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CAREER: He has 212 kills (hitting .176), 93 digs, 37 blocks and 11 aces while appearing in 37 matches (starting 22 times) in his career.

2018: Rivera is an experienced player who will battle for playing time at opposite hitter as a senior in 2018.

2017: He was a backup outside hitter as a junior in 2017, seeing all of his action in the first half of the season ... Overall in 2017 while appearing in 9 matches (starting once), he had 24 kills (hitting .184), 6 digs, 7 blocks and 2 aces ... He hit .500-plus twice.

2016: He started at opposite hitter as a sophomore in 2016 ... Overall in 2016 while appearing in 24 matches (starting 21), he had 170 kills (third on USC) while hitting .169, 80 digs (fourth on USC), 24 blocks and 9 aces ... He had double kills figures 9 times (once with 20-plus) and 5-plus digs 7 times ... His 23 kills versus Pepperdine were a USC season high ...

2015: He was a backup opposite hitter as a first-year freshman in 2015 ... Overall in 2015 while appearing in 4 matches (starting twice), he had 18 kills (hitting .233), 7 digs and 6 blocks ... He had 1 match with double kill figures, .500-plus hitting, 5-plus digs and 5-plus blocks ...

HIGH SCHOOL: Rivera made the 2014 AVCA High School Senior All-America second team and was named the 2013 Player of the Year by the Puerto Rico High School Athletic Alliance and La Onda Deportiva as a senior at Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola High School in San Juan, Puerto Rico … His team won the PRHSAA league championship and La Copa Primera Hora national championship for the second consecutive year in 2013 … During his high school career, he was named MVP and all-tourney of numerous local tournaments …

PERSONAL: He was a member of the Puerto Rico Junior National Teamthat competed in the 2014 NORCECA Men's U21 Continental Championship in El Salvador ... He trained with the Puerto Rican National Team in 2013 … In 2012, his Borinquen Coqui club team was the first Puerto Rican team to win the USA Volleyball High Performance Championship and it repeated as champs in 2013 ... He made the All-Tournament team in his age group at the 2011 USA Volleyball Junior Olympics ...  He is an economics major at USC ... Birthdate is Jan. 5, 1996.