Charleigh Esparza, a 2025 catcher for Strykers National Esparza, committed to Texas Tech University in person on Sep. 30, 2023, and publicly announced her decision on Oct. 4, 2023.
Esparza has been ranked in the top 25 for players in the 2025 class over the last four years, including being listed in the top five for catchers. For her freshman year of high school, she was First Team All Honor Roll and First Team Infield. For her sophomore year, she accumulated even more accolades, including First Team All-Honor Roll, First Team All-District, First Team All-County, First Team All-State, and defensive most valuable player.
Esparza was ranked 26th in the Class of 2025 Extra Elite 100 rankings.
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“I had many Power 5 offers within the first week of September,” Esparza said, “but I made sure to wait out my time, and thank goodness I did because I believe Tech is the place that I will be able to grow the most on and off the field.”
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