Jazmine Esparza Season 2019

R-SENIOR (2021)

• Played in 59 games, starting 58
• Primarily played first base, but also checked in at catcher and the outfield
• Was second on the team with a .349 batting average
• Led the squad and The American with 15 doubles, good for 29^th in the nation
• Second on the team with 58 hits
• Named AAC Player of the Week on Feb. 22 after slashing .667/.700/1.444 with two home runs and nine RBI on the weekend
• Named First Team All-Conference
• Picked up NFCA Mideast All-Region Second Team honors
• Finished third on the team with nine home runs
• Hit two long balls in AAC Championship game against Wichita State (May 15)
• Led the team with 45 RBI
• Added 12 walks and 28 runs scored
• Was a perfect 4-for-4 in stolen base attempts
• Knocked in a season-high five RBI in 18-1 win over NMSU on Feb. 19

SENIOR (2020)

• Season cut short due to COVID-19 outbreak
• Hit her lone home run of the season in UCF's 3-2 win over No. 16 Michigan (03/06)
• Batted .321, good for fourth best on the team
• Checked in for 26 games for the Knights, starting 22 of them, all at first base.
• In 53 at bats, she recorded 17 hits, including six doubles
• Drove in 16 RBI and scored 10 runs
• Was lockdown defensively, boasting a .980 fielding percentage on 140 putouts and four assists

JUNIOR (2019)

• Appeared in 53 games, starting in 51 of them
• Played first base
• Had 14 putouts in a loss against South Florida
• Posted a .992 fielding percentage
• Recorded 151 total at bats

SOPHOMORE (2018)

• Played in 48 of the Knights’ 55 games, starting all but four games
• Split time between first base, third, and DP
• Posted a .980 fielding percentage at first and third with only five errors
• Hit three home runs adding to her .345 slugging percentage
• Brought in 25 runs on 25 hits
• Went 2-for-4 against LIU Brooklyn with four RBI, one double, and one walk

FRESHMAN (2017)

• Named to the American Athletic Conference All-Rookie Team
• Recorded a .340 batting average with four doubles, a home run, and eight RBI in league play
• Tailed seven multi-hit and four multi-RBI games in her rookie season
• Drove in three runs at ECU (4/1)
• Blasted a solo homer vs UConn (4/29)

HIGH SCHOOL

• Earned MVP honors as a junior and senior at John F. Kennedy HS
• Posted a .552 batting average and drove in 64 runs over 43 games
• Recorded the best slugging percentage during the 2015 season
• Received the Golden Glove award as a freshman