Honors & Awards
First-Team All-GCC (2024)
GCC All-Freshman Team (2023) (2023, 2024)
ACWPC All-Academic Superior Team (2023)
GCC All-Academic Team (2023, 2024)
As a Sophomore (2024 Season)
GCC Rankings: No. 1 in blocks, No. 2 in points, No. 3 in goals, No. 4 in points per game, No. 5 in steals, No. 5 in goals per game, No. 7 in assists, No. 7 in steals per game, No. 8 in assists per game.
Appeared in 32 contests… Attempted 154 shots and was successful on 76 (.494 shot percentage)… Added 40 assists for a total of 116 points… Had 29 exclusions drawn, 42 steals, and 22 blocks… Paced the team in shots, goals, points, exclusions drawn, steals, and blocks… Her 76 goals were the ninth most in a single season for an Aztec… Produced a shot in all 32 contests and had 13 games where she had five or more shots, including two 10-shot games vs. No. 11 UC San Diego and vs. No. 6 Loyola Marymount in the GCC Championship tournament… Recorded nine hat tricks among 24 games with at least two goals… Had five four-goal games: vs. No. 4 Hawaii (2/2), vs. Siena (2/17), at No. 9 Princeton, vs. No. 22 Cal State Northridge (3/8), and at No. 6 Loyola Marymount (4/6)… Of her 13 multi-assist games, she had three assists in games vs. La Salle (2/17), vs. No. 19 Wagner (2/18), and vs. No. 22 Cal State Northridge… Scored at least two points in 30-of-32 appearances with a single-game best seven vs. No. 22 Cal State Northridge… Drew a season-best three exclusions vs. No. 19 Harvard (3/10)… Among 10 games with multiple steals, her season-best was four steals at Pomona-Pitzer (3/1)… Posted three blocks vs. No. 23 Marist (3/1) and vs. No. 21 Pacific (4/28) in the GCC Championship Tournament.
GCC Rankings: No. 1 in steals, No. 2 in steals per game, No. 7 in assists, No. 8 in points, No. 9 in points per game, No. 9 in points per game
One of eight players overall and one of two freshman to appear in all 31 games… Attempted 126 shots and scored on 54 of them (.429 shot percentage)… Added 33 assists for a total of 87 points… Completed the season with 44 steals, 11 blocks, and 24 exclusions drawn… Paced the team in shots, goals, points & steals, was second in assists, third in exclusions drawn, sprints won and shot percentage, among players who attempted at least two shots per game, and was fourth in blocks… Produced a shot in 28 of her 31 appearances and in eight games totaled more than five, led by a 10 shot barrage at Concordia (3/24)… Led by a five-tally game at Concordia, recorded 10 hat tricks among 15 games with at least two goals… Had two four-goal games: vs. No. 13 Princeton (3/11) and at No. 14 UC San Diego at the Harper Cup and three-goal efforts vs. Cal State Fullerton (1/21), vs. No. 23 LMU (2/25), vs. Villanova (3/10), at No. 5 Hawai’i (3/18), vs. California Baptist (4/6), vs. No 17 LMU (4/21) and vs. Concordia (4/28) in the quarterfinal round of the Golden Coast Conference (GCC) Tournament… Twice, vs. No. 15 UC Santa Barbara (2/25) and at California Baptist (4/6), totaled a season-best three assists among nine games in which she had multiple assists… Scored a point in 29-of-31 appearances with a single-game best seven vs. Westcliff… Also totaled six points vs. No. 13 Princeton and vs. California Baptist, five vs. Cal State Fullerton, and four each vs. No. 15 UC Santa Barbara, vs. Villanova, at No. 5 Hawai’i, at Azusa Pacific, vs. No. 17 LMU and at No. 14 UC San Diego… Drew a season-best two exclusions vs. No. 15 Wagner, No. 9 Fresno State (2/3), vs. No. 3 UCLA (2/24), vs. No. 9 Michigan (2/26), vs. No. 22 LIU (3/7), at No. 5 Hawai’i, and vs. No. 8 Fresno State (4/29) in the semifinal round of the GCC Tournament… Among 14 games with multiple steals, her season-high was four thefts vs. No. 24 CSUN (2/5), vs. No. 13 Princeton and at California Baptist… Enjoyed two blocks vs. No. 15 Wagner and vs. No. 9 Michigan.
High School
A graduate of IES Ortega y Gasset in Madrid, Spain… Competed for Club Natacion Ciudad de Alcorcon... With the Madrid Water Polo Team, led them to second place in the Federations Spanish Championship and third place in the Spanish Championship… Garnered academic honors in her senior year… Has also competed in swimming and gymnastics.
Personal
The daughter of Maribel and Juanjo Valdez… Undecided on a microbiology… Mother competed in water polo in Spain… Enjoys painting, reading and listening to music in her spare time.
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