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18   Gabrielle Rivera
Gabrielle Rivera

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
High School:
Academica San Jose HS
Height:
6-3
Position:
OH/MB


Freshman Year (2005): Saw some action as a freshman appearing in 72 games and starting 11 out of 23 matches ... Completed 10 kills against Georgia Tech (9/30) and Mercer (9/2) ... put 13.5 points on the score sheet against Georgia Tech (9/30) and 12 points against Boston College (9/24) totaling 153.5 for the year ... tallied eight blocks against Boston College (9/24)...Finished a respectable sixth on the team in blocks... also in her first year recorded three aces against Georgia Tech (9/30).


High School: Attended Academia San José High School in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico...played four years on the varsity squad...since the seventh grade, competed with the varsity team under the direction of Julio "Buyín" Camacho...Rivera has been a member of the Puerto Rican Junior National Volleyball Team since 2001...played in the 2002 NORCECA Tournament in Salt Lake City, Utah, in which Puerto Rico won the Bronze medal...competed with the Puerto Rican Junior National Team at the World Championships in 2003 (Thailand) and 2005 (Turkey)...competed with the PR Junior National Team in the 2004 NORCECA Tournament in Winnipeg, Canada, where her team clinched the Bronze medal and a spot to go to the 2005 U20 World Championships...attended the Sacramento Volleyball Festival in 2003 which her team placed third among 330 squads from across the world...traveled to Cuba with her club team "Criollas de (of) Caguas"...was a member of the LACC Division II champions in 2001-02...named Most Outstanding Player (2001-02) and MVP (2002-03) at her school...named an all-star varsity player in 2002 in the Colegio San Ignacio Tournaments...her team was named champions in the Perpetuo Socorro tournament where she also was named Most Outstanding Player...named a member of the all-star team from 2001-03...Selected "Best Universal Player" in 2003-04...Co-Captain of her varsity team in 2003.


Personal: Full name is Gabrielle Paulette Rivera...the only child of Félix and Gloria...goes by the nickname "Gaby"...her mother is a college professor at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón (University of Sacred Heart)...Rivera's father played basketball at St. Peter's College before transferring to the University of Sacred Heart where her mother taught...her dad played professional basketball and competed with the Puerto Rican National Basketball Team...Father was known as "El Zurdo" which is "The Lefty" in Spanish...gets her height from her father who is 6-foot-10...Rivera is model...she has modeled in the San Juan Fashion Week among other things...also is a belly dancer...plans to earn a degree in performing arts...claims former Florida State athlete Gabrielle Reece is her role model...At 6-foot-3, she is the tallest member of the team.

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