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2025 Women's Soccer Roster

Miguel Esparza
Miguel Esparza
Sharon Ellman
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Danny Torres

Valerie Hover #8 D

  • Position:
    Defender
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Hometown:
    McKinney, Texas
  • High School:
    Ursuline Academy of Dallas

Summary

Biography

CAREER HONORS
Lone Star Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2022Spring 2023Spring 2025)
CSC Academic All-District (2023)
Lone Star Conference All-Tournament Team (2024)

2024 (JUNIOR)
One of only two players to start all 19 games for the Rattlers, along with fellow defender Laura Poole… Played all 90 minutes in 12 of the 19 contests… Scored the game-winning goal at UT Permian Basin in the regular-season finale (Nov. 7) for her lone goal of the year, nailing a penalty kick in the 67th minute… Honored on the Lone Star Conference All-Tournament team… Named to the spring semester Lone Star Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
 
2023 (SOPHOMORE)
Played and started in all 22 matches... One of the unsung heroes of the Rattlers team, she anchored the midfield, playing all 90 minutes in 10 matches... Scored a goal against East Central in the season opener and the team's lone goal in a 1-1 draw at Westminster (9/10)... Recorded a pair of assists in the 4-1 victory at Oklahoma Christian on Oct. 21 and added another in the NCAA Tournament against UCCS as she found Natalie Gonzalez... Totaled seven shots on goal... Named to the CSC Academic All-District team at the conclusion of the season.

2022 (FRESHMAN)
Played in 20 of the team's 21 matches, starting in eight... Collected one assist against Midwestern State on Sept. 17 and totaled three shots on goal... Helped the defensive line allow only 0.81 goals per contest... Named to the Lone Star Commissioner's Honor Roll both semesters.

HIGH SCHOOL
Was a First-Team All-District selection as both a junior and senior... Helped Ursuline Academy win the TAPPS State title in 2021 and reach the semifinals in 2020... Named to the Academic Dean's List her last three years and the Dean of Student's Conduct Award list all four years.

PERSONAL
Older sister, Lyndsey Hover was a pole vaulter on the track & field team at Central Arkansas.

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2022Freshman

    Defender
    5'6"
    20
  • 8

    2023Sophomore

    Defender
    5'6"
    8
  • 8

    2024Junior

    Defender
    5'6"
    8
  • 8

    2025Senior

    Defender
    5'6"
    8

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