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2016 Softball Roster

20 Kim Valdes

  • Position Catcher
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool King's Academy
  • Hometown Jupiter, Fla.

Biography

At Rider:
Biology major with a Health Administration minor…three-time Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference All-Academic honoree…graduated as a 151-game veteran…116 career hits is tied for 41st best all-time at Rider…played in 38 games, making 35 starts as a senior, leading the team with a .324 batting average with 34 hits, 11 doubles and 15 RBI…eight multiple hit games…seven-game hitting streak from March 17-March 30, 2016, batting .455 (10 for 22) over that span…hit .327 in MAAC play…finished the season with hits in nine of her last 11 games…four hits including a double and home run in a doubleheader sweep at Fairleigh Dickinson on March 23, 2016…appeared in 40 games, making 35 starts as a junior…third on the team with seven doubles and her 30 hits were fourth most on the squad…had four hits including two doubles in Rider’s extra inning win over Hartford on March 8, 2015…had three hits in a MAAC game at Saint Peter’s on April 19, 2015…appeared in 28 games, making 24 starts as a sophomore…had five multiple hit games…as a Rider rookie, played in 45 games, making 41 starts…third on the squad in doubles and fourth in hits.

At The King's Academy:
Four-year letterwinner in softball...First Team All-Area as a senior...Second Team All-Area as a freshman as the team batting MVP...two-year letterwinner in volleyball and also lettered in bowling...scholar athlete, achieving a 4.00 grade point average or higher all four years of high school...hobbies include collecting sea shells...Personal: daughter of Michael and Debrah, younger brother Anthony (A.J.).

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2013Freshman

    Infield/Catcher
    5'4"
    20
  • 20

    2014Sophomore

    Infield/Catcher
    5'4"
    20
  • 20

    2015Junior

    Infield/Catcher
    5'4"
    20
  • 20

    2016Senior

    Catcher
    5'4"
    20