Favorite Cold Cereal: Wheaties
Best Tom Peterson quote: Come to the white board.
Favorite volleyball memory: Winning the high school national championship in Puerto Rico and being named MVP in 2002.
I chose volleyball over other sports because: Volleyball is a challenging sport and my high school coach taught me how to overcome this challenge.
Before a match, I: Call my mom in Puerto Rico, pray and then concentrate by listening to Puerto Rican music or Yellowcard.
How I spend my off-season: Training and spending time with my family in Puerto Rico.
Who has had the greatest influence on my volleyball career and why: My high school coach, he taught me how to deal with challenges and hard situations in volleyball and life too.
What I want to be doing 20 years from now: Married with kids and working as an electrical engineer.
The best volleyball team I've ever faced is: The Brazilian Junior national team.
Something I'd like to do in my life: Play professional volleyball in Italy and go around the world visiting different places like Russia, Italy, Japan, Spain, everywhere!
If I played another sport for BYU, it would be: Tennis.
My favorite hobby away from volleyball: Listen to music, dance and read.
My favorite music group: USA- Yellowcard Puerto Rico-Fiel a la vega.
People say I look like: Will Smith.
Favorite BYU professor: Sister Gourley Math 119 and Paul Warner Book of Mormon.
Most interesting class I've taken at BYU: Book of Mormon, second half.
If I had to give up all my possessions but one, I'd keep: My Puerto Rico flag. My mom gave it to me.
Favorite scripture: The parable of the talents. Matthew 25:14-29.
Advice to youngsters: Stay away from drugs and you can accomplish anything in life. That depends on how much you want it and what are you willing to sacrifice to get it.
Interesting fact most people don't know about me: I was born with a condition called Nasal encephalocele and I almost died when I was six months old.
If you could invite any three people to dinner, who would they be: My mom, my dad and my big brother.
On game day, how do your friends and relatives follow the game: My family in Puerto Rico watch the live stats and watch the internet broadcast. Then they call me after.
What do you contribute to the team: Well, they do everything. I'm just another guy on the team that likes to be loud and annoying sometimes, he he.
My first job: Worked with my pa Anibal as a gardener (Doing Landscape).
Nickname: Hari Hari.
Favorite movie: A lot, I've seen so many!
How did you pick your jersey number: My high school coach gave it to me when I played for the first time and to honor my big friend Dave Hyte.
