Hokie Club2024
• Season Notes: Appeared in all 23 matches with five starts … Logged 10 shots on the year with 852 minutes of action.
• Made her first start of the season in the Hokies’ 2-0 win over High Point (Sept. 1)
• Started and played 58 minutes in Tech’s 2-0 win at No. 7 Notre Dame (Oct. 27)
• Logged a shot and played 39 minutes in Tech’s 2-1 win over Tennessee in the NCAA First Round (Nov. 15)
• Started and played a then-season high 82 minutes in the NCAA Round of 32 win at No. 9 UCLA (Nov. 22)
• Started and played the entirety of the match against No. 1 Duke in the NCAA Elite Eight
2023
Season Notes: Appeared in 14 contests for the Hokies.
• Recorded two shots on goal during Tech’s 3-0 win over James Madison (Aug. 24).
• Tallied two shots and played a season-high 39 minutes in the Hokies’ 4-0 win at Syracuse (Sept. 24).
• Logged 26 minutes and recorded a shot on goal in Tech’s 3-0 win over Miami (Oct. 22).
2022
Season Notes: Appeared in 14 matches, starting against Charlotte and #5 Florida State... Recorded 391 minutes of action, tallying one goal and two assists.
• Logged her first career goal in the Hokies 3-0 victory versus Charlotte (Sept. 4).
• Recorded one assist in the Hokies 3-0 shutout against Old Dominion (Sept. 1), and one assists against Elon (Aug. 28).
Club: 4 years of experience playing for VA Union ECNL, coaches Nadir Moumen and Clyde Watson... Compete at the 2020 ECNL Nationals
High School: years; First-Team All Region and All District in 9th and 11th grade at Potomac Falls... Named First Team All-District and First Team All-Region... Second-Team All State in 9th grade and First-Team All State in 11th grade.
Personal: Ella Valente … Born July 30, 2004 in Fairfax, Virginia … Daughter of Marc and Tina Valente ... Sister, Mia... Majoring in Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise... Contemplating a career in physical therapy