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2018 Baseball Roster

2 Yan Carlo Rivera

  • Position SS
  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 150
  • Hometown Caguas, P.R.
  • High School Colegio Católico Notre Dame

Biography

2018: Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll… Appeared in 36 games in the infield, making 15 starts… Posted career-best .286 batting average… Had a .429 slugging percentage and .394 on-base percentage… Scored 15 runs… Doubled three times… Stole four bases… Scored two runs and had a hit and a stolen base at Kansas State (3/3)… Went 1-for-2 and scored twice  against Saint Joseph’s (3/30)… Hit a solo home run versus Fordham (4/14)… Was 2-for-4 with a run in win at UMass (4/21)… Tripled and scored a run in victory at UMass (4/22)… Reached base three times and had an RBI double at LIU Brooklyn (5/2)… Scored twice and reached base three times at Richmond (5/12)… Drove in two runs in season finales against George Mason (5/19).

2017: Appeared in 39 games (36 starts) as a junior ... Established himself as one of the best defensive shortstops in the league ... Displayed excellent speed, tying for a team-high in stolen bases (five) ... Started the season on fire, reaching base in his first seven games ... Launched a three-run home run off of one of the best teams in the nation at No. 11 East Carolina (2/25) ... Had hits in every game that series ...  Recorded two runs, two RBI's, and two stolen bases at Wofford (3/7) for one of his more impressive stat lines of the year ... Showed much improvement at the plate over the course of the season, raising his batting average against conference teams ... Had multi-hit games against formidable opponents Ohio (2/18), Davidson (4/7), St. Joseph's (5/6), George Washington (5/12).

2016: Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll…Saw action in 34 games (20 starts) in the infield for the Explorers in his sophomore campaign…Finished the season hitting .159 (11-for-69)…Launched his first collegiate home run against Villanova (3/15) to extend the Explorers lead to two after knocking in the go-ahead run in the second on a ground out to second (W, 3-1)…Those were his first two RBIs of the season…Stole seven bases on eight attempts on the base pads.

2015: Saw action in 28 games (14 starts) in the infield for the Explorers as a freshman…Finished the season hitting .179 (10-for-56)…Made first collegiate start against Stetson (2/15), going 1-for-3 with a run scored and a RBI…Went 3-for-5 with two runs and an RBI against Charleston Southern (2/21).

High School: Selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 36th Round (1,074 Overall) of the 2014 MLB First-Year Player Draft...Four-year letterman and four-time Puerto Rico High School Athletic Alliance Baseball All-Star at Colegio Católico Notre Dame...Two-time PRHSAA Baseball Champion...Also lettered twice in soccer...Athletic Medal of Honor recipient for Class of 2014...Three-year member of the National Honor Society.

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2015Freshman

    2B/SS
    5'11" 150 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2016Sophomore

    2B/SS
    5'11" 150 lbs
    12
  • 2

    2017Junior

    2B/SS
    5'11" 150 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2018Senior

    SS
    5'11" 150 lbs
    2