CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Awards:

- 2017 WC Fall Invite Yellow Singles Flight Finalist
- Academic All-Big Sky (2018)
-2019 Team Captain
 

2019-20 SEASON (Senior):

Went 7-9 in singles and 4-11 in doubles during the season…Went 5-4 in singles during the dual season between a 1-1 record at line four and a 4-3 record at line five…Won four straight matches between Jan. 31 to Feb. 22…Beat South Dakota’s Agustina Diaz 6-2, 6-3 at line five as part of the Vikings’ 6-1 victory over the Coyotes (1/31)…Won a close match against the University of Portland’s Jana Tanevska 7-6 (8), 6-4 at line five on Feb. 14…Came back from losing a first-set tiebreaker to beat Southern Utah’s Georgia Hosking 6-7 (3), 6-4, 1-0 (10-8) during the Vikings’ 7-0 win over the Thunderbirds (2/17)…Dropped only three games in a 6-0, 6-3 win over Whitman College’s Anastasiya Redkina at line four…Posted a straight-sets win over Idaho State’s Madison Fenske at line five, winning 6-3, 6-4 as part of the Vikings’ 6-1 win over the Bengals (3/7)…All four of her doubles wins came at line three as she and Emily Rees went 4-1 at the position together…Finished the season winning four of her last five completed doubles matches…Closed the season with two straight wins, winning 6-3 and 6-1 with Rees in the Vikings’ matches against Eastern Washington (3/1) and Idaho State (3/7), respectively…Won back-to-back doubles matches against Southern Utah (2/17) and Whitman College (2/22), winning 6-4 and 6-3, respectively, with Rees at line three.

2018-19 SEASON (Junior):

Went 5-10 in singles and 6-9 in doubles … Named team captain following Weber State match (3/2) … Won first conference match against Weber State’s Morgan Dickason 6-2, 6-4 at No. 5 (3/2) … Beat Northern Colorado’s Sarina Chhabra 7-5, 2-6, 1-0 (3) at No. 5 singles (3/26) … Won back-to-back matches against UTEP and Lewis & Clark (3/31-4/6) … In doubles, won first conference match against Northern Colorado’s Doherty/Larson 6-0 at No. 2 (3/26, w/ Zador) … Won five of final seven doubles matches of the year … Closed season with 6-1 win against Sacramento State’s Nielsen/Wicker at No. 1 (4/20, w/ Zador) … Went 0-10 in singles and 6-5 in doubles during the fall season ... reached the doubles finals of the Beach Tennis Fall Tournament while partnered with Taylor Rees, winning against teams from Grand Canyon and Long Beach State ... also reached the doubles final of the PNW Open with Gerda Upeniece ... won a doubles match against a Seattle team at the ITA Northwest Regional ... Won five singles matches in 2019, going 5-4 while playing at No. 5 singles ... She won a pair of conference matches, beating Morgan Dickason of Weber State 6-2, 6-4 and Northern Colorado’s Sarina Chhabra 7-5, 2-6, 1-0 (3) ... Won a team-high six doubles matches, picking up at least one win at all three lines ... Five of her doubles wins came with Eszter Zador, making them the most successful Viking team in 2019.
 

2017-18 SEASON (Sophomore):Beat Sacramento State’s Maria Gonzalez and Shamika Dhar 6-2 at line two with Eszter Zador to clinch the doubles point for the Vikings against the Hornets (4/22)...Broke through for her first singles win of the season while beating North Dakota’s Isa Sullivan 7-5, 1-6, 6-4 at line three in the Vikings’ 4-3 loss to the Fighting Hawks (3/11)...Beat Idaho State’s Megan Poe and Angela Walker 6-3 at No. 2 doubles in the Vikings’ 4-3 loss to the Bengals (2/24)...Lost both matches of the Vikings’ Montana road trip in 10-point tiebreakers at line one...Didn’t lose a game while beating South Dakota’s Chemodanova and Bondarenko 6-0 at No. 1 doubles with Brianna Thompson on Jan. 21...Went 6-4 in singles and 3-3 in doubles during the fall season…Won the third-place match in the Blue Singles Draw at the Bulldog Invite (9/29-10/1), beating Seattle’s Hannah Gianan 6-4, 6-3…Advanced to the finals of the Yellow Singles Flight with two wins at the WC Fall Invite (10/14-15).
 

JUNIOR CAREER:

Played at San Diego State as a freshman in 2016-17…Won U16 and U18 Provincial Championships in British Columbia…Finished in the top 10 at U18 Canadian Junior Nationals…Won ITF titles at the Vancouver G5 and the Puerto Rico G5…Finished her junior career in the top 3 in British Columbia, and top 20 in Canada.
 

PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:

Daughter of Tanya and Garry Valk…Has two younger brothers, Tyson and Garrett Valk…Lists painting, reading, working out with friends and swimming as hobbies/interests…Wants to work in PR or marketing at a major company…Majoring in accounting.