Josue Rivera Athlete Profile

#6 Josue Rivera

Position: Outside Hitter Height: 6-3 Class: Sophomore Roster Years: 2011-2013 Hometown: San Juan, PR Last School: Colegio San Ignacio de...

Personal

  • Son of Samuel Rivera and Maria Apavicio
  • Has two brothers
  • Favorite book is My Sister's Keeper
  • Enjoys going to the beach, movies, other sports and hanging out with friends
  • Graduated high school with first honors
  • Also participated in track and field in high school
  • Also recruited by IPFW, UCLA and Penn State

Before BYU

High School:

  • Played for Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola under head coach Henry Rivera
  • MVP
  • Top-10 player in school league
  • MVP at the all-star game of all the schools in Puerto Rico

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

 

Year-by-Year stats
Year SP K K/G E TA PCT A SA SE SA/G RE D D/G BS BA TOT B/G
2012 118 257 2.18 102 606 .256 22 17 75 .14 26 186 1.58 2 68 70 .59

2012 | Freshman Year

  • 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

2013 | Sophomore Year

  • All-MPSF Honorable Mention
  • MPSF All-Tourament team
  • MPSF Scholar Athlete
  • Recorded a double-double against #7 Long Beach State and #5 Stanford (13 kills, 11 digs and 12 kills, 13 digs)
  • Tied a career-high six block assists vs. CSUN