23 Emily Valeo
Class: Senior Hometown: Norristown, Pa. High School: Gwynedd Mercy Academy Position: Midfield/Defense Major: English

2012: Named the Maroon Club Scholar-Athlete of the Year...Selected to the NFHCA All-Mideast Region team and All-Patriot League First Team...Earned a place on the Academic All-Patriot League team...Chosen for the Patriot League Tournament All-Tournament team...Led the Patriot League in assists with 17 and added eight goals for 33 points on the year...Earned Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week honors twice (8/27, 9/24)...Notched a goal and two assists in the season-opening win over Ball State (8/26)...Added one assist at Temple (9/9) and two helpers against Drexel (9/14)...Netted a score in the 4-2 win at Quinnipiac (9/16)...Tallied an assist and the game-winning goal at Albany (9/22)...Nabbed two assists against Rider (9/25) and one helper at American (9/29)...Scored a goal and notched an assist in the 5-2 victory over Penn (10/3)...Garnered two assists and a goal against Colgate (10/6)...Recorded a tally in the 2-0 defeat of Bucknell (10/13)...Added an assist at Holy Cross (10/20) and a goal at Lehigh (10/27)...Put in her highest point perofrmance of the season with three assists and a goal versus Georgetown (10/28)...Marked an assist against Colgate in the Patriot League Semifinal 4-3 win...Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2011: First-Team All-Patriot League Selection...named to the Patriot League All-Academic Team...one of four Lafayette players on the Patriot League All-Tournament Team...one of four team captains...third on the team with 18 points and second on the team with 8 assists...tied for the League lead with 7 assists in the regular season... Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week for Sept. 26 - Oct. 2...scored five goals and started all 20 games...contributed a goal and an assist in a 4-2 win vs. Temple (9/9)...scored the game-winner and picked up an assist in a 5-0 shutout of Colgate (10/1)...scored on a penalty stroke and added an assist in the win over Quinnipiac (10/2)...had two helpers in the 5-0 victory vs. Holy Cross (10/15)...scored a goal and had one assist against Lehigh in the Patriot League Semifinals (11/4)...Patriot League Academic Honor Roll selection...named to the Gladiator SGI/NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad...member of USA Field Hockey's Women's Senior National Indoor Team.

2010: All-Patriot League Second Team selection...played and started in all 19 contests...second on the team with 16 assists...had a season-high four assists in a win over Holy Cross (10/16)...tallied a pair of assists four different times; Colgate (10/2), Lehigh (10/23), Georgetown (10/24) and Bucknell (11/5)...selected to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2009: Started all 20 games as a freshman...was a key defender for the Leopards in their eight shutout wins...finished the season with four points...had assists against Quinnipiac (9/20), at Monmouth (9/26), Holy Cross (10/8) and Bucknell (11/6)...named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

At Gwynedd Mercy Academy:Silver medalist as a member of the National Women's Indoor Field Hockey team for 2008 Pan-Am Games...four-year starter in field hockey and lacrosse...named to Catholic Academy League All Star team twice and member of All-State Team her junior season...named MVP, captain and was selected to the Philadelphia Inquirer's All-Southeastern Pennsylvania team her senior season...four-year member of the honor roll and two-year member of National Honor society...served as student council president as a freshman and a class representative the following two years...president of her school's television program for three years.