- 2022 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
- 2022 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
- 2022 RMAC All-Tournament team
- 2022 Academic All-RMAC honor roll
- 2021 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
- 2021 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
- 2021 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
- 2021 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
- 2021 Academic All-RMAC honor roll
- 2021 RMAC Gold Glove, second base
- 2020 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
- 2020 Academic All-RMAC honor roll
- 2020 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
- 2019 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
Career: Finished her career ranked 14th in program history in stolen bases (21), 16th in games played (166) and tied for 22nd in both runs (79) and doubles (23).
2022: Team leader batted .252 with eight doubles, four homers and 22 RBIs, and added six stolen bases. ... Played in 56 games, starting 55. ... Named to the RMAC All-Tournament team. ... Slugged three-run, second-inning homer in elimination game at RV Colorado Mesa on the final day of the RMAC Tournament, leading the Roadrunners to a 3-1 win and a trip to the championship round while eliminating the Mavericks. ... Went 4-for-12 with two doubles and two RBIs in a four-game series at Regis on April 23-24. ... Homered in both ends of a March 24 doubleheader sweep of Colorado School of Mines on March 24. ... Blasted third career homer as part of 2-for-3 game and 3-for-5 day in a 13-3 win over CSU-Pueblo in the second game of a March 12 doubleheader (MSU Denver won the 13-4 and 13-3). Finished the four-game series 6-for-11 (.545). RBI single against St. Edward’s (Texas) in the second game of a Feb. 20 doubleheader drove in the third run in a four-run, fourth-inning rally that put the Roadrunners ahead 8-5 in an eventual 8-7 win. ... Went 2-for-3 with a double a two runs, plus a stolen base, in a 6-2 win over Western Washington on Feb. 13, wrapping up a five-game stretch at the Desert Stinger in which she batted .400 (4-for-10) with three walks. ... Had an RBI triple in a season-opening 8-1 win over Fort Hays State on Feb. 5.
2021: Earned RMAC Gold Glove at second base. ... Batted .304 (21-for-69) with two doubles, two triples, one homer and 11 RBIs while adding four stolen bases in six attempts. ... Went 2-for-3 with a homer as a pinch-hitter in three appearances April 6-11. ... Batted out of the leadoff spot in both games of a doubleheader against Black Hills State on March 28, going 2-for-4 with an RBI in each game. ... Delivered walkoff RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning in a come-from-behind, 3-2 win over Black Hills State in the second game of a March 27 doubleheader.
2020: Batted .325 in 24 games, including 20 starts, playing both left field and second base during the season, which was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ... Went 13-for-40 with five doubles and seven RBIs, and was fifth on the team with 14 runs while also recording three stolen bases in three attempts. ... Had a .450 slugging percentage and a .378 on-base percentage for an OPS of .828. ... Went 2-for-4 with a stolen base in a 14-0 win over Regis on March 8. ... Was 4-for-7 (.571) with three doubles, three runs and three RBIs in four-game pod with Black Hills State and Dixie State on Feb. 29 and March 1, driving in the winning run with an eighth-inning infield single against Dixie State on Feb. 29. ... Went 4-for-11 (.364) with a double, four runs and three RBIs in a four-game pod with Colorado Christian and New Mexico Highlands on Feb. 21 and 22. The Roadrunners’ starting left fielder on opening day, she made her first start of the season at second base on Feb. 21.
2019: Played in 54 games, with 45 starts, primarily as an outfielder. ... Batted .302 with one homer and 14 RBIs, while adding seven doubles. ... Fourth on the team with seven stolen bases and sixth with 23 runs. ... Went 4-for-14 with three RBIs and three stolen bases during MSU Denver's five-game run at the RMAC Tournament. ... Was 5-for-9 with a double and two RBIs in the Regis series to conclude the regular season. Twice matched her career best with two hits in a game. ... Had a pinch-hit, RBI single April 14 in the second game of a doubleheader at Fort Lewis, a 20-5 victory. ... Put together a five-game hitting streak from March 23 through March 26, going 6-for-15 with three doubles, one homer and three RBIs. ... Drilled her first career homer March 24 in the second game of a doubleheader with CSU-Pueblo, tying the game 2-2 in the bottom of the fifth in an eventual 3-2, eight-inning victory. ... Picked up her first career stolen base Feb. 24 against Chadron State in the final game of a tripleheader, a 4-1 win.
High School: Attended John F. Kennedy High School...Received All-Denver first team in both 2015 and 2017, and second-team honors in 2014…Class 4A all-state honorable mention in 2017…Recorded a .712 batting average with 37 hits in 18 games in 2017 with the Commanders…Won Player of the Game honors three times in September, 2017…Coached by Michael LaGuardia and Ty Ilaoa...Four-time lettterwinner in both softball and basketball.
Personal: Born Arianna Mela Valdez in Denver. ... Birthday is March 3. ... Daughter of Orlando Valdez and Francine Lovato…Has a brother (Orlando) and a sister (Liana)…Pursuing a degree in nursing.
