Honors & Awards
GCC All-Freshman Team (2023)
GCC All-Tournament Team (2023)
ACWPC All-Academic Superior Team (2023)
GCC All-Academic Team (2023)
As a Freshman (2023 Season)
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.
ACWPC All-Academic Superior Team (2023)
GCC All-Academic Team (2023)
As a Freshman (2023 Season)
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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