Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Athletics

Statistics: Career / 2012 / 2011 / 2010
2013: Played 14 games, including 12 as starter ... Second on team with 21 goals and 26 points (5 assists) ... Took 53 shots with 36 on goal ... Hat trick vs. Plattsburgh St. (2/27) ... Had 20 ground balls and caused three turnovers ... Liberty League All-Academic ...

2012: Played in 13 games, including six as a starter … Scored 16 goals and had three assists for 19 points … Had 42 shots with 30 on goal … Posted one game-winning goal and one man-up goal … Scooped up seven ground balls and caused two turnovers … Recorded three goals and one ground ball in 10-4 victory over Montclair State (2/25) … Had three goals and one ground ball in 8-10 loss against Oneonta State (3/9) … Liberty League All-Academic …

2011: Played 14 games ... Scored 10 goals with two assists for 12 points ... Had two man-up goals ... Scooped up eight ground balls ... Caused two turnovers ... Scored a goal with an assist in a 19-4 victory over Manhattanville (3/2) ... Tallied three goals in an 18-3 win at Southwestern (3/15) ... Notched two goals with an assist in a 16-2 win over Castleton State (4/13) ... Liberty League All-Academic ... 

2010: Played 13 games, including two as a starter ... Tallied 10 goals ... Had 20 shots, including 13 on goal ... Recorded one game-winning goal and had two on the man-up ... Scooped up 13 ground balls and caused a turnover ... Scored two goals with four ground balls in a season-opening victory against Mount Saint Mary (3/3) ... Tallied three goals in a win over Skidmore (3/31) ... Posted two goals, including the game-winner, against Union (5/1) ... Scored a goal with two ground balls in a win over Skidmore in the Liberty League Championships (5/9) ...

High School: Four-year starter in lacrosse ... NJICA All-State First Team ... All-Conference First Team ... Tri-County All-Area First Team ... Became first player in school history to score 100 points in a season (58 goals, 42 assists) as a senior ... Finished sixth in the state in goals, seventh in points and eighth in assists in senior season ... Played in the 2009 NJ State Gil Gibbs Senior All-Star Game ... Team won its first-ever Colonial Valley Conference Championship in 2009 ... Team was ranked #10 by the New Jersey Interscholastic Athletic Association in 2009 ... Squad advanced to the State Semifinals in back-to-back seasons ... First player in school history selected to play in Garden State Challenge Games as a junior ... Helped lead that team in scoring and to the Championship game ... Member of the soccer team for three years, including two as a starter ... Team reached the New Jersey Playoffs in three consecutive seasons ... AP Scholar with Distinction ... Served an internship in 2008 at the Princeton University School of Engineering ...

Personal: Mechanical Engineering major ... Dean’s List ... Son of Dawn and Noel Valero.