CAREER: Played in 46 games with four starts ... 82.1 innings pitched over two seasons ... 71 strikeouts ... one save
PEPPERDINE 2025: Appeared in 20 games making two starts ... Total of 41.0 innings pitched ... 37 strikeouts ... one save ... 7.02 ERA
PEPPERDINE 2024: Started two games in 26 appearances including the game vs. Saint Mary’s in the first round of the West Coast Conference tournament … total of 42.1 innings pitched … 34 strikeouts … 5.74 ERA … WCC All-Freshman Team
TEXAS: Played one year with the Longhorns … Made the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Highland Park High School in 2022 located in Highland Park, TX … Played three years of varsity baseball … Tallied 42 IP with a 1.06 ERA, 58 strikeouts, and 10 base on balls junior year … Awarded first-team All-District in 2021.
CLUB: Played for Five Star Performance 18u … Also played for Academy Select 15u-17u and Sun Devils 9u-14u … A Perfect Game pre-season All-American in 2022 … Awarded Perfect Game Underclassman All-American honors in 2021 and 2020.
PERSONAL: Born in Dallas, TX … Son of Matt and Melissa Valentine … Has one sibling, Reid … Father played soccer at Washington University St. Louis and professionally for Atlas in Mexico, Grandfather played baseball at Texas A&M, and Great-Grandfather was a professional boxer … Chose Pepperdine for the “prestigious athletics, great baseball, and religious aspect.”
FAVORITES: Enjoys playing golf, fantasy football, and ping pong … Favorites include Clayton Kershaw and Dak Prescott (pro athletes), Rangers and Cowboys (pro teams), Bible (book), Mission Impossible series (movies), Stranger Things (TV show), Drake (music artist), pulled pork sandwich (food), and golf (sport other than baseball).
