General: Missed entire 2003 season with knee injury...Distributes ball well out of the back... A hard tackler who adds a physical presence to the Rams' back line... Will compete to start at right back… Played for Williamsburg Legacy in PDL summer league… Named 2004 Virginia Micro Electronics Consortium Scholar… Received 2005 VCU Leadership Award… Dean’s List student. 2004/Junior: Started first nine games in the back before season-ending injury… Helped Rams to 6-2-1 start with three wins over ranked teams… VCU posted a pair of shutouts in first nine matches. Prior to VCU: A member of Saprissa U-18 national championship team... Attended high school at Liceo Franco Costarricense and studied at Universidad de Costa Rica.Personal: Son of Berenice Smith and Ricardo Valverde… Majoring in electrical engineering and physics… Born Sept. 12, 1983.