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Frances Torres-Esperanza Season 2026

PositionRS
Height6-0
ClassSenior
HometownClarksburg, Md.
High SchoolVeritas Scholars Academy
Previous SchoolColgate

AT COLGATE

Awards/Honors

Patriot League All-Tournament team – 2024

3x Patriot League Rookie of the Week

2025 (Junior): Appeared in 106 sets, and made 13 starts in 27 matches played... Participated in all but one game during the season... Accumulated 152 kills over the season, the fourth best on the team... Achieved a season-high 14 kills against Syracuse on (9/12), with a hitting percentage of .407 and five total blocks... Contributed 72 total blocks,the fourth best on the team, including five solo blocks throughout the season... Tallied 190.5 points, with a notable performance of 14.5 points against Holy Cross (10/24), including 12 kills and four total blocks... Registered 35 digs and nine set assists over the course of the season.

2024 (Sophomore): Appeared in 103 sets and made 18 starts out of the 27 matches competed in...Finished third on the team in kills and points with 211 and 237, respectively... Totaled 48 block assists with two solo blocks to finish fifth on the Raiders with 50 total blocks... Concluded the season with eight matches of double-digit kills... Season-high .500 hitting percentage on 12 kills in win vs Fairfield (9/13)... Amassed career-high 14 kills to go with six digs, and two block assists against Stony Brook (9/8)... Posted 12 kills with six digs and three block assists in season opener at Duke (8/30).


2023 (First Year):
Appeared in 22 matches, and 67 sets with three starting assignments .. Strong emergence as first-year outside hitter, finishing the regular season with back-to-back Patriot League Rookie of the Week honors...Totaled 123 kills for an average of 1.84 per set... Finished second on the team with .292 hitting percentage... Finished third on the team in block assists (45)... Shined in the NCAA tournament with 11 kills and a .526 hitting percentage against Creighton (12/1)... Three matches with at least 10 kills, including a season-best 12 kills in Patriot League championship victory over American (11/19)... Posted a .643 hitting percentage with 10 kills against Navy (11/3)... Registered a season-best 11 block assists against Lafayette (11/11)


Before Colgate
Under Armour All-American while competing on the club circuit for Metro Volleyball Club of Washington, D.C…selected for Florida Fest All-tournament Team in 2022-23…two-time selection for the USA Girl's Future Select National Training Program…helped guide the team to a fifth-place national finish, the best finish in program history…qualified for GJNC Open Division in 2023…senior captain…helped lead Covenant Life School to a state championship in 2019…two-time Dean's List honoree.

Personal
Born: Frances Nicole Torres-Esperanza in Indianapolis, Ind.
Family: Daughter of Wendy and Jose Torres…has one brother, Gabriel, and one sister, Camila.