2026
Appeared in 28 games with five starts at designated hitter during his freshman season at UCLA…Finished the year slashing .342/.447/.447 with 13 hits, 10 RBIs, two doubles, and one triple…Reached base at a .447 clip while striking out just seven times in 38 at-bats…Went 6-for-16 (.375) in pinch-hit opportunities, emerging as one of UCLA’s most reliable bats off the bench...Opened his season red hot, delivering hits in important pinch-hit spots in each of his first three appearances (Feb. 22 vs. TCU, Feb. 27 vs. Tennessee, and Mar. 1 vs. Mississippi State), including a two-RBI triple against Mississippi State…Scored in three straight games during the Ohio State series (Mar. 6-8), highlighted by a 3-for-3 start to his season at the plate…Recorded his first multi-hit game on Apr. 11 at Rutgers, going 2-for-3 with an RBI…Added another RBI single the following day to help UCLA complete the sweep…Drove in two runs with a pinch-hit single at Rutgers on Apr. 10…Delivered a key RBI single against UC Irvine on Mar. 31…Added a pinch-hit RBI in the win over Oregon on May 10…Produced one of his best weekends of the season in the Big Ten Tournament, going 2-for-2 with a run scored against USC on May 23 and adding a game-tying RBI single the next day in the championship game vs. Oregon.
2025
Made 13 appearances with four starts at the designated hitter spot in his redshirt freshman season at UCLA...Collected six hits in 28 at-bats to post a slash line of .286/.400/.333...Racked up seven RBIs and three runs scored...Hit a crucial two-RBI double in UCLA's win over Pepperdine on April 1...Drove in a pair of runs in his ninth-inning pinch hit opportunity at UC Irvine on April 22...Went 1-for-3 with two runs scored in his start at Illinois on May 9...Registered a two-hit day in the Big Ten Tournament game against Michigan on May 22, going 2-for-3 with an RBI.
2024
Did not appear for UCLA.
High School
Four-year varsity letterwinner in baseball at Huntington Beach High School in Huntington Beach, Calif. ... As of Signing Day, was ranked the No. 9 outfielder and No. 61 prospect overall in the state of California ... Three-time Preseason Underclass All-American ... Named MVP of the 2022 Perfect Game 17U World Series ... Won the 2022 CIF SoCal Division I Championship with HBHS ... Named First Team All-Sunset League in both 2022 and 2023 ... Spent his 2023 summer with the Walla Walla Sweets in the West Coast League, batting .331 over 35 games ... Selected First Team All-WCL.
Personal
Full name: Aidan Jesus Espinoza ... Born in 2004 in Orange, Calif. to parents Brenda and Jesus ... Has two siblings, Otto and Isabella ... Plans on majoring in political science ... Decided to attend UCLA because "I wanted to stay close to home and go to a school that really cares about competing for a national title, along with an education that can really help me on my career path after baseball" ... Cites winning the CIF state title during his junior season as his greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill ... Admires LeBron James ... Hobbies and interests include going to the beach, body surfing with friends, and playing spike ball ... Claims to be "the best Wii bowler ever."
Appeared in 28 games with five starts at designated hitter during his freshman season at UCLA…Finished the year slashing .342/.447/.447 with 13 hits, 10 RBIs, two doubles, and one triple…Reached base at a .447 clip while striking out just seven times in 38 at-bats…Went 6-for-16 (.375) in pinch-hit opportunities, emerging as one of UCLA’s most reliable bats off the bench...Opened his season red hot, delivering hits in important pinch-hit spots in each of his first three appearances (Feb. 22 vs. TCU, Feb. 27 vs. Tennessee, and Mar. 1 vs. Mississippi State), including a two-RBI triple against Mississippi State…Scored in three straight games during the Ohio State series (Mar. 6-8), highlighted by a 3-for-3 start to his season at the plate…Recorded his first multi-hit game on Apr. 11 at Rutgers, going 2-for-3 with an RBI…Added another RBI single the following day to help UCLA complete the sweep…Drove in two runs with a pinch-hit single at Rutgers on Apr. 10…Delivered a key RBI single against UC Irvine on Mar. 31…Added a pinch-hit RBI in the win over Oregon on May 10…Produced one of his best weekends of the season in the Big Ten Tournament, going 2-for-2 with a run scored against USC on May 23 and adding a game-tying RBI single the next day in the championship game vs. Oregon.
2025
Made 13 appearances with four starts at the designated hitter spot in his redshirt freshman season at UCLA...Collected six hits in 28 at-bats to post a slash line of .286/.400/.333...Racked up seven RBIs and three runs scored...Hit a crucial two-RBI double in UCLA's win over Pepperdine on April 1...Drove in a pair of runs in his ninth-inning pinch hit opportunity at UC Irvine on April 22...Went 1-for-3 with two runs scored in his start at Illinois on May 9...Registered a two-hit day in the Big Ten Tournament game against Michigan on May 22, going 2-for-3 with an RBI.
2024
Did not appear for UCLA.
High School
Four-year varsity letterwinner in baseball at Huntington Beach High School in Huntington Beach, Calif. ... As of Signing Day, was ranked the No. 9 outfielder and No. 61 prospect overall in the state of California ... Three-time Preseason Underclass All-American ... Named MVP of the 2022 Perfect Game 17U World Series ... Won the 2022 CIF SoCal Division I Championship with HBHS ... Named First Team All-Sunset League in both 2022 and 2023 ... Spent his 2023 summer with the Walla Walla Sweets in the West Coast League, batting .331 over 35 games ... Selected First Team All-WCL.
Personal
Full name: Aidan Jesus Espinoza ... Born in 2004 in Orange, Calif. to parents Brenda and Jesus ... Has two siblings, Otto and Isabella ... Plans on majoring in political science ... Decided to attend UCLA because "I wanted to stay close to home and go to a school that really cares about competing for a national title, along with an education that can really help me on my career path after baseball" ... Cites winning the CIF state title during his junior season as his greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill ... Admires LeBron James ... Hobbies and interests include going to the beach, body surfing with friends, and playing spike ball ... Claims to be "the best Wii bowler ever."