Bethune-Cookman University Athletics

FRESHMAN YEAR - 2011
Pitched 10 games for the Wildcats in 2011, shifting in the rotation between starter and reliever...Started 6 games on the mound for B-CU...Earned a record of 1-2 on the year with a 6.34 ERA...Collected 22 strikeouts in 38.1 innings on the hill...Had 5 strikeouts in 5.1 innings to collect the win over 25th ranked Auburn (3/2/11)...Also notched 5 strikeouts in the narrow loss at Miami (4/20/11)

HIGH SCHOOL
Came to the Wildcats after playing his high school baseball at Caguas Military Academy in Caguas, Puerto Rico...His team went a perfect 42-0 under coach Edwin Correa to become Puerto Rico Champions...Finished 2010 with a pitching record of 18-0...Led Caguas with 151 strikeouts and an ERA of .89...Named the Best Pitcher in Puerto Rico in 2010

PERSONAL
Born August 13, 1992 in Caguas, Puerto...Rico to Abiezer Rivera and Anilka Rolón oChose to attend Bethune-Cookman because they have one of the best programs...His goals at B-CU are to complete his major and get the team to the College World Series, and eventually play professional baseball...Notes his father as his biggest athletic influence, because "when I feel beaten, he always makes me feel I'm the best"