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NORCECA

3 Dariana Valencia

  • Position Setter
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Junior
  • Experience 2
  • Hometown Arecibo, Puerto Rico
  • High School Colegio Evangélico Capitán Correa

Biography

• Most Valuable Player – 2023 Louisiana Tech Invitational
• 1,000 career assists (1,189)
• 500 career digs (587)
• #2 in program history for serve percentage (single season)
• #10 in program history for career assists
• #10 in program history for assists per set (career)

 
2024 (Sophomore): Saw action in all 32 matches and 125 total sets … led the team with 681 assists, finished third in digs (354), and second in service aces (26) … recorded career-high 32 assists at Eastern Illinois on 11/8/24 … tied career-high 4 service aces on 10/18/24 vs Tennessee State … set new career-high with 22 digs vs UT Martin on 9/28/24 … finished the season with 18 double-doubles … had three matches with 30+ assists and nine matches of 25 or more.

2023 (Freshman):  Played in 110 sets and all 30 matches during the season ... LEd the Trojans with 508 assists, finished second on the team in digs (233) and third in service aces (29) ... Also had 14 kills with a .188 attack percentage ... Posted a team-best 10 double-doubles during the season, with consecutive double-doubles on three separate occasions ... Led the team in assists during 26 of 30 matches and had a team-high total in digs during three matches ... Finished with a season-high 31 assists vs Lamar on 9/8/23 ... Set a single-game high of 14 digs on three separate occasions.

Prior to Little Rock: Team captain and starting setter for Puerto Rican U19 national team at 2022 and 2023 NORCECA U19 Pan American Cups … Led Puerto Rico to a fourth-place finish at the 2022 NORCECA U19 Pan American Cup totaling 72 assists, 49 digs, five aces, three kills and one block in six matches (23 sets), including one double-double … That double-double performance included 15 digs and 12 assists in a 3-2 loss to Brazil in the semifinals in front of over 1,000 fans … Nearly had a second double-double when she tallied 23 assists, nine digs and two aces in a 3-1 quarterfinal round win over Mexico … Played club for Capitanas Arecibo … Led team to back-to-back AAU campus in 12U and 13U, receiving All-American honors in both … Most recently led team to a third-place finish in a pair of AAU and Triple Crown tournaments … Received MVP honors in a Power League Tournament.
 
Summer 2023 (Puerto Rico National Team): Team captain and starting setter for Puerto Rican U19 national team at 2023 NORCECA U19 Pan American Cup in Ciudad de Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico.
 
Summer 2022 (Puerto Rico National Team): Team captain and starting setter for Puerto Rican U19 national team at 2022 NORCECA U19 Pan American Cup in Tulsa, Oklahoma … Led Puerto Rico to a fourth-place finish totaling 72 assists, 49 digs, five aces, three kills and one block in six matches (23 sets), including one double-double … That double-double performance included 15 digs and 12 assists in a 3-2 loss to Brazil (7/22) in the semifinals in front of over 1,000 fans … Nearly had a second double-double when she tallied 23 assists, nine digs and two aces in a 3-1 quarterfinal round win over Mexico (7/21) … Recorded 12 assists and seven digs in the Bronze Medal match against the Dominican Republic (7/23), concluding the tournament in a 3-1 loss … Opened the tournament with eight assists, three digs and two kill in a 3-1 loss to Brazil (7/18) … Tallied 14 assists, seven digs and one ace in a 3-0 group win over Costa Rica (7/19) … Totaled eight digs and three assists in a 3-0 group loss to the Dominican Republic (7/20).
 
Personal: Daughter of Lizbeth Medina and Jorge Valencia … Has one younger sister, Leandra … Plans to major in Biology.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2023Freshman

    Setter
    5'6"
    3
  • 3

    2024Sophomore

    Setter
    5'6"
    3
  • 3

    2025Junior

    Setter
    5'6"
    3