Nova Southeastern University Athletics

AS A SENIOR (2010)
Was selected as preseason Division II All-America by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association...Batted .324 with six home runs and 44 RBI...Finished second on the team with 213 at-bats...Scored 44 runs...Had six more walks (23) than strikeouts (17)...Was nationally ranked in Division II in hardest to strike-out"...Went 4-5 with three doubles and a RBI on opening day vs. Newberry College (2/4/10)...Was 4-4 vs. Southern New Hampshire (3/24/10) and vs. Saint Leo (4/17/10)...Had multiple hits in seven of his last 10 games...Accumulated 19 multi-hit games and 13 multi-RBI games.

AS A JUNIOR (2009)
Finished second on the team with a .397 batting average...Hit seven home runs with 38 RBI's...Missed 17 games due to injury mid-season...Drew 13 more walks than strikeouts...Ranked second on the team with a .488 on base percentage and third with 14 doubles...Had 17 multi-hit and 13 multiple RBI games...Finished the season on a ten game hitting streak...Recorded four hits vs. Barry (4/17/09)...Had five RBI's vs. Saint Leo (2/6/09)...Tied a NSU single game record with five walks vs. St. Thomas (4/21/09)...Had three or more hits in a game seven times.

AS A FRESHMAN (2007)
Forced his way into the starting lineup and became the Sunshine State Conference Freshman Of The Year... Played in 35 games, starting 31...Hit .382 with 4 HR's and 32 RBI's...Recorded first collegiate hit in debut vs. Newberry (2/8/07)...Hit first home run for NSU against Lewis on 3/2/07...Had 15 multi-hit and seven multi-RBI games...Put together the fourth longest hitting streak on the team at 12 games...Scored 26 runs and had 70 total bases.

CAREER
Named All-Broward County First-Team...Honored as MVP while at Archbishop McCarthy.

PERSONAL
Born in Hialeah, Fla...Business major...Aspires to play professional baseball...Enjoys fishing...Names the Florida Marlins as his favorite team and Hanley Ramirez as his favorite athlete...Son of Sergio and Lucia Valencia...Has one sister, Jackie Motato and one brother Sandro, who played baseball at Lynn University from 1988-1992.