Summer 2017
Played for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League…Batted .273 in 39 games with seven doubles, three home runs and 12 RBI.
Arizona 2017
First-Team All-Pac-12 Selection…Second-Team All-America (National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association)…Second-Team All-West Region (American Baseball Coaches Association)…Led the conference and ranked 13th nationally in on-base percentage at .483…Finished third in the Pac-12 in batting average with a .371 mark…Posted 63 RBI, which is the most by an Arizona underclassman since Jeff Van Houten had 72 in 2003…Also scored 54 runs, had 13 doubles, seven home runs and 39 walks…Posted more walks (39) than strikeouts (36)…Played in 58 of the team’s 59 games with 54 starts…Third on the team with 20 multiple-hit games…Led the team with 15 multiple-RBI games…Finished the season with an 11-game on-base streak and a seven-game hitting streak…Posted a five-hit game versus Oregon (4/15), going 5 for 5 with two RBI, one double, four runs scored and a walk, reaching base six times…Drove in a season-high five runs against Arizona State (5/9), going 4 for 4 with five RBI, one home run, two walks and three runs, again reaching base six times…Also had a four-hit game against Hartford (3/11), going 4 for 4 with three RBI, a double and two runs scored…Had seven three-hit games, including going 3 for 5 with an RBI and a double against Sam Houston State in the postseason…Batted .333 in the postseason, including a game-winning home run in the top of the 11th inning against Delaware in NCAA Regional play…Scored a season-best four runs three times, including at Washington State (4/7), going 3 for 4 with three RBI, a home run and four runs scored…Went hitless in back-to-back starts just three times the entire season…Drew multiple walks in a game 10 times during the season, including three three-walk games…Was batting above .400 as late as April 21 when he entered a game versus Utah with a .407 average….Also saw time on the mound, making 12 appearances, spanning 11 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts.
Arizona 2016
Played in 55 games in the field with 47 starts…Also made 16 appearances on the mound, covering 18 innings…At the plate, hit .247 with 22 runs scored, nine doubles, 26 RBI and one home run…On the mound, posted a 3.50 ERA to go with a 2-1 record and three saves…Named to the Tony Gwynn Classic All-Tournament Team as a hitter…Went 9-15 over three games at the Tony Gwynn Classic…Went 5 for 6 with four RBI, two runs scored and a home run against Nebraska in the tournament…Pac-12 Player of the Week (3/1)…Posted four straight multi-hit games against UCLA and UC Riverside…Went 2 for 5 with two RBI against UCLA (3/26), including a game-tying triple in the ninth inning, before eventually scoring the winning run…Went 2 for 5 with an RBI and a run scored versus Mississippi State (6/11) in the clinching game of the Super Regionals…Tied the game in the bottom of the ninth with a single to score Cody Ramer…Went 2 for 4 with two RBI, a double and a triple against Sam Houston State (6/5) in an elimination game in the Lafayette Regional…Earned his first win on the mound against New Mexico State (4/20), pitching 1 2/3 scoreless innings…Earned his first save of the season against Hawaii (5/29)…Earned two saves in the postseason…Didn’t allow an earned run in the postseason, tossing a total of 1 2/3 scoreless innings and striking out three.
High School
Played his high school ball at La Jolla Country Day in La Jolla, Calif. … Was a two-time All-CIF First Team selection, a two-time All-Coastal League First Team selection and was also a two-time All-Coastal League second team selection … He also excelled in the classroom as he was a two-time All-CIF Academic First Team selection.
Personal
Is the son of Alfonso and Sandra Rivas … Has three siblings, Sandra, Santiago and Angel … His sister Sandra plays soccer at San Diego Christian College … His degree choice is currently undecided.
Why Arizona?
“I came to Arizona because it was the perfect fit for me socially, academically and athletically for me.”
