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2016-17 Women's Tennis Roster

Vanessa Valdez

  • Class Freshman
  • Height 5-4
  • Hometown Mazatlan, Mexico
  • High School Instituto Cultural de Occidente
  • Position

Biography

2016-17: Spring: Led the team with 16 singles victories as a freshman, including a 12-9 record in dual play and 4-1 mark in WAC matches...earned First-Team All-WAC for her hard work and also earned WAC All-Tournament honors with fellow freshman Rebecca Keijzerwaard...posted 10 wins at the No. 2 double spot for NM State and 2-0 at the No. 1 spot during dual play...picked up her first-career dual victory against Kirtana Bhat of Central Oklahoma (1/14) 6-3, 6-2...defeated Stephen F. Austin's (2/25) No. 2 singles player 6-4, 7-5...ousted Regina Espindola of Iowa State (3/15) 6-3, 6-4 at home...beat New Mexico's top singles play on the road...opened the dual season with four-straight doubles wins...finished the season with three-consecutive wins at No. 2 doubles - including two in the WAC Tournaments semifinals and finals matches. Fall: opened her Aggie career with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Maria Orona of UT Permian Basin at the NM State Aggie Invitational...wrapped up the fall season capturing the consolation title at the GCU Invitational with wins over Southern Utah and Northern Arizona...opened her doubles career with five-straight victories with teammate Lindsay Harlas...captured the doubles flight at the NM State Aggies Invitational and then followed up with a runner-up finish at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational.

Prior to NM State: Was ranked as high as No. 2 and currently No. 3 in the U18 and U21 rankings in Mexico…reached round of 16 at the Jalisco Junior Cup…went 2-1 at the Monterrey Country ITF Jr. Cup, including a 6-4, 6-4 win over Danielle Garrido who was a four-star recruit according to Tennisrecruiting.net at the time of the match…reached the round of 16 at the WTA 10k San Luis Potosi Tournament before falling to Ayaka Okuno (JPN), a two-time ITF singles champion, 6-1, 6-2.
 
Personal: Daughter of Jesus and Leticia Valdez…has a brother, Jesus, and sister, Mayra…brother played collegiate tennis…majoring in engineering.

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