St. Bonaventure

As a Junior (2009-2010)
At the Atlantic-10 Championships she finished eighth inthe 100-yard butterfly with a time of 57.73…finished5^th in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of57.25…in the 200-yard backstroke she finished in6^th place with a time of 2:04.26…Finished4^th in the 100-yard breaststroke against Michigan Statewith a time of 59.74 and a second place finish…in the TriMeet against Duquesne and LaSalle she finished in first-place inthe 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:08.84.

As A Sophomore (2007-08)
Continues to build on a solid career after a successful secondseason with the Bonnies in backstroke events ... set 13 top timesduring her sophomore campaign in backstroke events ... at theAtlantic 10 Championships, placed fourth in the 100-yard backstrokefinals with a top season time of 56.40 ... in the 100 back prelims,broke a St. Bonaventure program record with a personal best time of56.08 ... claimed fifth with a personal best time of 2:02.01 in the200-yard backstroke ... in the 200 back prelims, finished with atop season time of 2:02.14 ... finished 18th (257.55) in the100-yard butterfly prelims with a top season time ... competed withjunior Allison Smith and freshmen Brittany Harris and DanielleButler for a fifth place finish with a top season time of 3:52.38in the 400-yard medley relay ... clocked a 1:45.01 in the 200-yardmedley relay, setting a St. Bonaventure program record with juniorTaylor Merena and freshmen Kayla Cobb and Lanae Petty.

As A Freshman (2007-08)
A backstroke powerhouse for the Bonnies ... holds a collective 13top times for the Brown and White in the 100 and 200 back ... atthe Atlantic 10 Champsionships placed seventh in the 200 back witha time of 2:04.88 ... touched the wall in a personal and team besttime of 58.24 in the 100 back ... joined Anneli Johnson, AllisonWhalen and Allison Smith in the 400 medley relay squad to placefourth with a team best time of 3:52.34 ... teamed up with Johnson,Meghan King and Taryn Ahern to place fifth with a team best time of1:46.77 in the 200 medley relay ... swam another top time of2:05.95 in the 200 back in the A-10 Prelims ... captured gold inthe 200 back and aided Allison Whalen, Anneli Johnson and MeghanKing to win gold in the 400 medley relay against Duquesne ...secured the silver in the 100 back against Pittsburg ... placedsecond in the 100 back and first in the 200 back against LaSalle.

High School
Two-time Owen J. Roberts High School team MVP ... qualified for thestate finals in the 100 back in each of her final three seasons inthe pool ... collected three-straight high school backchampionships in the district finals ... as a junior, she helpedlead her YMCA's medley relay unit to a national long coursechampionship ... holds her school's pool record in the 100back.

Personal
Born on July 14, 1989 ... daughter of Joe and Karen Valentine ...has two sisters, Laura and Alicia and one brother, Jim ...elementary/special education major.