Valen Luna Paratore

Valen Luna Paratore drives the ball down the field

Valen Luna Paratore chases down the ball against Queens

Spider Hockey's Valen Luna Paratore drives through the UNC defense

Spider field hockey's Valen Luna Paratore celebrates scoring against nationally ranked Liberty

Valen Luna Paratore moves the ball up field

Valen Luna Paratore takes a swing at the ball in the circle for Spider Field Hockey

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
High School:
Colegio San Agustin
Hometown:
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Prev School:
Universidad Kennedy / Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires

2026 Season (Senior):

Preseason A10 Team honoree
Appeared in all 17 games with 14 starts as a forward
Finished the season second on the squad with 27 points on a team leading nine assists and nine goals,
Tallied three game-winning goals and went two-for-two in penalty stroke attempts
Picked up a hattrick and an assist on a seven point day against Lock Haven
Tallied four points against Davidson converting a penalty stroke and had two assists
Put together three-point games with a goal and an assist against Longwood and La Salle
Scored single goals against Saint Louis, Old Dominion and VCU while picking up assists against Queens (NC), American, North Carolina, and William & Mary

2025 Season (Junior):

Preseason All Atlantic 10
NFHCA Division I Watchlist honoree
Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team honoree
Made 14 starts in 15 games, missing five games due to injury
Collected first point of the season on an assist against Longwood
Scored first goal of the season at Liberty
Scored in shutouts against Queens and Saint Joseph's
Tallied a goal at No. 1 North Carolina
Scored the game winning goal at VCU to capture a share of the 2025 Atlantic 10 Conference regular season title

2024 Season (Sophomore):

NFHCA All-South Region Second Team
Atlantic 10 Conference First Team
Atlantic 10 Conference Rookie Team
NFHCA Division I Watchlist honoree
Four-time Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week Sept. 3, Sept. 23, Sept. 30, Oct. 14)
Second on the team offensively with 25 points on 12 goals and one assist in 19 starts
Collected a career-high seven-point game with first hat trick and assist against Lock Haven
Picked up four game-winning goals, including overtime victories against App State, Longwood and Towson
Scored in three straight games (Sept. 15 – 27)
In Atlantic 10 contests: led the team with 13 points with six goals and one assist, including a penalty stroke against Lock Haven
Finished the season ranked third in the Atlantic 10 in total goals (12) and goals per game (0.63) and seventh in points per game (1.32)

Prior to Richmond:
Luna Paratore has played with the Argentina U21national team since 2022 while playing with the first division of Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires (GEBA) club team. Luna Paratore also played with the U19 Buenos Aires squad and helped the team to a first-place finish in 2023. Earlier this year, she was selected to play on the senior Buenos Aires team.

Personal:
Daughter of Natalia Paratore and Roman Luna ... sibling of Bautista Luna Paratore