Cornell University Athletics

2026 | FRESHMAN SEASON
Started 19 games while batting .265 with nine hits, seven runs scored, one double and two RBI… drew nine walks, stole a base and posted a .432 on-base percentage… collected her first collegiate hit with a two-hit performance against Chattanooga on Feb. 20… recorded her first extra-base hit with a double against Morgan State on Feb. 27… posted her first collegiate RBI against Drexel on March 30… tallied a season-high two hits against Columbia on April 18… scored runs in back-to-back games against Binghamton and Brown late in the season… recorded a season-high 10 putouts defensively against Merrimack on March 1.

PRIOR TO CORNELL
2025 CIF City Section Open Division Champion…2025 West Valley League Undefeated Champion…2025 First Team All-League…2025 GHC Leadership Award…2024 CIF City Section Open Division Runner-Up…2024 West Valley League Undefeated Champion…2024 First Team All-League…2024 GHC Leadership Award…2023 CIF City Section Open Division Runner-Up…2023 West Valley League Undefeated Champion…2023 First Team All-League…2023 GHC Leadership Award…2022–25 All-Academic Team…Valedictorian…Social Science Department Recipient…Bryce Schurr Scholarship Winner…OC Batbusters member…2022 Alliance Fastpitch Elite Eight…2024 Alliance Fastpitch Tier 1…2025 Alliance Fastpitch Tier 1.

PERSONAL
Samantha Flora Esparza is the daughter of Claudia and Misael Esparza…She is enrolled in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations.