Bella Espinoza Season 2025

bio through 2025 season

SDSU Career Rankings (after the 2025 season): 1st in stolen bases (78), 1st in singles (229), 2nd in runs (158), 3rd in hits (237), 4th in batting average (.353, min. 250 AB), 6th in at bats (672), 10th in fielding percentage (.9863, since 1981, min. 300 chances),  T-10th in games started (212, since 1991)

HONORS
* Three-time All-Mountain West (2022 & 2025 First Team, 2023 Second Team)
* 2023 & 2025 All-Mountain West Tournament Team
* 2022 Mountain West Scholar-Athlete
* Two-time Mountain West All-Academic Team (2022-23)
* Four-time Mountain West Freshman of the Week (Feb. 16, 2022, March 16, 2022, March 22, 2022 and May 17, 2022)

2025 SEASON - SENIOR
SDSU Single-Season Rankings (after the 2025 season): 3rd in singles (65), T-3rd in stolen bases (25), 5th in runs (43), T-10th in hits (67)
SDSU Mountain West Season Rankings (after the 2025 season): 3rd in singles (29)
NCAA Rankings: 49th in stolen bases (25), 68th in stolen bases per game (0.45)
Started in 56 of the team’s 57 games, all in left field with 55 starts in the leadoff spot… Batted .354 (67-for-189) (most hits on the team) with two doubles, 43 runs scored (lead the team) and 11 RBIs… Walked 16 times (third on the team) while stealing a team-leading 25 bases in 32 attempts… Paced the team with 20 multi-hit games and 13 multi-run games (no one else had more than four multi-run games)… Led the team as a part of 18 go-ahead plays and 17 go-ahead runs scored… Garnered All-Mountain West First Team accolades… Singled three times, stole a pair of bases and scored twice against Charlotte on February 16 in the Clearwater Invitational… Went 3-for-3 with three singles, three stolen bases and three runs scored against UC Riverside on February 22 in the Mary Nutter… The next day, hit a two-run single, doubled, singled again, stole a base and scored against Hawai’i… Was a perfect 3-for-3 with three singles, a walk and three runs scored against Loyola Marymount on March 7… Across two games at Utah State on March 14, went 5-for-7 with three RBIs, four runs scored, two walks and a stolen base… Reached base in 18 consecutive games from March 19 against San Diego through April 19 at Boise State including multiple hits in each of the final six games of that streak… Landed on the All-Mountain West Tournament team after tallying five hits, five runs scored, three walks and four stolen bases on five attempts across the five games the Aztecs played… Finished the year with a three-hit game, scoring once, against UC Santa Barbara in the NCAA Los Angeles Regional on May 17… Tallied 95 assists (third on the team), finishing with a .980 fielding percentage.

2024 SEASON - JUNIOR
Played in all 51 games, starting 47 times, all in the outfield… Batted .241 (28-for-116) with 19 runs scored and two RBIs… Walked nine times while stealing eight games in ten attempts… Had seven multi-hit games… Finished with two hits, two walks and two stolen bases against Loyola Marymount on February 18… Went 2-for-2 with a stolen base and a pair of runs scored against Bethune-Cookman on February 23… Hit a pair of singles with an RBI and two runs scored in the regular season finale at UNLV on May 4… Went 2-for-3 with a pair of runs scored in the Mountain West Championship Game at Boise State on May 11.

2023 SEASON – SOPHOMORE
SDSU Single-Season Rankings (after the 2023 season): 1st in singles (70), 2nd in stolen bases (30), 3rd in runs (57), T-3rd in hits (75), 8th in batting average (.393)
NCAA Rankings: T-18th in hits (75), T-25th in stolen bases (30), 62nd in batting average (.393)
 
Had another solid season in 2023 … Started all 56 games in the leadoff spot and in left field … Led SDSU in batting average (.393), runs (57), hits (75), stolen bases (30) and at-bats (191) … Also added six RBIs, three doubles, two triples and 15 walks for a .437 on-base percentage and a .429 slugging percentage … Committed just one error in 101 chances in left field for a .990 fielding percentage … Her 70 singles were a SDSU single-season record … Also ranked second in single-season history in stolen base (30), third in runs (57), tied for third in hits (75) and eighth in batting average (.393) … Her 75 hits were tied for the 18th most in the nation, while her 30 stolen bases ranked in a tie for 25th … Was named to the all-Mountain West second team after batting .352 (25-for-71) in league play with 25 runs and 13 stolen bases … Landed on the all-Mountain West Tournament Team after hitting .545 (6-for-11) with five runs and two stolen bases … Hit .500 (11-for-22) with five runs and two stolen bases in the NCAA tournament and also led SDSU with a .515 average (17-for-33) with 10 runs and four stolen bases overall in the postseason … Also led SDSU with 23 multi-hit games and 18 multi-run games … Her 21 go-ahead runs were 14 more than the next player on the team, while her 15 game-winning scores were nine more than No. 2 on the team … Finished the season on an 11-game hitting streak and had a long of 14 games from March 4-April 1.
 
2022 SEASON – FRESHMAN
SDSU Single-Season Rankings (after the 2022 season): 1st in singles (66), T-8th in runs (39), T-9th in hits (67)
NCAA Rankings: T-59th in hits (67), 90th in toughest to strike out (14.7 AB/K)
 
Had a standout freshman season, batting .381 (67-for-176) and leading the team with 39 runs and 15 stolen bases … Started 53 of the team’s 55 games, including 35 at right field, 12 at second base and six in left field … Earned first-team all-Mountain West honors after hitting .390 (32-for-82) in league play with 16 runs and six stolen bases … Led the team with 21 multi-hit games.

CLUB BALL
Played her club ball for Firecrackers under head coach Tony Rico ... Firecrackers were the 2021 TCS champions and took seventh at the Alliance Nationals ... Made the Alliance Fastpitch all-tournament team in 2021 as a tier 18U.

HIGH SCHOOL - EDISON
Lettered four times at Edison High School in Huntington Beach, California ... Was the offensive player of the year as a sophomore and senior, and the defensive player of the year as a junior ... Was a first-team all-league pick as a sophomore and senior, and a second-team selection as a freshman ... Was ranked as the 83rd-best prospect in 2020 by Extra Innings Softball … Batted .333 for her career … Hit. 413 with 10 RBIs and 16 runs in 19 games as a senior … Also competed in field hockey for Edison.

PERSONAL
Isabella Espinoza was born Jan. 13, 2003, in Orange, California … Daughter of Jesus and Brenda Espinoza... Majoring in kinesiology (pre-physical therapy).