2025 Women's Soccer Roster
Valentina Amaral
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- High School:
- Oviedo HS
- Hometown:
- Oviedo, Fla.
Accolades/Records
2025 All-American Third Team
2025 All-ACC Third Team
2025 All-Atlantic Region
2024 All-ACC Third Team
2024 All-Atlantic Region
Best Single-Season GAA In Program History (0.69)
2025 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Earned a Third-Team All-American nod... Became the ninth Demon Deacon ever to earn All-American honors... Named to the All-ACC Third Team and awarded All-Region honors for the second straight season... Won ACC Defensive Player of the Week after keeping two clean sheets and making four saves in wins over SMU and LSU (8/19)... Started all 20 games... Finished second in the ACC with 81 saves (4.05 per game)... Finished fourth in the conference with a .794 save percentage... Made 81 saves, eighth-most in a single season in Wake Forest history... Made a Wake Forest-record 12 saves in a single game against Florida State (10/30)... Has played 3,538 career minutes in goal, already fourth-most in Wake Forest history as just a sophomore... Starred in the NCAA Tournament, making three saves in the win against South Carolina (11/14) and nine in the second round at Michigan State (11/20)... Kept six clean sheets... Headlined a Wake Forest defense that allowed just 21 goals, good for sixth-best in the ACC.
2024 (Redshirt Freshman)
Earned All-ACC Third Team honors as well and named to the All-Atlantic Region team… Finished the season with the best goals-against average in program history at 0.69… Allowed the fewest amount of goals in conference play with seven… Recorded the second-most clean sheets in ACC play with five and combined for nine total… Allowed just 12 goals all season with 45 saves across 19 games and 17 starts… Started the season coming off the bench twice in non-conference play against Iowa (9/1) and UNC Asheville (9/8)... Made first start at North Carolina (9/12)... Recorded back-to-back clean-sheet victories against No. 2 Virginia (9/15) and No. 1 Stanford (9/19)... Logged three clean sheets in the NCAA Tournament, including a four-save performance against Stanford in the College Cup semifinals… Made six saves in the quarterfinals at USC and held strong in the penalty shootout to see the Deacs through
2023 (Freshman)
Made three appearances and one start… Made her collegiate debut and first-career start in a clean sheet, 3-0 victory against Idaho State (8/24)... Played the second half in a pair of 2-0 victories against Purdue (8/27) and Auburn (8/31)... Tallied her first career save against Purdue and logged two against Auburn… Did not allow a goal all season and the team was a perfect 3-0 in games she appeared in… Played a role in the program-record for fewest goals allowed (14)... Helped the team go unbeaten at home for the first time since 2007 (5-0-4)... The team finished third in the ACC in shutout percentage (.500) and fourth in goals-against average (.833)
