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Fifth Year (2024): Had a .286 batting average and a 28 AB… had 8 hits and 4 runs for the season… played 13 games and started 12 of them… has an RBI of 5 and a .500 slugging average.

Senior Year (2023): Named a Second Team All-MVC outfielder ... recorded 51 hits in 169 at bats for a .302 average ... crushed four home runs, 10 doubles, and a triple ... scored 22 runs and drove in 26 ... slugged .444 and reached safely for a .335 clip ... stole seven bases ... now ranks third all-time with 116 career RBI, 10th all-time with 37 career doubles, tied for fourth all-time with 22 home runs, and eighth all-time with a .324 batting average.

Junior Year (2022): Named to the All-MVC First Team ... started 49 games and played in 50 as a utility player for the Bulldogs ... had a .348 batting average, the second-highest hitting rate on the team ... had a team-high .628 slugging percentage and 1.027 OPS ... crushed a team-best 12 home runs ... drove in 37 runs and scored 35. 

Sophomore Year (2021): All-Missouri Valley Conference First Team selection … played in all 49 games with 48 starts … primarily played right field but also saw time at first base and designated player … batting .319 with career-high totals for home runs (4), doubles (12), hits (45) and runs batted in (38) … her 30 RBI in league games led the MVC in 2021 … had 11 multi-hit games, including three games with three hits.

Freshman Year (2020): Played in 22 games with 21 starts ... batted .333 with two home runs, five doubles and 15 runs batted in ... named MVC Newcomer of the Week Feb. 11 ... had an impressive first weekend as a Bulldog at the Doc Halverson UNI-Dome Classic with a .444 (4-of-9) batting average, a .500 on-base percentage and a 1.222 slugging percentage ... crushed a pair of three-run home runs and finished with career-high six RBI in the 9-0 win over DePaul to close the tournament ... had three-straight two-hit games at the GCU Purple Classic, including a 2-for-4 performance and four RBI in a win over Grand Canyon Feb. 21.

High School: Multi-sport athlete in basketbal, tennis and softball for Newton High School ... missed her senior season of softball after suffering knee injury her senior season of basketball ... helped the Cardinals' softball team finish third at the 2018 state tournament ... on the diamond was named first team all-state and earned all-conference accolades her first three seasons ... slugged 24 home runs and drove in 87 runs in her high school career ... earned most improved and most valuable player honors her junior season of tennis ... member of Iowa Premier Gold club.

Personal: Born March, 2001 ... daughter of John and Susan Valtman ... has two younger brothers, Johnny and Ethan ... undecided on major ... chose Drake for the prestigious academic programs offered and the smaller class sizes and for the softball coaching staff.