Valentina Godfrid Class: Senior Hometown: Rosario, Argentina High School: St. Bartholomew HS Position: Forward Experience: 3V

Valentina Godfrid feature story, Sept. 1, 2006

Cal: All-time single-season and career goal-scorer and point-producer for Cal entering her senior season ... Dangerous attacker who spearheads the Bears' offense ... Center forward with the ability to make something out of nothing ... Could see time in midfield during season ... Started every game in the forward position for the Golden Bears in 2005 ... Third-team All-American ... NorPac Player of the Year ... NorPac Offensive Player of the Year ... First team All-NorPac ... Selected to the NorPac all-tournament team ... MVP of NorPac Conference tournament .... First on the team in goals (28), shots (143) and points (67), setting new Cal single-season records for goals and points ... Second on the team in assists (11) ... Posted six game-winning goals ... Four-time NorPac Player of the Week (9/6, 10/4, 10/11, 10/31) ... Led the NorPac conference in four categories (points, points-per-game, goals scored and goals-per-game) ... Ranked No. 1 nationally in points per game (3.53) and goals per game (1.47) ... In 22 starts for the Golden Bears in 2004, she posted one of the greatest individual seasons by any Cal player ... Led the team with 54 points (21 goals, 12 assists) ... A STX/NFHCA All-Region West first-team selection ... Earned NorPac West Division Player of the Year honors ... In addition to leading Cal, she also led the NorPac in points (54), points per game (2.45), goals per game (.995), assists (12) and assists per game (0.54) ... Collected six game-winning goals ... Earned NorPac Offensive Player of the Week four times during the season (9/7, 9/21, 9/28, 10/26) ... Her 21 goals during the 2004 season are second on Cal's the single-season goals-scored list ... Her 12 assists rank fourth on the single-season assists list and her 54 points rank second on the single-season points scored list ... The 11 goals she scored in 2003 place her 10th with Feddersen (2001) and Melissa Nerone (1981) on Cal's single-season goals scored list ... As a freshman, started 16 of 17 matches and finished second on the team in scoring with 26 points (11 goals, four assists) ...Tallied two game-winning goals and shot .222 ... Named to the All-NorPac Conference second team.

High School: Scored a combined 79 goals in her junior and senior year ... Named captain of the St. Bartholomew's team and holds seven athletic records at the school, including the long jump and 100 meters.

Personal: Born Jan. 31, 1985, in Rosario, Argentina ... Daughter of Maria Covella and Guillermo Godfrid ... Has two brothers, Mateo and Sebastian ... Theatre major ... Plays with a summer club in Argentina, which played for the national championship in 2005.

Year	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
2003	17	11	4	26
2004	22	21	12	54
2005	22	28	11	67
Totals	61	60	27	147