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13 Amelie Valdez

  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Atwater HS
  • Hometown Atwater, Calif.

Biography

As a Junior (2025)
- Appeared in 25 games in the circle, starting 22 times
- Recorded a 2.42 ERA with 11 wins and 12 complete games through 133 innings
- Batted .063 at the plate
- Retired 85 batters with only 27 walks 
- Tallied 5 shutouts in the circle
- Threw for 9 strikeouts in the Wildcats win over Chaminade (Feb. 2) 

As a Sophomore (2024)
- Appeared in 27 games and started 22 in the circle
- Threw a team leading 119.2 innings with a 3.69 ERA
- Struck out 92 batters and walked 58
- Led the pitching staff with 7 wins
- Threw 7 complete games, including 2 solo shutouts
- Picked up lone save in the Wildcats win at Cal State Monterey Bay (March 29)
- Retired 8 batters against Central Washington (March 24)

As a Freshman (2023)
- Started 27 of 34 games in the circle
- Threw a team second-most 137.2 innings with a 2.34 ERA
- Struck 113 batters and walked 46
- Led the pitching corps with 10 wins
- Threw 6 complete games, including 4 solo shutouts
- Picked up lone save in series opener at Cal State East Bay (April 28)
- Struck out 10 batters in complete-game against Stanislaus State (March 17)
- Fanned 9 batters in season opener against Northwest Nazarene (Feb. 3)

Pre-Chico Days
- A 2022 graduate of Atwater High School
- Posted a 9-4 record with a 1.48 earned run average as a senior, with her 368 strikeouts ranking second in the entire CIF Sac-Joaquin Section
- Earned 2022 Central California Conference Pitcher of the Year honors and was named to the MaxPreps 2022 Sac Joaquin All-Section Softball Team
- Three-time First Team All-CCC selection
- Named team MVP as a freshman, junior, and senior
- Tossed the first perfect game in program history
- Also lettered in volleyball, basketball, and water polo

Personal 
- Born February 2, 2004, in Merced
- Daughter of Mario and Becky
- Has two older siblings, Aaron and Marielle
- Her sister is her hero (“ She has shown so much resilience through hard times and has always been my inspiration. ”)
- The person she most admires in the sports world is her sister Marielle (“She played college softball and I grew up watching her and wanting to be just like her.”)
- Her favorite course at Chico State is Human Sexuality
- Chose to attend Chico State “because of the beautiful campus and successful softball program”
- Her greatest sports moment is throwing the first perfect game in her high school’s softball history
- The most interesting thing she’s ever done is sing the National Anthem at her eighth grade graduation
- The most impressive thing she has ever accomplished is being ranked among the top five strikeout pitchers in the nation during her senior year of high school
- Has learned the value of teamwork and how to be selfless by playing softball
- Enjoys hanging out with friends when she has free time
- Her biggest non-softball talent: “Cooking”
- Plays the saxophone
- Was born of Groundhog Day
- At the top of her bucket list: “Go cage diving with sharks”
- Best advice ever received came from her dad: “If you think you are working hard, there is always someone that is working harder”
- Majoring in public health
- Plans on attending nursing school and becoming a travel nurse.

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2023Freshman

    RHP
    5'4"
    13
  • 13

    2024Sophomore

    RHP
    5'4"
    13
  • 13

    2025Junior

    RHP
    5'4"
    13
  • 13

    2026Senior

    RHP
    5'4"
    13
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