Nichols College Athletics

A four-year letterwinner in hockey, William Valtenas closed out his career with 111 points, which ranked fifth all-time at Nichols at the time of induction. In his senior year in 1977-78, he helped lead the Bison to an 11-6 mark, its best record in nearly ten years. Nichols held the third place spot in the ECAC Weekly standings throughout most of that season and came close to being the first Nichols athletics team to compete in a post-season ECAC Tournament.
 
Valentas scored 11 goals and assisted on 12 others for 23 points during his senior campaign in which he served as co-captain of the team. After the season he was named the team's MVP. As a junior in 1976-77 he tallied a career-best 33 points off 11 goals and 22 assists, including a four goal and three assist performance in one game. During his sophomore year in 1975-76, Valtenas racked up 26 points while as only a freshman he ranked third on the team in scoring with 29 points.