University of San Francisco Athletics

HIGH SCHOOL

• Rivera was a multi-sport athlete in soccer, basketball and volleyball at Nova Classical Academy
• She collected more than 1,000 digs while being named her team's Defender of the Year for four consecutive seasons
• She also learned all-league honors for five straight years, having joined the varsity squad as an eighth grader
• Rivera and the Knights won five league titles in a row during her tenure with the varsity team
• made three straight appearances in the section finals
• Rivera played for multiple clubs in the Twin Cities, starting out with M1 Volleyball as a 14-year-old before finishing her club stint with Northern Lights Volleyball
• She and the Northern Lights club earned several top finishes at major tournaments, including third-place showings at the January Thaw tournament in Minneapolis, and a qualifier in Kansas City, Mo
• The club also earned a top-15 finish at a national tournament in Indianapolis

PERSONAL

• Born November 9, 2002
• Parents are Deborah Rathman and Ken Rivera:
• Has an older sister named Maya
• Her sister competed in the 2019 Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi. Maya has Down Syndrome and was competing in the sport of Bocce Ball.
• She and her got to travel to Abu Dhabi to go and support her as well as volunteer with the athletes.
• Hobbies: Painting, ceramics, reading, hiking, canoeing, and paddle boarding
• Favorite book: The Stranger- Albert Camus
• Favorite movie: Shrek, The Shinning
• Favorite television show: The office or the Great British Baking Show
• Favorite musical artist/song: Queen, Fleetwood mac, Foxygen
• Favorite food: Fruit- watermelon and grapes
• Favorite athlete: Morgan Hentz, Hannah and Paige Tapp