2008: NSCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Region Second Team ... All-CAC First Team ... started 17 games ... finished second on the team in scoring with 11 goals and 27 points along with a team-high five assists ... tied for the team-lead with three game-winning goals ... registered a career-high seven points (3g, 1a) in a 6-1 win at Wesley ... notched a career-best three goals twice ... dished out a career-high two assists in a 3-2 double overtime win at Marymount (Va.).
2007: All-CAC First Team ... started all 18 games ... tallied six points with two goals and two assists.
2006: CAC Rookie of the Year ... All-CAC First Team ... started all 20 contests ... notched two goals and one assist ... picked up a season-high three points (1g, 1a) in a 6-0 blanking of Villa Julie.
Montgomery Blair HS: Coached by Bob Gibb ... a two-time first team all-division selection ... first team All-Montgomery County, second team all-state, and honorable mention All-Met as a senior ... second team all-county in 2002 ... earned Certificate of Merit ... made the honor roll.
Personal: Sophia Ileana Esparza ... born June 27, 1988 in Bethesda, Md. ... daughter of Elisa Diehl and Marco Esparza ... her mother, Elisa, played collegiate field hockey.
Why St. Mary's?: "I liked the small school atmosphere."
