience at the Alliance Nationals this summer? My experience at the past Alliance Nationals was great. I realize that my team and I really wanted this national title. We played until the last game and that was just saying that we never gave up. We double dipped two teams in nationals. After our first lost in the championship series vs. (Athletics Mercado 2025)-Tidd, our coaching staff told us it’s not over yet. This changed our perspective and it meant never give up. Which in fact we never gave up, and now we have a national title.
Which player/team was your toughest opponent and why? The hardest time we faced was (Athletics Mercado 2025)-Tidd, for sure. Every single inning we both fought. We got punched in the mouth, then we fought back and punched them in the mouth. It all came down to who fought harder and we ended up fighting harder.
What are your goals for the future? My goals for the future are to play college ball and inspire other people that it’s not a sport, but a passion.
Who is your sports hero and why? My sports hero is Cat Osterman because she has showed that it is so much more than a game.
What’s the best hype song and why? The best hype song is any song by Drake. It just like flips a switch on my head. I love listening to him.
Do you have a secret talent/skill? My talent is I can speak Vietnamese fluently.
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