Career Highlights

  • NCAA Champion- Team (2025)
  • ACC Champion- Team (2025)
  • ACC Champion- Third Varsity Eight (2025)
  • All-ACC Academic Rowing Team (2025)

As a Freshman (2024-25) • NCAA Champion (Team) • ACC Champion (Team, Third Varsity Eight)

  • All-ACC Academic Rowing Team
  • Earned a third-place finish in the Women’s Open 8+ race at the San Diego Fall Crew Classic, rowing in the 7 seat of "Sam Magee"
  • Earned a fifth-place finish in the Women’s Open 4+ race at the San Diego Fall Crew Classic, rowing in the 7 seat of "Academic Weapon"
  • Raced in the 7 seat of Stanford's third varsity eight boat in an exhibition race against California at Redwood Shores
  • Bested No. 1 Texas' A and B boats and No. 22 Oklahoma in the 7 seat of the third varsity eight boat at the Longhorn Invite
  • Took down No. 9 California at the annual Big Row, racing in the 7 seat of the third varsity eight boat
  • Led both the Stanford team and the third varsity eight boat to its fourth consecutive conference title at the 2025 ACC Championships as the 7 seat

Prior to Stanford

  • Graduate of St. Paul’s Girls’ School
  • Club participation: Thames Rowing Club (2023-24)
    • Henley Women’s Regatta Champion (2024)
    • Henley Royal Regatta semi-finalist (2024)
    • Metropolitan Regatta Champion (2024)
    • Remenham Challenge Cup Champion (2023)
  • Competed for St. Paul’s in rowing, lacrosse, netball, track, and swimming
    • Pair’s Head Champion (2022)
    • Eight’s Head Champion (2022)
    • Two-time School’s Head Champion (2022, 2023)
    • 2nd, J16 W8+, National Schools’ Regatta (2022)
    • 2nd, J18 W4+, Four’s Head (2022)
    • Henley Women’s Regatta J16 4+ finalist and course record holder (2022)
  • Three-time St. Paul’s lacrosse MVP (2019, 2020, 2021)
    • England Talent Pathway Lacrosse Team Member 
    • Four-time St. Paul’s lacrosse captain (2018-2021)
  • Three-time St. Paul’s swim captain (2017-2019)
    • Two-time St. Paul’s swimming athlete of the year (2018, 2019)
  • Three-time St. Paul’s track captain (2017-2019)
    • Two-time St. Paul’s track athlete of the year (2018, 2019)



National Team

  • Member of Team Great Britain’s U19 Team
    • 2nd, W2-, Coupe de la Jeunesse (2023)
    • 1st, W4-, Munich International Regatta (2023)

 

Personal

  • Parents are Allison Botero and Clark Fenton
  • Has two siblings, Lorenzo and Calista
  • Hopes to major in mechanical engineering

 

Why Valentina Fenton Chose Stanford:

  • “Stanford has been my dream school for as long as I can remember. The caliber of academics and athletics is unparalleled, and the team is all I could ever ask for.”