Before Dartmouth
Played four seasons of varsity field hockey at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass. ...Captain her senior season...Earned 11 varsity letters in all, playing lacrosse and ice hockey as well...A four-year starter in both lacrosse and field hockey...Recipient of the Abbott Academy Field Hockey Award in 2011...Named the Phillips Academy Female Athlete of the Year for the 2011-12 academic year...An NFHCA All-Region selection in her senior year...In four seasons, Phillips reached the semifinal two times and the quarterfinal two of the NEPSAC Class A Tournament...A two-time NEPSAC All-Tournament team honoree (2010, 2011)...Member of the Cape Ann Coalition Club Team for five years, winning multiple indoor and outdoor tournaments in that time, including a festival gold as a junior alongside future Dartmouth teammate Tabitha Sabky...A US Field Hockey Futures Participant...Led Phillips in scoring as a freshman, sophomore and senior as a member of the girls' lacrosse team...Was a captain of the hockey team her senior season.

Personal
Daughter of Paul and Dr. Kathleen Van Valkenburg...Brother Andrew played lacrosse at Bucknell and sister Britney played field hockey at Penn...Earned Unite-For-Sight Volunteer of the Year Award for stellar fundraising and volunteer service in conjunction with a trip to Ghana as part of her participation in sight-restoring outreach clinics...A four-year honor roll student at Phillips...Worked as a peer tutor in math.