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HEADING INTO 2006: Will challenge for time in the infield. 2005: Saw action in 16 games for the Black Bears, earning a pair of starts... hit .182 with three runs scored and an RBI... went 1-for-3 with two runs scored and one RBI in his collegiate debut against Seton Hall (3/1)... saw time against Vermont (5/28) in the America East Tournament... drew three walks on the season and did not strike out... Named a UMaine Academic Rising Star. BEFORE UMAINE: Three-year captain for Bill Defino at New Paltz Senior HS... batted .412 as a senior with one home run and 24 RBI... New Paltz finished in third place in the Section IX Finals... named the Mid-Hudson Athletic League Player of the Year as a senior... named to the Kingston Freeman first team... named to the Times Herald Record first team... also earned All-Academic honors... born April 2, 1986... son of Ernesto and Maricela Rivera... a political science major. |
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