KK Esparza

2025

Limited to 30 starts due to an injury suffered in early March … missed 11 games from March 2-25.
Hit six home runs over the span of eight games from April 11-22 … batted .435 (10-for-23) with six homers, a double, and eight RBI.
Recorded a pair of games with 3+ hits against Top 25 opponents … went 3-for-4 against No. 16 Duke (4/11) and went 3-for-5 against No. 11 Virginia Tech (4/17).
Had a multi-home run game against Duke (4/11) … finished going 3-for-4 with two homers, a double, and two RBI.
Hit a three-run homer in the third inning to make it a one-run game at Penn State (4/15).
Homered in back-to-back games twice, first against Penn State (4/15) and Virginia Tech (4/17) and again against Virginia Tech (4/18) and Saint Francis (4/22).

2024

Started in 38 games at catcher for the Panthers
Ended the regular season ranked third in the ACC and 41st in the NCAA with 12 caught stealings
Recorded multi-hit efforts in five games and three games with multiple RBIs
Limited base runners to 11 stolen bases with five caught stealings in conference play
Posted a .321 conference batting average with five caught stealings by in conference play … recorded a perfect fielding percentage (1.000) without an error and one passed ball in 23 conference games
Hit a grand slam in the fourth inning against Robert Morris to give the Panthers a 4-0 lead (4/30)
Matched a career high by going 3-for-3 with a home run and two RBI in Pitt’s 9-4 win over Louisville (3/29)
Batted .800 (4-for-5) with a home run over three games against Georgia Tech... recorded two multi hit efforts against the Jackets.
Went 2-for-3 with two runs and a two-run homer against No. 18 Florida State (3/24)

2023 (at Ole Miss)

2022 (at Ole Miss)

Helped lead Ole Miss to its sixth straight NCAA Tournament appearance and fourth ever 40-win season
Appeared and started in 56 games behind the plate
Logged a .988 fielding percentage with 300 putouts and 16 assists
Batted .204 with 23 hits in 113 at-bats and caught nine runners stealing
Crossed the plate 14 times and drove in 15 more runs
Singled in her collegiate debut and scored a run (2/10)
Went 3-for-3 in the Rebels’ come-from-behind win at Cal State Fullerton (2/11)
Lifted Ole Miss past Cal, scoring the lone run with her first career home run (2/12)
Recorded her first multi-home run game, going yard twice against DePaul (2/26)
Delivered an RBI single in the upset win over No. 9 Arkansas (4/1)
Doubled against LMU in the Los Angeles Regional Final (5/21).

High School

Ranked tied for 69th in Extra Innings Softball's Recruiting Rankings
A three-time letterwinner at Friendswood High School in Friendswood, Texas
Played under Olympic gold medalist Christa Williams-Yates
Helped lead her FHS team to a 2019 district championship
Named the defensive player of the year as well as first team all-county and Texas Sportswriters All-State in 2019
Batted .352 as a freshman with 13 RBIs and three extra base hits before suffering a season-ending injury
Hit .510 as a sophomore, recording 11 doubles, six home runs, 41 RBIs and 13 stolen bases
41 RBIs as a sophomore set the school record
Prior to junior season being cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, batted .442 with five doubles, a triple, two homers, 17 RBIs and six steals
Played travel ball for 18u Hotshots Dumezich
Member of the all-A honor roll.