A former Golden Eagle student-athlete and now a valuable member of the coaching staff, Adriana Valdez returns for her fourth season with the Cal State LA womens soccer program. The 2019 season will mark her first season in her second coaching stint with the Golden Eagles. Valdez began her collegiate coaching career in 2015 and helped Cal State LA go 8-2-2 over its final 12 games and finish with a 7-7-4 overall record. She then helped the Golden Eagles reach the California Collegiate Athletic Association Championship Tournament title match in 2016. The Golden Eagles finished the season with a 7-9-4 overall record. In 2017, she was with the Golden Eagles when Cal State LA posted a 9-5-3 overall record and finished second in the CCAA with a 7-3-2 mark. In her first three seasons with the Golden Eagles, Cal State LA recorded a 25-21-10 overall record. Valdez returns to Cal State LA after spending the 2018 season at Whittier College. While she was there, the team recorded the most shutouts in program history, allowed the fewest goals in program history and recorded a total of 19 points in conference play, which also was the best in program history. Valdez has some valuable head coaching experience as well. In 2016, she was named the womens varsity soccer head coach at Fullerton Union High School, where she had been an assistant coach since 2013. In her first year as head coach, she led the team to its first CIF playoff berth since 2010. Valdez earned a big honor in 2017 when she was awarded with a Woman of Distinction Award in the city of Fullerton. She has also been a youth soccer coach for the Fullerton Rangers since 2010. Valdez competed in semi-pro soccer for two seasons with the L.A. Vikings and played alongside top national player Maribel Dominguez. Valdez graduated from Cal State LA in 2015 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Science. She played for the Golden Eagles for two seasons in 2012 and 2013 after playing for two years at Cal State Bakersfield. She competed in soccer, cross country and track and field at Fullerton High School.