Hawk Athletics#SOARABOVEANDBEYOND

2014-2015 (Senior): Named UMES PRMC Athlete of the Week on March 23rd ... Averaged over 200 in her season debut at the N.J. Jamboree ... Highest regular season average was a 213.5 with a high of 239 over six games at Kutztown ... Excelled in the MEAC Championships with a season high 267 and an average of 221.2 in five individual matches ... Participated in 67 Baker games for the team ...

2013-2014 (Junior): Part of the team that captured the school's 7th MEAC Championship and made their 11th straight trip to the NCAA Championships ... Totaled 7837 total pins ... Averaged 195.93 in 40 team games ... High of 266 at the NCAA Championships ... Bowled in 55 Baker games ...

2012-2013 (Sophomore): Named UMES Athlete of the Week on Nov 12 ... MEAC Bowler of the Week on Nov 13 ... Totaled 1,267 total pins ... Averaged 211.17 in 6 games ... High of 237 at the MEAC Northern Division Event 2 ... Bowled in 16 Baker games ...

2011-2012 (Freshman): Riggin appeared in five team games and averaged a 199 and knocked down 995 pins ... High game of a 222 in the Morgan State Invitational ... Bowled in nine Baker games ...

Personal: Valerie Riggin joined the Hawks as a mid-year freshman in 2011-12, hailing from Vista, California ... She is the daughter of Maria and Richard Riggin, whom Valerie lists as her biggest supporters ... She attended Rancho Buena Vista High School where she earned academic honors in 2010 and 2011 and played volleyball the same years ... Her bowling squad was league champions in 2010 and made the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Playoffs as a top-four seed in 2010 and 2011, winning in 2010 ... She won the 2011 JBT Las Vegas Main Event before starting her career at UMES ... She volunteers her time with Youth Bowlers for Success and Invisible Children ... Her favorite saying is "It's More important to look ahead then look back," and her favorite book and movie are Mind Gym by Gary Back and The Blind Side, respectively ...