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Valentina Lopez Arevalo Season 2023-24

PositionDIVER
ClassJunior
HometownZapopan, Jalisco

SDSU TOP-10 MARKS
Platform: 350.15 (1st)
3-meter: 374.20 (2nd)
1-meter: 328.70 (2nd)


HONORS
2024 Mountain West Champion (3-meter, Platform)
2024 All-Mountain West (1-meter, 3-meter, Platform)
2024 NCAA Zone E Qualifier (1-meter, 3-meter, Platform)
2023 Mountain West Champion (Platform)
2023 All-Mountain West (Platform)

2023 NCAA Zone E Qualifier (1-meter, 3-meter, Platform)
2022 All-Mountain West (1-meter, Platform)
Mountain West Diver of the Week & Freshman of the Week (Feb. 1, 2022)
2022 NCAA Championships Qualifier (Platform)
2022 NCAA Zone E Qualifier (1-meter, 3-meter, Platform)

Link: Season & Career Bests

2022-23 SEASON (As a Sophomore): Enjoyed another solid year for the Scarlet and Black, capped by an individual title in the platform finals at Mountain West Championships, which helped the Aztecs capture their second straight conference crown … Shattered the school record in the event with 350.15 points, which ranks second in MW history (2-18-23) … Totaled 75.60 points in the 305C from 10 meters in her third dive, which featured score of 10 from one of the judges … Also finished second in the consolation finals of the 1-meter springboard at the league meet with an NCAA Zone qualifying score of 285.95 (2-15-23) … Took home the event title on the platform (250.25) at the NAU Lumberjack Diving Invitational to go with a second-place finish in the 3-meter springboard with a season-best total of 307.90 points (2-3/5-23) … Contributed to SDSU’s 50th consecutive dual-meet victory with another event crown on the 1-meter board against the University of San Diego when she registered a season-high 298.35 points (1-27-23) … Added a third-place finish in the 3-meters during that same meet against the Toreros (261.38) … Placed second and fourth, respectively, in the 1-meter (272.55) and 3-meters (269.63) at the CBU Lancer Diving Invitational (12-17-23) … Helped the Aztecs to a 6-0 sweep of Grand Canyon, LMU and Seattle at the GCU Quad Meet after posting a third-place effort in the 3-meters (272.93) to go with a fourth-place showing in the 1-meter event (248.25) (10-21/22-22) … Competed in the preliminaries of the 1-meter, 3-meter and platform competitions at the NCAA Zone E Championships to finish the season (3-6/8-23).

2021-22 SEASON (As a Freshman): Competed six times after joining the team at the start of the spring semester, and posted Zone E qualifying scores in all three disciplines and competed in the platform at the NCAA Championships… Recorded a top-10 finish in the 1-meter springboard vs. San Diego (1st), at the Lumberjack Invitational (3rd), and the Mountain West Championships (5th)… Best 1-meter score, 309.20, came at the Mountain West Championships… Top-10 finishes in the 3-meter springboard came at the Lumberjack Invitational (3rd), vs. San Diego (5th), and at UCLA (9th)… Best 3-meter score, 346.80, was recorded in the consolation final of the Mountain West Championships… Produced top-10 finishes in the platform at the Lumberjack Invitational (1st), Mountain West Championships (7th) and NCAA Zone E Championships ()… Top score in the platform, 294.86, came at the Lumberjack Invitational which at the time was a San Diego State record… Completed the campaign ranked No. 2 in program history in platform (294.86), No. 5 in 3-meter springboard (346.80) and No. 6 on the 1-meter springboard (309.20)… Finished in 34th place in the platform at the NCAA Championships with 239.40 points.   

HIGH SCHOOL: A graduate of Emsad 59 Code in Jalisco, Mexico… A 2010 and 2014 recipient of the National Sports Award, which is presented to athletes, coaches, judges or referees who have excelled in the field.
 
PERSONAL: A native of Guadalajara, Mexico … The daughter of Maria del las Nieves Arevalo Gonzalez … From 2015 to 2019 was a multi-time medalist in the Mexican National Games … Competed in the 2016 and 2018 World Cup in Kazan, Russia and Kiev, Ukraine, respectively … In 2019, participated in the Junior Pan Am Games in Santiago, Chile.