As a Junior (2020):
Appeared in all 24 games with 23 starts...Ranked tied for third on the team in runs (13), and one of the two Bears to notch a triple in 2020...Posted a season-best three-hit game against Michigan State along with a season-high two RBI...Enjoyed an eight-game hitting streak...Posted three multi-hit games...Homered against Grand Canyon...Scored twice in both games against Siena.
As a Sophomore (2019):
Came up clutch in her second year with the Bears with the highest batting average in her class and the second-highest batting average on the team at .346…Ranked 22nd in the Pac-12 for hits, 18th for doubles and 18th for batting average…Appeared in 53 games with 52 starts rotating in the fourth hole as DH and catcher with a .977 fielding percentage…Finished the season second on the team with 10 doubles…Garnered 21 runs, 2 home runs and 28 RBI...On Feb. 14, posted one of the three hits against No. 10 Texas…Went 3-3 against Bowling Green…Hit a two-run home run against SIU and a three-run home run against Fairleigh Dickinson during the Bears’ 11 game win streak…Recorded 2 runs, 2 hits and 2 RBI against Stanford on March 24…Singled against No. 6 Washington in April…Went 2-for-3 in Cal’s victory against Oregon…Her biggest moment of the year came against No. 5 Arizona, securing the game-winning RBI in the bottom of the ninth to snap the Wildcat’s 21-game win streak.
As a Freshman (2018):
Made a mark right away for the Bears, earning the roll of starting catcher alongside transfer Marcella Kay… Appeared in 44 games with 33 starts and a .184 batting average… Placed fourth on the team in RBIs, tying Lindsey Rood with 23… Knocked a critical RBI single with two outs in extra innings, for the go-ahead run, during the Bears 3-2 victory over UC Davis in April… Tallied two RBIs during the Bears sweep of rival Stanford in April… Recorded a hit against No. 1 UCLA in May… Contributed RBIs during the Bears run-rule victory of Harvard in the NCAA Georgia Regional.
High School:
Three-time Trinity All-League selection... High school finished 2nd at California state meet in 2016 with 30-4 record... 2016 Orange Lutheran offensive team MVP... Named as Cali-Hi All-State Underclassmen... Honored on All-County team by OC Register... Member of National Honor's Society and California Honor's Federation for academic achievements.
Club Ball:
Member of Southern California Athletics club team... 18U team finished fifth at PGF Nationals in 2015... Won Boulder IDT in 2015... Qualified for the PGF National Championships in 2014... Won with 18U team at the 2014 PGF Nationals in the Platinum Division.
Personal:
Parents are James and Deidre Espalin... Has three siblings Tank, Steven and Jackson.
| Season |
AVG |
GP-GS |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
SLG |
BB |
HBP |
SO |
OBP |
SB-SBA |
FLD% |
| 2018 |
.184 |
44-33 |
98 |
8 |
18 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
23 |
.265 |
9 |
0 |
14 |
.250 |
1-1 |
.980 |
| 2019 |
.346 |
53-52 |
159 |
21 |
55 |
10 |
0 |
2 |
28 |
.447 |
10 |
8 |
17 |
.408 |
0-0 |
.977 |
| 2020 |
.281 |
24-23 |
64 |
13 |
18 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
.375 |
4 |
5 |
9 |
.360 |
0-1 |
1.000 |
| Totals |
.283 |
121-108 |
321 |
42 |
91 |
14 |
2 |
4 |
60 |
.439 |
23 |
13 |
40 |
.396 |
1-2 |
.980 |
