CAREER HONORS
- 2019 USA Volleyball US Junior National Training Team Roster
- Three-Time Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (11/12, 10/22, 9/24)
- 2018 Cherry & White Classic All-Tournament Team
As a Sophomore (2019): Started at libero in the first 28 matches of the season, playing in all 112 sets before missing the final four matches of the year... led the team in digs with 413 (3.69/set)... third on the team in assists with 125 (1.12/set)... fifth on the team in aces with 19 (0.16/set)... recorded 20+ digs in five matches... opened the season with 20 digs and 7 assists vs. Austin Peay (8/31)... recorded 17 digs, 9 assists and 3 aces vs. Kansas State (8/31)... posted 26 digs and 7 assists vs. Houston (9/7)... tallied 23 digs and 6 assists at South Carolina (9/20)... tallied 27 digs and 2 aces, including the match-winning ace to beat Michigan State in five sets (10/5)... posted 11 digs, 5 assists, and 3 aces at Rutgers (10/12)... recorded 32 digs, tying her career-high and setting the highest mark for a Big Ten player during the 2019 season vs. Indiana (10/16)
As a Freshman (2018): Started all 32 matches at libero, totaling 522 digs on the season ... Ranked fourth in the Big Ten with 4.58 digs per set ... In conference play, was also fourth in digs per set, averaging 4.63 ... Also tallied 103 assists and 13 aces ... Earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors three times, the most times by any Big Ten player this season, also the most times winning the Big Ten DPOW in a single season by any freshman since 2011 ... Her 522 digs are the fifth most ever in a single season by a Maryland libero and the most by a freshman ... Had seven matches with over 20 digs, including three that only went three sets ... Tallied season-best eight assists to go with 23 digs in five set win at Iowa (11/23) ... Averaged 6.25 digs per set and tallied seven assists vs. #3 Minnesota (11/16) ... Named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week after leading the defensive efforts in Maryland's win over #15 Michigan (11/7), posting 24 assists in three sets, the most by a freshman in a three-set Big Ten match since Illinois' Brandi Donnelly had 25 on October 1, 2014 as well as the most ever by a Maryland player in a three-set Big Ten match ... Notched 18 digs in straight set win vs. Iowa (10/28) ... Earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors after posting 40 digs in trip to #17 Purdue & Indiana ... Helped Maryland hit .306 in straight set win at Indiana (10/21), averaging seven digs per set (21) ... Had 22 digs vs. #13 Michigan (10/14) ... Posted 24 digs in Maryland's five set win vs. Ohio State (9/29) ... Garnered first Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honor after putting up 23 digs at #7 Minnesota (9/22), which was then the most by a freshman in a three-set Big Ten match since 2014, which she would break later in the year at #15 Michigan ... Named to Cherry & White Classic All-Tournament Team (9/14-15) after totaling 62 digs in 11 sets of tournament ... Totaled season-best 32 digs vs. Princeton (9/15), the most by a Terp in over five years, since Sarah Harper had 34 against UMKC on September 6, 2013 ... Had first career kill and averaged 5.67 digs per set at Temple (9/14) ... Posted 19 digs, had season-best eight assists and tallied an ace vs. South Carolina (9/8) ... Opened season with 17 digs, four assists and season-best two aces at Wake Forest (8/24).
Before Maryland: Three-year starter at Aledo High School ... 2017 Second Team Max Preps All-American ... tallied 2,385 digs (5.7 per set), 286 assists (0.7 per set) and 126 aces (0.4 per set) over high school career ... as a senior, recorded the second highest total in Texas with 1,122 digs and added 192 assists for the state semifinalist Bearcats ... named the 2017 District 5A Defensive MVP and the 2017 Fort Worth Texas high school Super Team Defensive Player of the Year ... played club volleyball for Texas Advantage Volleyball out of the Dallas-Fort Worth Area.
RIVAS' CAREER HIGHS
Digs: 32 vs. Princeton (9/15/18)
Assists: 9 vs. Kansas State (8/31/19)
Aces: 3 (2x), last at Rutgers (10/12/19)
