2023 Women's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 26
Julianne Vallerand
- Position:
- Forward/Defender
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Terrebonne, Quebec
- High School:
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery HS
2023 (5th Yr.)
- Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 11)
- CSC Academic All-District Team
- Fall Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2022 (Sr.)
- CSC Academic All-District Team
- Fall Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Started all 23 matches on the year
- Played 1,913 minutes to rank sixth on the team as one of just 10 Mountaineers to exceed 1,000 minutes
- Saw 90 or more minutes in 11 matches
- Tallied a season-high 110 minutes in WVU’s victory in the Big 12 Championship game against TCU on Nov. 6
- Finished the year with seven points (2 G, 3 A)
- Took 37 shots and placed 15 of those on goal
- Her first goal of the season was credited as the game winner in a 3-0 win over St. Francis (Pa.) on Aug. 28
- Assisted Maya McCutcheon’s equalizer in a 1-1 draw at Texas Tech on Sept. 22
- Helped WVU come back to earn a 1-1 tie at Oklahoma State on Oct. 20, by assisting Gabrielle Robinson’s equalizing goal in the 83rd minute
- Added her third equalizer assist of the season on AJ Rodriguez’s second goal of the match to tie the game at 2-2 at Oklahoma on Oct. 23, before the Mountaineers went on to earn a 3-2, come-from behind victory
- Scored her second goal of the year for a 1-0 win over Kansas State in the regular-season finale on Oct. 27
- Defensively, she also helped the Mountaineers record 10 shutouts throughout the year
2021 (Jr.)
- CoSIDA Academic All-District 2 First Team
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Aug. 24)
- Appeared in 17 matches and earned 16 starts
- One of 11 players to record over 1,000 minutes, notching 1,323 on the season
- Played 90 or more minutes eight times, including a season-best 110 minutes twice
- Finished the year with nine points (4 G, 1 A)
- Second on the team with 40 shots on the year, placing 16 on goal
- Tallied the game winner in the Mountaineers’ season-opening, 4-0 victory over Buffalo on Aug.19
- Recorded her second strike of the season to help lift WVU to a 3-1 win at Bucknell on Aug. 27
- Helped West Virginia’s big offensive effort in a 5-0 win against St. Francis on Sept. 12, tallying a goal and adding an assist
- Found the back of the net for the second time in as many matches with an early goal in the second minute at James Madison on Sept. 16
2020-21 (So.)
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Appeared in all 14 contests, earning 11 starts to log 974 minutes on the season
- Tied for second on the team with a trio of goals, while adding one assist
- Finished the year with seven points (3 G, 1 A)
- Added 24 shots on the season, which ranked No. 3 on the team, placing 11 on goal
- Scored her first goal of the campaign against Kansas State on Sept. 18, to give West Virginia a 4-1 advantage and eventual victory
- Also added an assist against the Wildcats
- Put the Mountaineers on the board in the 47th minute at Texas Tech on Oct. 9
- Recorded her third goal of the year with a game winner at Saint Joseph’s on March 7 to open WVU’s spring slate with a 3-1 win
- Played 90 or more minutes five times, all of which occurred in the final five games of the year, including a season-high 110 at Virginia on April 10
2019 (Fr.)
- Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- Appeared in seven matches, including four starts, before suffering a season-ending injury
- Scored five goals, good for second on the team, as well as an assist for 11 total points
- Fired 13 shots, with six of them on goal
- Found the back of the net in her collegiate debut on Aug. 23, against Duquesne
- Recorded her first career brace against High Point on Aug. 30, earning the game-winner
- Scored twice more against Stony Brook on Sept. 12; finished with a career-best five shots
- Tallied her first career assist against Penn State on Sept. 6
High School
- Five-year national team member for Canada, playing for the U-17 and U-15 Women’s National Teams
- Competed with Canada at the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Uruguay, where the squad finished fourth
- Also competed with the Canadian U-17 Women’s National Team at the 2018 CONCACAF Qualification and the 2017 Four Nations Tournament
- Won the silver medal with Canada at the 2016 CONCACAF U-16 Championship and was named to the CONCACAF Best XI Team
- Earned the 2018 Alexandre Despatie Award as the best high school athlete while attending Antoine de Saint-Exupery High
- Helped Quebec win first team gold medal at the 2017 Canada Games and was named to Canada’s Best XI Team
- Won the gold medal with Varennes at the 2017 U-17 AAA Quebec Cup
- Played for Varennes at the 2016 U-18 AAA Canadian Championship and the U-18 AAA Quebec Cup
- Won the 2015 Golden Shoe and Golden Ball Awards for Quebec’s AAA League
Personal
- Daughter of Daniel Vallerand and Marie-Claude Lauzon
- Has two brothers
- Birthday is Aug. 9
- Primary language is French
- Earned her bachelor’s degree in criminology in December 2022 and is now working toward her master’s of business administration
- President’s List
- Dean’s List
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
- Member of the Canadian Women’s U-20 National Team
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