10 - Juliana Valencia
| Born: | 06/17/1979 |
| Height: | 5-8 |
| Hometown: | Cali, Colombia |
| High School: | El Carmelo |
| College: | Miami-Dade CC |
| Position: | Setter/Libero |
Kills: 8 (two times) vs. Fordham (10/5/02) Attack Pct: 1.000 (two times) vs. Utah State (9/14/02) Assists: 65 vs. Temple (10/20/01) Aces: 7 vs. Dayton (9/28/01) Digs: 23 vs. George Washington (11/9/01) Blocks(S): 3 vs. Massachusettes (10/9/01) Blocks(A): 6 vs. Duquesne (11/9/01)
2002 (Senior)
Season-high 62 assists to go with 16 digs and six kills in win over Connecticut on Sept. 20...Named MVP of the Connecticut Invitational after leading Rams to three straight wins and the tourney crown...Had 42 assists and tied a career-high with eight kills, hitting a perfect 1.000 (8-0-8) in win over Fordham on Oct. 5...Led team with 17 digs and 49 assists against Temple on Sept. 28...Had 49 assists and eight digs in win over La Salle on Sept. 27...Recorded 59 assists, nine digs and six kills in win over Wisconcin-Green Bay on Sept. 21...Team-high 16 digs and 40 assists, along with six kills in win over Ohio on Sept. 21...Had 12 digs against No. 2 UCLA and 14 digs against No. 20 Minnesota on Sept. 7...Registered 13 digs against Alabama-Birmingham on Aug. 31 and 11 digs against Illinois on Aug. 30.
2001 (Junior)
Key factor in turnaround season with timely arrival from Colombia last fall by way of Miami-Dade CC, where she played in back-to-back national juco title matches....Won setter job in preseason...Named team co-captain by coaching staff before her first match at URI...Fourth in league in aces, sixth in assists (11.06 a game)...Third on team in digs (2.74) and kill percentage (.242)...One of four Rams to play in all 103 games...Had 50 or more assists in 12 games, with career-high 65 in Oct. 20 win vs. Temple...Had four or more aces six times, including career-high seven Dayton win Sept. 28...Had eight matches with attack lines of .385 or higher, including career-high .857 (6-0-7) in 3-1 win over LaSalle Oct. 19...Rams' toughest defender down stretch, leading team in digs in three of final four matches: 17 vs. GW, 16 vs. Fordham, career-high 19 against Duquesne and 12 vs. Xavier in A-10 semifinals.
Pre-URI years
No. 2 setter on Miami-Dade Community College team that won national juco title in 1999 and lost in title match in 2000...Accumulated 149 assists and 49 aces in '99 and 284 assists and 60 aces in 2000...Helped Colombian junior national team finish fifth at South American junior championships in 1995...Played key role as Valle club team went to eight Colombian finals from 1994 to '98...Played key role as Valle club team went to eight Colombian finals from 1994 to '98 in junior, juvenile or senior divisions...Helped lead Valle to Columbian national championship in 1994 and '95 and runner-up finishes in '96, '97, '98...Was Valle team-captain in '92, '93, '96, '97 and '98.
Personal
Born 6/17/79 in Cali, Columbia...Majoring in accounting at URI...Made dean's list, A-10 Comissioner's Honor Roll and Chi Sigma Sigma student-athlete honor society despite knowing little English on arrival in U.S. in Dec. '98...Interned at Textron in summer of 2002...Has visited Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, Venezuela and Dominican Republican...Has met movie star Jamie Lee Curtis...Hobbies include dancing to Latin music.
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