Castleton

Spartans

Anthony “Tony” Valente ’76 was known as a tenacious defender with superb field intelligence. Tony’s hard-hitting style of play was a major factor in Castleton’s soccer successes during the mid-1970s. A team captain, Tony anchored a stingy defense, often drawing All-American attackers for his daily assignments and rarely failing to shut them down. Tony was twice named to the NAIA All-District Team, was a three-time All-NESCAC Conference and All-New England award winner, and in 1975 was named 2^nd team NAIA Soccer All-American. Since graduation, Tony has been a math teacher and a successful high school boys’ soccer coach at Black River High School in Ludlow, Vermont.