Honors and Awards:
- Skyline All-Conference First Team (2021, 2023, 2024)
- NFCA All-Northeast Region First Team (2021)
- NFCA All-Region Third Team (2023, 2024)
- All-ECAC Softball Team (2024)
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2023, 2024)
- Skyline Player of the Week (3/14/22, 3/7/23, 4/4/23)
- Skyline Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll (2021-22, 2022-23)
2024: NFCA All-Region Third Team...Skyline All-Conference First Team...All-ECAC Softball Team...Served as the Valiants' primary catcher, starting in 42 games as a senior...Hit .415, her highest batting average since freshman year...Recorded a career-high 49 base hits, driving in 41 runs ans scoring 25...Hit seven doubles and five home runs...Finished her career fifth in career RBI, seventh in home runs, and tenth in doubles, total bases and games played...Collected six RBI against Saint Joseph's Brooklyn on Apr. 14...Homered in the team's final game of the season in the NCAA Tournament against Randolph-Macon.
2023: NFCA All-Region Third Team selection...Skyline All-Conference First Team...Played and started in 44 games as a junior...Hit .345 while leading the team with 11 home runs...Drove in 36 runs and scored 34...Finished with a .716 slugging percentage, adding 10 doubles to her deep flies...Was a perfect 5-of-5 on stolen base attempts...Drew a team-high 15 walks...Collected five RBIs on a pair of home runs against Hunter on 4/26...Added another two homer performance with 4 RBIs against Old Westbury on 4/28.
2022: Skyline Academic Honor Roll selection… Made 42 appearances as a sophomore catching behind the plate… Recorded 30 runs, 46 hits, 33 runs batted in, 11 doubles, and eight home runs with a .351 batting average… Had a season-high of six RBIs, four hits, three runs, and two home runs against Sarah Lawrence on 4/10.
High School: A 2020 graduate of Granite Hills High School … a four-year member of the softball team … All-Eastcounty Sports first team, All-League second team and ECPreps second team as a junior … All Eastcountry second team as a sophomore … Union-Tribune All-Academic team as a junior.
Personal: Daughter of Phoebe Islas and Jason Esparza … has five siblings, Isabella, Isaiah, Sienna, Naomi and Anayeli … Majoring in english, creative writing, and sociology while minoring in women and gender studies.
