05  Vanessa Espinoza Class: Senior Hometown: Highlands Ranch, Colo. High School: Douglas County Height: 5-3 Position: Guard Experience: 3V

2004-05: Dished out four assists in a loss to BYU in the first round of the MWC tournament. Shutout in scoring vs. Air Force. Held to one point vs. New Mexico. Scored 12 points vs. Utah, including two of three shooting beyond the arc. Tallied nine points and five rebounds at Wyoming. Scored nine points and pulled down four boards at San Diego State. Went 4-of-11 from the field and 4-of-5 from the line for 14 points at UNLV.Scored seven points and dished out four assists vs. Brigham Young. Held to two points on 1-of-9 shooting at New Mexico. Scored 14 points and had four assists at Air Force. Grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds vs. Wyoming. Scored 19 points and dished out a team-high six assists vs. UNLV. Scored eight points and recorded four assists in win over San Diego State. Scored two points at BYU. Held to two points at Utah. Scored 16 points and had five rebounds at Montana. Scored 12 points and had six assists vs. Denver. Scored a career-high 24 points on 6-of-8 shooting from three-point range at Northern Colorado. Scored team-high 11 points in loss vs. UConn. Scored seven points vs. Tennessee-Martin. Tallied a season-high 21 points and had five steals vs. Oregon. Totaled 16 points and had 4 assists in a loss against Colorado. Scored 14 points and tallied three assists vs. Texas-Pan American. Scored13 points vs. Pepperdine. Set career-high in assists with nine vs. UAB and scored 10 points. Shot 66 percent from the field on her way to 11 points versus Iona in the first game of the Coors Rocky Mountain Invitational. Scored eight points in 28 minutes at Notre Dame. Tied for game-high scoring against San Francisco with 15 points and led team with four assists.

2003-04: Was named to the Mountain West All-Conference Second Team and played in all 29 games for the Rams, starting in 27. Was the team's leading scorer, averaging 12.9 points per game, and was the top three-point shooter in the league, shooting .455 on the season. Broke the single-season three-point field goal percentage record at CSU at .455 and ranks first on the career charts at .419 (62-148). Was named Co-Mountain West Player of the Week after the Rams defeated San Diego State and UNLV at home. Tallied career-highs in every statistical category, including 22 points against UNLV on Feb. 21. Hit at least one three-pointer in the last 14 games for the Rams and scored in double figures in 11 of the last 12 games of the season.

2002-03: Played in all but one game for the Rams and averaged 3.6 points and 1.6 rebounds per game. Was second on the team averaging 2.7 assists per contest. Scored in double figures in three games, scoring a then career-high 11 against both Metro State and Air Force. Ranks fourth on the single-season assists chart by a freshman and is ninth in steals among freshmen.

2001-02: Played in five games, but was bothered by shin problems and received a medical hardship from the Mountain West Conference office.

Douglas County HS: Attended Douglas County her senior year after going through her first three seasons at Highlands Ranch... Lettered all four years at the two schools and won the league titles in both 1999 and 2000... Was captain of the team at Douglas County... Was a First-Team All-Conference selection twice and once was named Second-Team All-Conference.... Named to the top 20 at the Adidas All-American Camp... Played club ball for the Mile Hi Magic... Was an honorable mention All-State selection at the 5A level her senior year.

Personal: Full name is Vanessa Kay Espinoza... Is one of two girls of Albert and Kay Espinoza... Sister's name is Sarah... Father Albert was a professional boxer... Was born on October 10, 1982 in Denver, Colorado... Is majoring in Health and Exercise Science at Colorado State.