Villanova Univeristy Athletics

Villanova Career: Right-handed pitcher who was a staple in the starting rotation for Villanova … He has made 59 career game appearance and 35 starts … Has logged 202 innings pitched with a 6.33 ERA against 936 batters faced … Has had 130 strikeouts while allowing 239 hits and 162 runs (142 earned) to go along with 73 walks, 45 doubles, eight triples, and 23 home runs … Opponents are batting .296 against him … BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week on April 22 and BIG EAST weekly Honor Roll on April 15 … Three-time BIG EAST All-Academic Team … A two-time member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the Fall 2021 and Spring 2023 semesters.
 
2024: Appeared in 14 games starting in 13 of them … In 61.1 innings pitched he gave up 72 hits, 49 runs (45 earned), 26 walked and struck out 31 … With a 3-6 record, had a 6.60 ERA giving up 14 doubles, three triples and six home runs … Had a season high six strikeouts against Creighton on April 21 … Pitched a season high seven innings against Seton Hall on April 14 allowing only four hits, no runs and striking out three.
 
2023: Appeared in 14 games and started all 14 of those outings … Recorded a 2-7 recorded with a 5.84 ERA (Best on team) in 75 innings pitched … Held opposing batters to a .286 average (Best on team) and struck out 45 (Best on team) … Yielded 56 runs (48 earned) … In those at bats gave up 25 walks, 17 doubles, four triples, and seven home runs … Defensively was responsible for 12 assists and a fielding percentage of .889 … In a season high seven innings pitched he recorded only four hits given up and two runs with six strikeouts against Iona on March 26.
 
2022: The sophomore righty pitcher appeared mainly in relief for 22 games starting four … Went 1-4 with an ERA of 8.25 across 36.0 innings … Gave up 55 hits while striking out 25, held opponents to a .344 batting average against him … Yielded 38 runs (33 earned) while issuing 12 walks, five wild pitches, one sacrifice fly, and hit six batters by pitch … Allowed nine homerun and 10 doubles to 179 batters faced … He had three putouts, two assists, two errors, and a fielding percentage of .714 … Had a career-high of four strikeouts throughout 3.0 innings only giving up three hits at Saint Joseph’s on March 15 … Made his longest relief appearance of the year at Richmond on March 29 when he logged 3.0 innings with two strikeouts while allowing just two hits and one run … Had a four-game scoreless streak from April 5 to
April 12 over 3.4 innings only allowing three hits, one walk, and striking out four.
 
2021: Had a successful collegiate debut and pitched in nine games with four starts during the year … Went 1-1 with a 4.70 ERA and averaged 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings … In his 30 2/3 innings of work allowed 33 hits and 19 runs (16 earned) while walking 10 and striking out 29 … Gave up just one home run to 141 batters faced … Allowed three earned runs or less in all four of his starts … Picked up his first collegiate win against Georgetown in the final game of a three-game sweep on May 9 … Had a career-high strikeouts over six strong innings in that game, allowing just an earned run on five hits and a walk in a tight 2-1 victory … Recorded two outs against Delaware on March 14 in his collegiate debut and then started his second career appearance against Saint Joseph’s on April 1 when he struck out four and scattered three runs on seven hits over 4 2/3 innings … Made his longest relief appearance of the year at Creighton on April 9 when he logged 3 1/3 scoreless innings with three strikeouts while allowing just a hit and a walk … Gave up one earned run over three innings of relief at Butler on April 23.
 
Club Baseball: Played for Team BEAST for four years and Team Citius for three seasons.
 
Don Bosco Prep: Earned three varsity letters in baseball and was also a forward on the basketball team … Compiled an 8-0 record over his sophomore and junior seasons, including three wins as a sophomore and five his junior year … Winner of his team’s Cy Young Award as a junior … Inducted to the National Honor Society as a senior.
 
Personal: Born 5/17/02 in Manhattan, N.Y. … Older of two children of Jeffrey and Angelica Rivera … Has a younger sibling, Jathan (11) … Chose to attend Villanova for its academic reputation and for the opportunity to continue his baseball career in a strong collegiate program … Has yet to declare a major.