Dea Mahendra comes to the University of New Mexico from Lander University in Greenwood. S.C. The Bearcats won the Peach Conference title in 2013. Dea is from Jarkata, Indonesia where she played on the Indonesia National Team. She won a silver medal at the Indonesian National Championships. She said one of her bigger thrills as an athlete was being named the Top Female Athlete in the eighth grade in 2004.
Dea also likes to swim and go to movies. She likes action movies and movies based on true events. She favorite athletes are Italian golfer, Matteo Manassero, Sebian tennis pro, Ana Ivanovic, and Victoria Azarenka, a Belarusian professional tennis player. Dea says she loves just about any food, but will never turn down steak or pasta.