UC San Diego

MEDIA
• Tritoncast (4/28)

AS A SENIOR IN 2021
Big West Fall All-Academic Team... Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll... Finished 59th overall (22:21.8) at the UC Davis Stump Invite (9/10)... Was 230th overall (26:34.8) at the Roy Griak Invite (9/24)... Placed 115th overall (23:11.3) at the UCR Highlander Invite (10/16).

AS A JUNIOR IN 2020
Season canceled due to COVID-19.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2019
CCAA All-Academic ... CCAA Fall All-Academic ... Finished 56th overall (24:05.5) at the CCAA Championship (10/26) ... Earned a 31st place finish (24:19.3) at the Triton Classic (10/12) ... Placed 99th at the Capital Cross Challenge with a personal best 6K time of 23:45.7 (9/28). 

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2018
CCAA All-Academic ... Placed 21st overall (18:28.3) at the Coyote Challenge (9/22) ... Finished 90th overall at the Conference Cross-Over with a time of 23:56.2 (10/6) ... Placed 24th overall and fourth among Tritons with a time of 19:38.5 at the Mark Covert Invitational (9/1) ... Finished 75th overall and ninth among Tritons with a time of 24:18.6 at the CCAA Championships (11/3).

HIGH SCHOOL 
A 2018 graduate of San Marcos High School in San Marcos ... Led San Marcos High to three-straight Avocado East League championships from 2014-16 ... Winner of the San Marcos High Sportsmanship Award as a senior ... Earned the Coaches Award as a senior in 2017 ... A First-Team All-Avocado East League selection as a senior ... Named Most Dedicated as a sophomore ... A Second-Team All-Avocado East League choice as a sophomore ... Helped the Knights finish second at the CIF-San Diego Section Championships as a freshman.

PERSONAL 
Born March 19 in San Jose ... Daughter of Waldina and Mike Valencia ... Has a younger brother Miguel ... Cousin Alex Jackson plays professional baseball in the Atlanta Braves organization after being drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the first round of the 2014 MLB Draft ... Father attended UC San Diego ... Majoring in law and society with and a double minor in cognitive science and literature/writing at Sixth College ... Career goals include attending law school, working for the District Attorney's office, and later joining the FBI ... Favorite moment competing is the last race of her high school career when she won the league championship in the 800m ... Enjoys writing, baking and digital art making ... Favorite athlete is American middle-distance runner Brenda Martinez ... Roots for the Atlana Braves ... Likes the movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens ... Listens to AJR ... Bounced back from having her thyroid removed following her freshman year of high school after being diagnosed with papilary thyroid cancer.