Natalie Valdes '12 Recruiting Profile

First off some important stats about me is that I am 5'5 with the weight of 130, I have been playing the setter position since my sophmore year in high school and also in my club team. I would say that my most important team accomplishment is that for my senior year we have already beaten our record from the past two years in my high school career. That gives me the drive and mentality that I am helping to lead my team to a new season and new year for our volleyball program. I was captain my sophmore year in high school for our JV team and also when I was on the 16s team for club and as well again I am captain for my senior year again for my high school varsity team, therefore I feel that I produce strong leadership skills to help my teams succeed and get the wins we want and deserve. My top school i hope to attend and play volleyball for is the University of South Florida, I have looked into their program and academic credentials and I really believe I have the drive to make it at that school. However I am open to play for other maybe less known schools as long as they have the fields of study I am looking into which include psychology. As far as recruiting goes I am open minded about the level of competition the school offering is at, however my education is very importnant to me and I would like to go to a school that is well off in its academics as well as their athletics.