Carthage College Athletics

2018:  2018 MCVL Rookie of the Year... 2018 MCVL All-Conference Second Team... 2018 MCVL Tournament MVP... 2018 MVCL All-Tournament Team... appeared in 51 sets over 19 matches, making 11 starts as a freshman... finished second on the third on the team with 127 kills and 2.49 kills per set... tied for third on the Red Men with 16 aces... recorded 25 total blocks... had ten or more kills in eight matches, including 22 at Mount St. Joseph on 4/6.

High School: Two-year letterwinner at Framingham High School under head  coach Emily Viti… twice named Bay State Conference All-Scholastic team, Metro-West Daily All-Scholastic and Massachusetts High School All-State First Teams as well as team MVP... two-time 1st State All-Star Team Outside Hitter… Junior year was named to the Boston Herald All-Scholastic First Team… Senior year was named Male-Athlete of the year, 2016 Boston Herald Player of the Year, and Massachusetts High School Boys Volleyball Player of the Year… led team senior year to 22-1 record and won the Conference, Sectional and State Championship as a senior... 1,104 Kills, 92 Aces, 72 Blocks, and 294 Digs in two seasons.

Personal: Athletic Training major… son of Rodney Rivera and Jocelyn Castro...Family member Fabian Ardila is a member of the Massachusetts Volleyball Coaches Association Hall of Fame

Single-Match Career Highs (Thru 2018):
Kills: 22 vs. Mount St. Joesph (4/13/18)
Attacks: 29 vs Dominican (4/21/18)
Assists: 1 (three times)
Service Aces: 4 vs. Wittenberg (4/7/18)
Digs: 9 (two times)
Blocks: 5 vs. MSOE (3/28/18)