Valentina Petrova

	Player Number:	8
	Height:	5-10
	Student Level:	SR
	Hometown:	Sofia, Bulgaria
	Previous School:	Lees-McRae College

AS A SENIOR (2008)
Started all 36 matches and played in all 140 sets...Finished second in the Sunshine State Conference and was nationally ranked with 9.82 assists per set...Was the only player in the nation to record a triple-double with assists, digs and aces in 2008...Set a new program record with 10 aces vs. Wisconsin-Parkside on 9/6/08...Totaled two triple-doubles...Was named the AVCA National Player of the Week on October 7th...Was also named SSC player of the Week on Oct. 7th...Leads the team and is in the top ten nationally with 85 aces and 0.61 aces per set...Has five matches with over 50 assists, including one with over 60...Tallied 14 double-doubles...Averages 1.24 kills, 9.82 assists, 0.61 aces, 2.28 digs, 0.40 blocks and 2.09 points per set...Set a new career high with 12 kills and was just one dig shy of a triple-double in the Sharks 3-2 victory over West Florida in the NCAA Division II South Region Finals (11/22/08)...Named First Team All-Sunshine State Conference...Earned 1st team AVCA All-South Region and 2nd Team Daktronics All-South Region honors...Placed on the South Regional All-Tournament team...Became the first player in NSU volleyball history to earn NCAA All-America honors when she was tabbed AVCA Second Team All-American at the national banquet.

AS A JUNIOR (2007)
Started all 36 matches and played in 144 games...Set new program records with 1560 assists, 10.83 assists per game and 4036 set attempts in a single season...Tallied three triple-doubles on the season...Fell just short of a quadruple-double on 11/4/07 vs. #11 Florida Southern, posting 10 kills, 49 assists, eight digs, and nine blocks...Set career highs in kills (11 vs. Montevallo on 9/14/07), assists (62 at Rollins College on 11/2/07), aces (5 vs. Southwest Oklahoma State on 9/1/07), digs (23 vs. Lynn Univeristy on 9/18/07), and blocks (9 vs. Florida Southern on 11/4/07)...Finished first on the team in assists(1560), aces (50), and digs (426)...Finished second on the team in hitting percentage(.276)...Averaged 1.19 kills per game, 0.35 aces per game, 2.96 digs per game, 0.49 blocks per game and 1.81 points per game...Earned Sunshine State Conference player of the week honors for the week of 11/5/07...Was named honorable mention All-Sunshine State Conference and honorable mention AVCA All-South Region...

CAREER
Transfer from Lees-McCrae University...Was Division II Carolina's/Virginia Athletic Conference (CVAC) Freshman of the Year (2005)...First Team All-CVAC...First Team All-CVAC Tournament.

PERSONAL
Born in Sofia, Bulgaria...Sport Management major...Enjoys hanging out with friends and listening to Bulgarian music...Career goal is to play professional volleyball...Favorite team is Inter-Milan)...Has one sister, Petia (18).