Rebecca Rivera

Height:
5-7
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Mississauga, Ontario

2016 Season: Played in 30 matches as one of the team’s primary setters…Ranked second on the team with 629 assists on the season, 13^th most in the American Athletic Conference…Career-high 16 digs against Tulane on Nov. 4…Season-high 37 assists vs. Temple on Sept. 28…Recorded double-digit digs in nine matches…18 matches with 20+ assists.

2015 Season: Served as UConn’s primary setter in 31 matches, playing 119 sets…Led the squad with 692 total assists, averaging 5.82 per set…Notched 16 service aces, a career-high 23 kills and 221 digs with an average of 1.86 digs per set…Earned a career-best 45 helpers in the season finale against ECU on Nov. 25…Had 23 matches with at least 20 assists…Tallied double-digits digs on eight occasions.

2014 Season: Appeared in 29 matches for UConn as the primary setter... Led the Huskies with 664 total assists and an average of 5.58 assists per set... Recorded 14 service aces, seven kills, and 211 digs with an average of 1.77 digs per set... Notched a season-best 34 helpers against Temple on Nov. 12... Scooped double-digit digs on seven occasions, including a season-best 14 against East Carolina on Nov. 16.

2013 Season (Albany): Served as the primary setter in non-conference play, also serving as a back row player....Finished the year with 188 assists and 142 digs.... Had double digit assists in first nine matches, near double-double twice with nine digs....Career-high 13 digs at Colgate (Oct. 16) and UMBC (Nov. 3).

High School: Four-year letterwinner at St. Marcellinus Secondary School...Led the Spirit to a 31-3 record over four years with a pair of appearances in the national championship, leading the team to the Canadian National and Quebec Provincial Championship in 2013.

Personal: Rebecca Paige Rivera...Anthropology major...Daughter of Leo and Myra Rivera...Has a brother, Brandon-Sage and a sister, Amanda Leigh...12, 1995.