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Frida Esparza
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Pittsburg, Calif.
- Prev School:
- K12 International Academy
- Club:
- Head Over Heels
Bio
Career Highlights
Two-time All-American on uneven bars
2025 second-team All-Big Ten
2025 Big Ten All-Championship team
2025 Academic All-Big Ten
Three-time selection to Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
2021 honorable mention All-Pac-12 on uneven bars
Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (1/27/21)
Two-time World Championships competitor for Mexico
2018 Mexican national all-around and uneven bars champion
Best Marks
UB - 9.975, 2/14/25
BB - 9.900, 2x, last 2/25/24
FX - 9.650, 1/23/22
2025
First-team regular season and second-team WCGA All-American on uneven bars … Finished ninth overall on bars at the NCAA Championships and fifth in the second semifinal session … Second-team All-Big Ten … Academic All-Big Ten selection … Finished the regular season ranked No. 7 in the nation on bars with a NQS of 9.940 and held a season average of 9.8773 … Tied for first in session 1 of the NCAA Regional Second Round with a 9.900 on bars … Runner-up on bars at the Big Ten Championships with a 9.950 … Big Ten All-Championship team selection … Won her fifth uneven bars title after tying for first at Utah with a 9.950 … Earned a new career-high score of 9.975 to capture her fourth bars title of the year on Feb. 14 vs. Penn State after playing the national anthem on electric guitar during pre-meet ceremonies … Tied her career-high with a 9.950 to win bars at Washington … Earned a Top 3 finish on bars with a 9.850 vs. Michigan State … Won bars against Illinois with a season-high-tying 9.925 … Placed third on bars at Maryland with a 9.900 … Won bars at the Sprouts Collegiate Quad with a 9.925.
2024
Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll selection for the third consecutive year … Competed on uneven bars in 11 meets and balance beam in three meets … Totaled two uneven bars victories and four Top 3 finishes … Recorded a pair of career-highs against Cal on Feb. 25, scoring 9.950 to tie for first on bars and 9.900 on beam … Won her second-straight bars title with a 9.900 at Stanford on March 1 and also hit a 9.850 exhibition on beam … Earned her fourth 9.9+ score on bars against Clemson with a third-place mark of 9.900 and also performed two strong exhibition routines, scoring 9.800 on beam and 9.825 on just her second-ever floor exercise performance and first ever in Pauley Pavilion.
2023
Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll for the second-straight year … Did not compete due to injury.
2022
Named to the 2022 Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll … Member of the Director’s Honor Roll all three quarters … Sat out six meets due to injury and returned on Mar. 12 to score a career-high-tying 9.925 on uneven bars and a 9.775 on balance beam in an exhibition performance … Scored 9.900 on uneven bars at the NCAA Regional Second Round to help the Bruins score a season-high 49.475 on the event … Competed on balance beam for the first time in 2022 as a late replacement at the NCAA Regional Final and scored 9.750 … Led off on bars at Oregon State with a 9.875, good for third place, and made her collegiate debut on floor, scoring 9.650 … Competed on uneven bars in the sebason opener and tied for third place with a 9.850.
2021
Earned honorable mention All-Pac-12 honors on uneven bars … Recorded a career-high 9.925 on bars to place fourth at the Pac-12 Championships … Scored 9.85 or higher on eight of her 11 uneven bars routines, with three scores of 9.9 or higher … Earned Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors after the Bruins’ first meet following her meet-winning uneven bars score of 9.9 and a 9.8 on balance beam in her collegiate debut against Arizona State … Earned the victory on uneven bars against BYU with a 9.9 … Competed on balance beam in nine meets and recorded a season-high of 9.9 at Arizona … Had five scores of 9.8 or better on beam, with two Top 3 finishes … Member of the Director’s Honor Roll all three quarters.
Club
Two-time World Championships competitor for Mexico (2018, 2019) … Finished 32nd in all-around qualifying at the 2018 World Championships … Led Mexico to a bronze medal finish at the 2018 Pan American Games, where she finished ninth in the all-around and fifth on uneven bars … Uneven bars champion at the 2019 FIG World Challenge Cup in Guimarães … Crowned the 2018 Mexican national all-around champion … Competed at the 2016 and 2017 U.S. National Championships … Placed sixth on beam in the junior division at the 2016 U.S. Classic … Level 10 National champion on uneven bars in 2015 … Trained at Head Over Heels Gymnastics.
Personal
Favorite apparatus is the uneven bars … Admires Naomi Osaka, Dennis Rodman and Michael Jordan … Chose UCLA because it is close to her family, has great team energy, and is a diverse school … Hobbies include reading books and comics … Full name is Frida Esparza … Born in Concord, Calif. … Parents: Nora and Rolando Esparza … Earned her degree in political science and is pursuing a postgraduate certificate in marketing.
Two-time All-American on uneven bars
2025 second-team All-Big Ten
2025 Big Ten All-Championship team
2025 Academic All-Big Ten
Three-time selection to Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
2021 honorable mention All-Pac-12 on uneven bars
Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (1/27/21)
Two-time World Championships competitor for Mexico
2018 Mexican national all-around and uneven bars champion
Best Marks
UB - 9.975, 2/14/25
BB - 9.900, 2x, last 2/25/24
FX - 9.650, 1/23/22
2025
First-team regular season and second-team WCGA All-American on uneven bars … Finished ninth overall on bars at the NCAA Championships and fifth in the second semifinal session … Second-team All-Big Ten … Academic All-Big Ten selection … Finished the regular season ranked No. 7 in the nation on bars with a NQS of 9.940 and held a season average of 9.8773 … Tied for first in session 1 of the NCAA Regional Second Round with a 9.900 on bars … Runner-up on bars at the Big Ten Championships with a 9.950 … Big Ten All-Championship team selection … Won her fifth uneven bars title after tying for first at Utah with a 9.950 … Earned a new career-high score of 9.975 to capture her fourth bars title of the year on Feb. 14 vs. Penn State after playing the national anthem on electric guitar during pre-meet ceremonies … Tied her career-high with a 9.950 to win bars at Washington … Earned a Top 3 finish on bars with a 9.850 vs. Michigan State … Won bars against Illinois with a season-high-tying 9.925 … Placed third on bars at Maryland with a 9.900 … Won bars at the Sprouts Collegiate Quad with a 9.925.
2024
Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll selection for the third consecutive year … Competed on uneven bars in 11 meets and balance beam in three meets … Totaled two uneven bars victories and four Top 3 finishes … Recorded a pair of career-highs against Cal on Feb. 25, scoring 9.950 to tie for first on bars and 9.900 on beam … Won her second-straight bars title with a 9.900 at Stanford on March 1 and also hit a 9.850 exhibition on beam … Earned her fourth 9.9+ score on bars against Clemson with a third-place mark of 9.900 and also performed two strong exhibition routines, scoring 9.800 on beam and 9.825 on just her second-ever floor exercise performance and first ever in Pauley Pavilion.
2023
Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll for the second-straight year … Did not compete due to injury.
2022
Named to the 2022 Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll … Member of the Director’s Honor Roll all three quarters … Sat out six meets due to injury and returned on Mar. 12 to score a career-high-tying 9.925 on uneven bars and a 9.775 on balance beam in an exhibition performance … Scored 9.900 on uneven bars at the NCAA Regional Second Round to help the Bruins score a season-high 49.475 on the event … Competed on balance beam for the first time in 2022 as a late replacement at the NCAA Regional Final and scored 9.750 … Led off on bars at Oregon State with a 9.875, good for third place, and made her collegiate debut on floor, scoring 9.650 … Competed on uneven bars in the sebason opener and tied for third place with a 9.850.
2021
Earned honorable mention All-Pac-12 honors on uneven bars … Recorded a career-high 9.925 on bars to place fourth at the Pac-12 Championships … Scored 9.85 or higher on eight of her 11 uneven bars routines, with three scores of 9.9 or higher … Earned Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors after the Bruins’ first meet following her meet-winning uneven bars score of 9.9 and a 9.8 on balance beam in her collegiate debut against Arizona State … Earned the victory on uneven bars against BYU with a 9.9 … Competed on balance beam in nine meets and recorded a season-high of 9.9 at Arizona … Had five scores of 9.8 or better on beam, with two Top 3 finishes … Member of the Director’s Honor Roll all three quarters.
Club
Two-time World Championships competitor for Mexico (2018, 2019) … Finished 32nd in all-around qualifying at the 2018 World Championships … Led Mexico to a bronze medal finish at the 2018 Pan American Games, where she finished ninth in the all-around and fifth on uneven bars … Uneven bars champion at the 2019 FIG World Challenge Cup in Guimarães … Crowned the 2018 Mexican national all-around champion … Competed at the 2016 and 2017 U.S. National Championships … Placed sixth on beam in the junior division at the 2016 U.S. Classic … Level 10 National champion on uneven bars in 2015 … Trained at Head Over Heels Gymnastics.
Personal
Favorite apparatus is the uneven bars … Admires Naomi Osaka, Dennis Rodman and Michael Jordan … Chose UCLA because it is close to her family, has great team energy, and is a diverse school … Hobbies include reading books and comics … Full name is Frida Esparza … Born in Concord, Calif. … Parents: Nora and Rolando Esparza … Earned her degree in political science and is pursuing a postgraduate certificate in marketing.
Jordan Chiles - 2025 Big Ten Championships Floor (10.0)
Thursday, September 04
Chae Campbell - 2025 NCAA Championship Floor (9.925)
Friday, August 15
Frida Esparza - 2025 NCAA Semifinal Bars (9.925)
Saturday, August 09
Frida Esparza - 2025 NCAA Semifinals Bars (9.925)
Saturday, August 09
