Naval Academy Athletics

• 2023-24, 2024-25 Team Captain
• 2024 First-Team All-Patriot League
• 2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
• 2024 Academic All-Patriot League Team
• 2022, ‘23, ‘24 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

2023-24 // Junior Year
• Appeared in eight of the nine team-scored tournaments and the Jackson T. Stephens Cup, finishing the year with a 76.4 stroke average
• Opened the year at the Folds of Honor Collegiate where he placed 65th with a 17-over par 230
• Represented Navy at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup where he carded a 5-over par 221 ... shot a 69 (his low round) over the second 18 holes
• Closed out the fall with an 11th-place finish at the Veterans Intercollegiate where he posted a 6-over par 150
• Put together two top-10 performances to close out the season
• Placed ninth at the Golden Horseshoe Intercollegiate with a 3-over par 216 which featured the lowest round (69) of his career
• Garnered First-Team All-Patriot League honors and tying for fifth at the Patriot League Championship with a 5-over par 221
• Captured a 3&1 victory over Army’s Joshua Kim in singles play of the annual Army-Navy Star Match, while also combining with classmate Noah Nuez to push past James Ballato and Patrick Song in the four-ball match
• Served as the Mids’ team captain
• Named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team 
• Named to the Academic All-Patriot League Team
• Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

2022-23 // Sophomore Year
• Appeared in all nine team-scored tournaments where he owned a 76.4 stroke average
• Had his best finish of the fall (43rd) in the season opener, posting a 2-over par 212 at The Doc Gimmler ... it was the lowest 54-hole score of his young career, while his second-round 70 (E) marked the best single round of his career
• Saw his best finish of the season come at the Patriot League Championship where he tied for 23rd with an 18-over par 234
• His lowest score in relationship to par during the spring season was a 10-over par 150 at the Columbia Spring Invitational where he finished 41st
• Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

2021-22 // Freshman Year
• Appeared in five tournaments where he posted a 76.29 stroke average
• Made his collegiate debut at The Doc Gimmler where he turned in a 12-over par 222 to tie for 52nd
• Though he placed 64th at the Albarta Coca-Cola Collegiate Invitational, his even-par 72 in the final round marked his lowest round of the year, while his 9-over par 153 was his lowest score in relationship to par
• Placed 30th with a 13-over par 229 in his first appearance in the Patriot League Championship
• Also made his first Army-Navy Star Match appearance where he teamed up with fellow rookie Noah Nuez to halve the four-ball point against Army’s Marshall Daniel and John Heckel Jr. ... dropped his singles match to Heckel Jr. the following day, 4&2
• Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

High School 
• 2021 graduate of West Ranch High School in Stevenson Ranch, Calif.
• Four-year golf letter winner
• 2019 Foothill League Player of the Year who also garnered All-County honors
• Three-time (2018, ‘19, ‘21) First-Team All-Foothill League
• Two-time (2020, ‘21) team captain
• Led West Ranch HS to the 2018, ‘19 and ‘21 Foothill League titles
• Member of the West Ranch HS team that claimed the 2021 Ventura County Junior Golf Association North/South Cup
• Member of the West Ranch squad that finished as the 2018 CIF Southern Section runner-up
• Member of the National Honor Society

Personal
• Son of Tony and Anna Valdez
• Majoring in Quantitative Economics, he owns a 3.84 grade-point average
• Has earned Superintendent’s (S2023), Commandant’s (F2021, S2022, S2023, F2023, S2024) and Dean’s (F2021, S2022, F2023, S2024) List accolades
• He stands #197 in Overall, #130 in Academic and #339 in Military Order of Merit among his class (1,073 students)
• Validated out of four classes - Calculus I and II, Human Behavior and Basic Spanish I