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Rivera, Eric
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Jersey Number 1
Eric Rivera
- Position:
- Outfielder/Infielder
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- West Park, Fla.
- High School:
- Flanagan
- Major:
- Public Safety Administration
- Birthday:
- 9/19/97
Bio
2018Â (Junior)
- Only Owl to appear in, and start, all 62 games in 2019; he also was the team's leadoff hitter in every contest
- Led the squad and ranked 10th among all C-USA hitters with a .332 average
- Was also the pace-setter on the team with 87 hits (second in C-USA), 59 runs scored (fifth), and a .434 OBP (11th)
- Second-toughest hitter in C-USA to strike out, just 22 times in 317 plate appearances and 262 at-bats (once ever 14.4 PA or 11.9 AB)
- Also was the team's leader with 29 multi-hit games, 12 of which came in the first 20 games of the year
- Selected in the 14th round of the MLB draft by the Toronto Blue Jays
- Committed just three errors in centerfield in 195 total chances, for a .985 fielding percentage
- Got on base any way possible; in addition to a career-high 38 walks this year, was struck by 12 pitches
- That made for 35 HBP in his career, third on the program's all-time list
- Had a late-season stretch of 22 straight games reaching base
- Hit his third career grand slam in the team's early-season victory over Cincinnati
2018Â (Sophomore)
- Appeared in, and started all but one, of the Owls' 63 games in 2018
- Hit .277 with six home runs and a team-best 50 RBI
- Also totaled 61 hits and 45 runs scored, both new career highs, along with a .387 OBP
- Finished second on the team with 10 stolen bases, in only 12 attempts
- Had 10 games with two hits, five with three, and two with four
- Earned Week 5 Conference USA Hitter of the Week honors, which included a go-ahead grand slam on the road at Miami, a game in which the Owls trailed at one point 9-2
- That was one of his two four-hit efforts, this one 4-for-5 with five RBI, the other on April 13, 4-for-4 vs. UTSA
- Had the team's lone walkoff home run, topping Charlotte at home on April 7 with a solo shot in the bottom of the 11th for a 5-4 win
- Split time between leftfield (35 starts) and second base (27), but only committed seven errors combined at the two positions
- Batted .308 with a team-best seven RBI to earn a Conference USA All-Tournament nod in Biloxi
- Had three games with two RBI each
- Hit by a team-high 12 pitches, and with 23 in his career, is already ninth on FAU's' all-time career list
2017 (Freshman)
- Fantastic debut season culminated with a Conference USA All-Freshman nod
- Batted .256 with six home runs and 31 RBI
- Ranked second on the team with 13 doubles, fourth with 43 runs scored and fifth with 51 hits
- Led the team and was fourth in C-USA with nine successful sacrifices
- Had the Owls' second-longest hitting streak of the year, 11 games, from March 10-March 25
- Hit safely in 19 of 20 games, beginning on Feb. 25 through that end date
- Had three three-hit games: vs. Illinois (March 5), vs. Toledo (March 10) and at Charlotte (April 8)
- Committed just two errors over his final 41 games, including an errorless stretch of 27 straight (March 14-April 30)
- Led the Owls with five outfield assists
High School
- Was named Hitter of the Year at Flanagan, for coach Ray Evans
- Was First Team All-Miami Herald and All-Sun Sentinel
- Also First Team Preseason Louisville Slugger All-American
- For Elite Squad and coach Adam Kunkel, played in the Area Code Games in California
- Five times, was named Perfect Game All-Tournament
Personal
- Son of Ramon Rivera and Tina Rivera
- Major is criminal justice
- Born in Pembroke Pines
- Goal is to be an MLB player
- Loves baseball: Favorite movie is Moneyball and enjoys watching the MLB Network
- Last read Mind Gym
- Favorite food is fettucine alfredo
- Something most people don't know about him? He can play almost every sport
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