2014 Women's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Julianne Valdes
- Position:
- Utility
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Gulliver Prep
- Hometown:
- Miami, Fla.
2014 team co-captain along with classmate Mackenzie Ferry ... second player in program history to enter senior season with at least 100 career goals and 100 career assists ... ranks fourth in program history in career sprints won (81) ... seventh in career assists (100) and ejections drawn (117) ... 10th in career points (241) ... 11th in career goals (141) ... 12th in career shots (354) and career games started (90) ... enters 2014 season with at least one point in 54 consecutive games.
2013: Second Team CWPA All-Southern Division selection for second straight year ... led team in goals (37) and points (50) ... at least one point in all 27 games ... 12 multi-point outings ... at least one goal in 23 of 27 contests ... eight multi-goal games ... totaled 11 goals during postseason, including seven at Eastern Championship ... third on team with 23 ejections drawn ... 18 ejections drawn during postseason (7 games) ... also had six of her 11 steals on the season during postseason and three of her seven won sprints ... 7-for-9 on sprints overall ... one of four Bison to start all 27 games ... tied for second on squad with 11 steals ... earned ACWPC All-Academic Award.
2012: Second Team CWPA All-Southern Division selection ... CWPA Southern Division Player of the Week (Feb. 28) ... 106 points led team and ranks fourth on program’s single-season list ... 49 assists was second on team and seventh on single-season ledger ... won 81 of 99 sprints to set Bison single-season record for sprint percentage (.818) ... 157 shots ranked sixth on single-season list ... one of two Bison to start all 39 games ... along with teammate Taylor Barnett became just the seventh and eighth Bison to register 100 points in a season ... second on team in goals ... led squad with 50 steals and was second with 52 ejections drawn ... at least one goal in 31 of 39 games ... had a goal-scoring streak of 14 straight games mid-season ... 19 multi-goal outings ... 10 games with at least four points, including season-high nine in Southern Championships vs. George Washington ... at least one point in 36 of 39 games ... posted career-high six assists in back-to-back games against George Washington, tying the school record she already shared with Kandis Canonica ... won all four sprints in a game eight times ... 34-for-42 on sprints during Spring Break trip to California ... earned ACWPC All-Academic Award ... also a member of CWPA Scholar-Athlete Team.
2011: Second on team in goals (47) and assists (38) and third in points (85) ... 38 assists ranked tied for 11th on program single-season list and is now 13th ... one of eight Bison to play in all 31 games ... drew 24 starts, all coming in season’s first 25 contests ... scored at least one goal in each of first seven games ... had 16 goals and 25 points during that span ... totaled 15 multi-goal contests ... 25 multi-point games ... second on team with 42 ejections drawn ... had 38 ejections drawn in campaign’s first 25 games ... 13 contests with at least two ejections drawn, including four straight at one point in April ... third on team with 29 steals ... named team’s Rookie of the Year ... two-time CWPA Western Division Rookie of the Week (Feb. 14 & March 22) ... CWPA Western Division Player of the Week (Feb. 14) ... earned ACWPC All-Academic Award.
Before Bucknell: Four-year water polo and swimming letterwinner at Gulliver Preparatory School ... three-time all-county selection in water polo ... team captain as a sophomore and senior ... four-time Junior Olympic All-American ... USA Water Polo Academic All-American ... USA Water Polo Junior National Training Team and Cadet Training Team member ... Southeast Zone Team member ... all-county selection in swimming as a senior.
Personal: Julianne Elizabeth Valdes ... born Sept. 6, 1991 in Miami, Fla. ... daughter of Angel and Susan Valdes ... sister, Vanessa, is a former member of the water polo club team at Central Florida ... majoring in psychology.
