Honors and Awards
- 2024: Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
Arizona 2024 (Freshman)
Saw time in 20 games with six starts in his second year with Arizona...Pac-12 Conference regular season and tournament team champion...Hit .129 with three runs scored, one double, and one RBI...Earned first career start on March 16 against Arizona State...Collected first carer hit on April 6 at California (2x3, R, 2B, BB)...Drove in first career run on April 8 at Stanford (1x3, RBI, BB) while competing against his father, Cardinal head coach David Esquer...Saw time in seven Pac-12 Conference games with two starts, hitting .182 with one run scored and one double...Spent time defensively at both third base (3 starts) and second base (1 start) while earning a pair of starts at designated hitter...Posted a .938 fielding percentage on 16 total chances.
POSTSEASON: Earned time in two games; against California in the Pac-12 Tournament and versus Dallas Baptist at the Tucson NCAA Regional.
Arizona 2023 (Freshman)
Did not play.
High School
Attended Palo Alto High School in California…Lettered three years in baseball under head coach Pete Fukuhara…Career .316 hitter with 56 hits, 47 RBI, 12 doubles, and 13 home runs across three varsity seasons…As a junior, hit .341 with 28 hits, eight home runs, and eight doubles…2021 Area Code Games participant with the Oakland A’s…Also lettered one year in football at safety and wide receiver.
Personal
Xavier Mark Esquer…Son of David Esquer and Lynn Rankin-Esquer…One older sister, Elle…Majoring in Sociology...Father has served as the head baseball coach at Stanford since 2018…Father played college baseball at Stanford and won a College World Series championship in 1987; played professionally with the Orioles, Angels, and Brewers…Uncle, Eric, played college baseball at Arizona State and UC Santa Barbara…Avid movie watcher and chef…Loves traveling, finding new places, and swimming…Chose Arizona because, “I knew that when choosing a college the coaching staff should be a focus, and I love what Coach Hale stands for.”
