Houston Christian University Athletics

2016-17 (Junior): Received Southland Men’s Golf All-Conference Third Team honors...Southland Conference tournament runner-up posting a three round total of 225...finished tied first after regulation play but lost the championship title in a six-hole sudden death playoff...Southland Conference Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll for the fourth year in a row...competed in 11 tournaments, totaling a 74.44 stroke average across 32 rounds placing him first on the team for the 2016-17 season...placed in the top-15 on three occasions with a T7 place finish in the Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational shooting a season low three-round total of 210 including a personal best low round of 67 (9/26-27).

2015-16 (Sophomore): Southland Conference Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll for third year in a row … competed in 11 tournaments, totaling a 75.64 stroke average across 33 rounds … placed in the top-10 on two occasions with one being in the top-5 … posted a tournament low of 212 during Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational (9/28-29) . . . season best low round of 68 was tied for second best individual low round of the season … tied for 11th at the Colin Montgomerie Invitational (2/29-3/1).
 
2014-15 (Redshirt Sophomore): Southland Conference Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll for the second year …did not compete in 2014-15.
 
2013-14 (Freshman): Southland Conference Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll … competed in 10 tournaments, totaling a 75.80 stroke average to rank third on the team ... placed among the top-20 twice with one of those in the top-10 … began the season with an opening round of 74 followed by nine straight with scores in the 70s and below … recorded a season-low tournament of 211 at the HBU Husky Invitational with a season-low of two-under 69 in the first round, followed by scores of 70 and 72 … finished the season at the SLC Championship with a final round of 78.
 
High School: A two-year letterwinner at Ronald Reagan High School under head coach Brent McCuiston … was an academic all-state selection as a junior and senior … as a senior, posted a 74 scoring average and scored a prep-career low of 67 … averaged a 76 stroke average as a junior, 78 as a sophomore and 79 as a freshman … tied for first in district and tied for sixth in state.
 
Personal: Full name is Valentin Almendarez III … born June 21, 1995, in Galveston, Texas … son of Valentin and Bernadette Almendarez … has one younger brother, Andres, and one younger sister, Liliana … majoring in business management.