Josue Rivera Athlete Profile - MVLB

Josue Rivera

Outside Hitter #6

Class

Senior

Hometown

San Juan,

Puerto Rico

Last School

Colegio San Ignacio de...

Roster Years

2011-2015

High School:

Club/National Teams & Tournaments:

2007 participant on the Jr. Olympics with Borinquen Coqui Club, finished in second place. Named to the All-America Team.
Won the 2007 Festivol Circuit Tournament of Beach Volleyball in PR
2007 captain of the Pre-Youth Puerto Rican National Team that participated at the High Performance Tournament in Florida
Finished 2nd place in 2008 at the Pre-Youth NORCECA at FIU with the Youth Puerto Rican National Team
2009 captain of the Pre-Youth Puerto Rican National Team at the Youth World Championships in Italy
2009 participant at the Pan-American Cup in Mexico with the Puerto Rican National Team B where they finished in 4th place
Played at the Junior Olympics (18-open) with the Vaqueros Club in 2010
2011 participant at the Pan-American Cup in Canada with the Puerto Rican National team B
2011 captain of the Puerto Rican Youth National Team that finished fourth at the Youth Pan-American Cup in Panama
Played with the Puerto Rico National Team in 2011 at the Youth World Championships in Brazil

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2012

Named to the All-MPSF Freshman Team
Played in 118 sets and all 31 matches, starting 30
Finished the season with 257 kills, 606 attempts and a .256 hitting percentage (ranked 34th in the NCAA)
Also contributed 17 aces, a team-high 186 digs and 70 blocks
Season-high 20 kills came on Jan. 6 against Loyola-Chicago
Season-high 4 aces came on Mar. 23 against long Beach State
Season-high 15 digs came on Feb. 25 against UC Santa Barbara
Season-high 6 total blocks came on Feb. 11 against UC San Diego

Sophmore Year 2013

All-MPSF Honorable Mention
MPSF all-tourament team
MPSF Scholar Athlete
Played in every match except one
Finished the season with 228 kills, 19 aces, 123 digs and 84 total blocks
Second on the team in aces and third in kills and attempts
Recorded a double-double against #7 Long Beach State Feb. 1 (13 kills/11 digs) and #5 Stanford Feb. 23 (12 kills/13 digs)
Tied a career-high six block assists vs. CSUN Feb. 2
Carried BYU past UCLA in the MPSF quarterfinals with a season-high 19 kills and .483 hitting percentage, while adding six total blocks

Junior Year 2014

Played in 29 matches, only sitting out vs. UC San Diego due to injury
Started 23 matches
Contributed eight kills, three assists, eight digs and four blocks vs. No. 1 Long Beach State (Jan. 11)
Had 12 kills and season-high 12 digs at No. 7 UC Irvine (Jan. 17)
Recorded a double-double of 11 kills (.308 hitting), 10 digs, with two blocks and two aces vs. No. 6 Stanford (Jan. 24)
Had 15 kills (season high), eight digs, three blocks at No. 5 USC (Feb. 1)
Led team with 13 kills on .579 clip, three aces, four digs at Pacific (Feb. 14)
Had 12 kills, three aces, eight digs at No. 8 Stanford (Feb. 15)
Had nine kills on .438 clip, six digs, five blocks vs. No. 8 UC Irvine (Mar. 14)
Had 11 kills, four digs, four blocks vs. No. 9 UCLA (Mar. 29), helping BYU clinch the No. 1 seed in the MPSF tournament
Had 12 kills, two aces, three digs, four blocks at No. 10 Hawai’i (Apr. 4)
Recorded 10 kills, six digs, six blocks at No. 5 UC Santa Barbara (Apr. 11)
Had 12 kills, .407 clip, four digs at No. 10 UCLA (Apr.12)
Had 10 kills on .588 hitting (career high), six blocks vs. USC in the MPSF quarterfinals (Apr. 19)
Had 10 kills, 11 digs, five blocks vs. Stanford in NCAA semifinals (May 1)
Totaled 217 kills, 26 aces, 146 digs, 76 blocks (three solo) on the season

Senior Year 2015

Added nine kills, 16 attempts and six digs vs. Cal Baptist in first match of the season (2/6)
Collected 11 kills, six digs and five blocks vs. USC (2/12)
Was injured throughout most of the season

Graduate Year

Redshirt Year 2011

Redshirted

Medical Redshirt Year 2011

Redshirted