2018: Played 95 sets across 25 matches in 2018... Named A-10 Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 8... Finished the season with 452 digs, good for 4.76 digs per set... Recorded a season-high in digs (33) against Fordham (11/5) en route to breaking Mason's all-time career digs record... Recorded a career-best 20 services aces and added 72 assists this season... Season-high assists (8) against Rhode Island (10/6)... Holds Mason's career digs record with 1,513 career digs...Also finished her career at Mason with records for single-season digs in 2016 and single-match digs (46).
2017: Played in all 94 sets across 27 matches for the Patriots... Recorded 1,000 career dig at GW (11/3) becoming fastest Patriot to reach the milestone and sixth overall... led team with 423 digs, second straight season of at least 400... Finished 2017 regular season fifth in A-10 in digs per set (4.50)... Had seven matches of 20+ digs... One kill, two service aces, 20 digs vs. Presbyterian (8/26)... Season high 24 digs vs. Loyola Md. (9/16)... Season high seven assists at La Salle (9/24)... Career high three service aces at Saint Louis (10/22)... 22 digs and one service ace at GW (11/3)... Finished the season with 423 (4.50 d/s), 69 assists (0.73 a/s), 15 service aces (0.16 sa/s), just 26 reception errors and 17 total points...
2016: Played in 105 sets across 27 matches…featured in all contests for the Patriots’ 2016 season. The Virginia Beach native had a career-high 46 digs against Davidson (Oct. 21) and a career-high 12 assists at Davidson (Oct. 9). The outside hitter had a season-high two aces against Hampton (Sept. 17)—which ties her career-high…season-high 12 assists at Davidson (Oct. 9)…season-high 46 digs against Davidson (Oct. 21). Espinoza finished the 2016 season with a total of 483 digs, averaging 4.60 digs per set…75 assists, averaging 0.71 assists per set…12.0-point season, averaging 0.11 points per set.
2015: Played in 100 sets over 28 matches with 10 starts during her first year at Mason…Recorded 136 digs, fourth-most on the team (1.36 d/s)…Ranked sixth on the team in service attempts (143)…Ranked seventh on the team with 52 set attempts and recorded 12 assists and four kills…Had seven aces during the season…Recorded six digs and one kill Aug. 29 against Howard...Posted six digs and one kill Sept. 5 vs. Western Carolina...Registered seven digs and one kill Sept. 12 against CCSU...Had a career-high two assists and a career-high two aces Oct. 16 at Duquesne...Contributed 10 digs, an assist and an ace Oct. 27 at Md. Eastern Shore...Notched a career-high 13 digs Nov. 14 against Duquesne...Recorded at least five digs in 15 of 28 matches...One of seven Mason players to appear in at least 100 sets and one of eight to play in at least 25 matches.
Prep: A three-year letter winner in volleyball and basketball at First Colonial High School...Helped lead the FCHS Patriots to the 2014 6A State Championships after finishing as the 2013 State Runner-Up...Following the championship run, Espinoza was recognized as the 6A State Player of the Year, VHSL Player of the Year and the Colonial High School Female Athlete of the Year...Two-time recipient of the Colonial High School MVP Award, 6A South Region Player of the Year Award and the Coastal Conference Player of the Year award, earning each following both the 2013 and 2014 seasons.
Personal: Born Catherine Clark Espinoza on August 26, 1997 to Patti and Maurice Espinoza...The youngest of three children she has an older sister, Gabrielle and an older brother, Eric…A member of the National, English and German Honor Societies while attending First Colonial High School.
CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 1, six times, last vs. Central Michigan (9/2/17)
Total Attempts: 6, vs. American (8/29/15)
Hitting Percentage: .333, vs. Howard (8/29/15)
Assists: 12, at Davidson (10/9/16)
Aces: 3, at Saint Louis (10/22/17)
Digs: 46, at Davidson (10/9/16)
Solo Blocks: N/A
Block Assists: N/A
Total Blocks: N/A
