2018 – Junior Season
Season: Appeared in 5 games. Contributed to four shutouts during the season.
at James Madison (8/30): Played in a season-high 24 minutes in 3-0 shutout of James Madison. Ohio State (9/14): Made one save in 4-0 shutout.
2017 – Sophomore Season
Hofstra (8/20): Made lone appearance of the year against. Played final 7:30.
2016 – Freshman Season
Season: Appeared in two matches. Helped keep two Nittany Lion shutouts intact.
San Diego State (9/9): Played the final 10:12 in Nittany Lion...Bucknell (11/11): Played the final 10:43 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
BEFORE PENN STATE
Played high school soccer for Boyertown. Named to the Pac-10 first-team All-Conference four times (2012-15). Named 2015 All-Southeast Pennsylvania All-State Team. 2015 Regional All-American. Named Reading Eagle’s Tri-County Girls Soccer Player of the Year in 2015. Tallied 52 shutouts during her four-year career in net for Boyertown. Played club soccer for Berks Ajax. Won numerous championships, including the 2015 Bloomberg U-17 Showcase, 2015 U-17 Mason-Dixon Cup, 2014 Horizon Indoor Cup and the 2014 FC Delco Players Cup - Premier Division
PERSONAL
Sarafina Rosemarie Valenti was born on August 8, 1998, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...Parents are Isabella & the late Thomas Valenti...Has four siblings, Isabella, Nicole, Angela and Marie...Security & risk analysis major...Name is pronounced Sara-V-Nah Va-lent-e.
WHY I CHOSE PENN STATE
“Penn State has one of the top engineering programs in the country. The women’s soccer program is second to none. My oldest sister graduated from Penn State as a bio-medical engineer and I have always loved coming here to visit her.”