2019-20 Women's Golf Roster
Biography
Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (2018, 2019, 2020)
Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal (2018, 2019, 2020)
Conference USA Golfer of the Week (Oct. 3, 2018)
Conference USA Golfer of the Week (Sept. 11, 2019)
Conference USA Golfer of the Week (Oct. 23, 2019)
Conference USA Golfer of the Week (Oct. 30, 2019)
2019-20 (JUNIOR)
- Competed in all seven tournaments for the Miners.
- Ranked first in C-USA in scoring average and wins.
- Earned C-USA Golfer of the Week honors three times.
- Compiled a career-best 71.6 stroke average in 20 rounds, which ranked first on the team.
- Was UTEP's top finisher six out of seven times (including two first-place finishes) and finished in the top 10 in every tournament during the fall and once during the spring.
- Never shot worse than 75 in a single round.
- Became the first Miner to win multiple tournaments in a season since 2006-07.
- Shot a career-low 65 in the second round of the Little Rock Classic to help clinch first place after shooting 8-under par with a score of 208 (71-65-72).
- Her second-round 65 fired in Little Rock marked the best in the event's history and broke UTEP's single-round scoring record.
- Her total of 208 at the Little Rock Classic was the second-lowest individual scorecard in tournament history.
- Won the fall opener after shooting 1-under par with a 212 (69-75-68) at the MSU/Payne Stewart Memorial.
*2020 spring season was cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic
2018-19 (SOPHOMORE)
- UTEP’s co-MVP as a sophomore
- Played in all 10 tournaments for the Miners.
- Compiled a previous career-best 73.4 stroke average, which ranked second on the team.
- Matched her low round of 69 at the Aggie Invitational, where she tied for third place.
- Earned a tie for second overall at the Wyoming Cowgirl Desert Intercollegiate (73-73-73-219).
- Led the team at the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic where she earned a fourth-place showing with scores of 70-70-74 for a career-low 214.
- Helped the Miners win a program-best four tournaments on the season.
2017-18 (FRESHMAN)
- Played in all 10 tournaments in her first year as a Miner.
- Compiled a 75.6 scoring average.
- Led the team at the Wyoming Classic where she finished tied for fifth with scores of 70-73-72 for a season-low of 215.
- Posted her best round of 70 at the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic.
- Finished in the top-20 at four tournaments.
PRIOR TO UTEP
- Won numerous tournaments over the course of her prep career, including the Central American Junior Tournament in 2014 and 2015.
- Also finished first at the 2015 Guatemalan Junior Open Championship, 2015 Enrique Santos Cordoba Cup at Ecuador, 2016 Mayan Open, 2016 Disney Junior Classic at Magnolia and 2016 National Games at Mayan Golf.
- Honor roll student who graduated magna cum laude.
PERSONAL
Full name is Valeria Mendizabal Riepele ... Parents are Walter Mendizabal and Irene Riepele de Mendizabal ... Has three brothers and one sister.
Historical Player Information
