Ronnie Valerio

Ronnie Valerio

Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Temecula, Calif.
High School: Temecula

UC IRVINE: Named Big West Freshman of the Year...also earned All-Big West second team honors...had a 76.38 scoring average...had a season-best second place finish at the Turtle Bay Collegiate Invitational (220-73-74-73)...was named the Big West Golfer of the Month for November following her Turtle Bay Invitational...had three other Top 20 finishes.

PREP: Won 2006 Southwestern League title at Temecula High School...finished third at the 2008 Southern Section Individual Championship...was runner-up at that event in 2009...four-time All-Southwestern League selection including league MVP in 2007...owned a 74.00 scoring average...named Girl Golfer of the Year as a freshman and junior by the Californian and Press Enterprise Newspapers...2008 Rolex Jr. honorable mention All-American...named Player of the Year for age bracket for VJGA-Valley Junior from 2000-2003...earned 2008 SCPGA Ralph Miller Award...had 13 top 10 AJGA Open Tournament finishes, including five Top 5 showings...AJGA Qualifier Medalists for Las Vegas Open (6/06) and Core Realty Open (7/07)...finished first at the AJGA ClubCorp Mission Hills-AJGA Open 2008...had second place performance at the 2009 AJGA Scissortail Open in Oklahoma...member of SCPGA Girls Jr. America Cup in 2008 and 2009....made USGA Girls Championship cut in 2008 (Connecticut) and 2009 (New Jersey)...made the cut in the USGA Women's Pubic Link at age 13...named to the Tiger Woods National Junior Golf Team five times, including 2008 and 2009.