Beverly Rivera        #7

5-10, Senior

Outside Hitter

Long Beach, NY

Long Beach High School

Creole Big Apple Volleyball Club

AT HOFSTRA

2005: Played 99 games in 27 matches...Contributed 274 kills, 235 digs, 35 blocks and 19 service aces on the season...Ranked fourth on the team in kills, digs and blocks, and was tied for second in aces...had double-digit kills in 12 matches...Slammed a career-high 21 kills versus Delaware...Set a personal-best with 18 digs at William & Mary...Had a strong all-around match against James Madison with 16 kills, 10 digs and a season-high five blocks...2004: Played 77 games in 26 matches...Posted 185 kills, 129 digs, 65 assists and 34 blocks on the season...Had a season-best 15 kills and 12 digs at Virginia Commonwealth...Had four blocks versus UNC Wilmington...Dealt 11 assists at James Madison...Served four aces versus Binghamton...2003: Played 40 games in 19 matches...Tallied 47 kills, 57 digs and 17 blocks on the season...Had nine kills versus St. John's...Notched nine digs and six blocks versus Albany...Had eight digs versus Manhattan...Had five blocks against California.

BACKGROUND: Played four years of volleyball and ran winter and spring track for four years at Long Beach High School in Long Beach, New York...All-New York State selection in volleyball as a senior...All-Nassau County volleyball selection as a junior and senior...All-division pick in track...Member of the National Honor Society and Athletes Helping Athletes.

PERSONAL: Hobbies include running, singing and watching movies...Began playing volleyball at age 13...Has served as a counselor in training at the World Volleyball Training Center...Plans to attend medical school after graduation...Spanish major.

Catching up with Beverly:

Favorites

            Movie: "The Pirates of the Caribbean"

            Book: "Kaffir Boy"

            Food: Anything but seafood, eggplant or mushrooms

            Music: Latin, Red Hot Chili Peppers, reggae

            Athlete: Marion Jones

            Quote: "Nobody's perfect until you love them."    

            Hobbies: watching movies, playing with my bulldogs Lexy and Bamboo

What is something that very few people know about you? I absolutely love babies.

Do you have any pre-match rituals? I tend to do my hair before each match into two French braids.

What is your best memory with your Hofstra volleyball team?  Getting sunburn in Puerto Rico and traveling

Why Hofstra?  It offered everything I wanted in a school ? great volleyball, great academics and it was close to home.

CAREER HIGHS

Kills:                21 vs. Delaware (11-6-05)  

Assists:          11 at James Madison (10-8-04)    

Blocks:           6 vs. Albany (9-5-03)           

Aces:              4 vs. Binghamton (9-19-04)

Digs:               18 at William & Mary (10-28-05)

CAREER STATISTICS

Year        MP         GP           K          E           TA           PCT.        A           SA       BS      BA        DG

2003       19           40            47         36         155          .071         3           7          2          15         57

2004       26           77            185       92         460          .202         65         12        3          31         129

2005       27           99            274       134       700          .200         18         19        4          31         235

Career    72           216          506       262       1315       .186         86         38        9          77         421