

Anni Espar
Sport
Water Polo
Country
Spain
USC Affiliation
Lettered 2013
Olympic Experience
'16, '20 (S)
AT USC:
• 2013 NCAA Champion
• 2013 All-America First Team
• 2013 All-MPSF First Team
• 2013 NCAA All-Tournament First Team
• 2013 MPSF All-Tournament Team
• 31 goals scored
• Scored game-winning goal in third sudden-death period in 2013 NCAA Championship game -- the longest NCAA final in women’s water polo history
FAST FACTS:
• Coming into USC as a 2012 Olympian, Espar was one of four eventual 2016 Olympians — from four different countries — on USC’s 2013 NCAA Championship team: Espar (ESP), Flora Bolonyai (HUN), Hannah Buckling (AUS) and Kaleigh Gilchrist (USA)
• Was the second leading scorer at the 2012 Olympic Games
• 2012 Best European Water Polo Player
• Her father, Xesco, was a professional handball player, and her mother, Anna, has been an ultra-marathon runner
• Sister, Clara, played water polo at San José State and also was on the 2020 Spanish Olympic roster.