2009 Highlights
- Moved to center field in 2009, after starting at second base in 2008
- Set a new single-season career high with his third home run, a three-run swat, in a win over Davidson April 21
- Season-high five RBI in the second game of a doubleheader vs. Canisius March 7; hit a second inning grand slam in a 26-1 win
- Collected three hits twice (at Presbyterian March 20, Davidson April 21)
- Scored the game-winning run in the 10th inning vs. VMI April 18
- Plated the tying run with a two-out ninth-inning single in a 3-for-5 game in Radford’s Big South tournament upset of Coastal Carolina May 21
2008 Highlights
- Second Team All-Big South selection
- Earned Big South Player of the Week honors March 24 (.545/.727/.523, 11 runs, 2 RBI, 4-of-4 on stolen bases)
- Reached as leadoff in 42 of 101 attempts (.416)
- Went 3-for-4 with five runs scored, including a home run and two stolen bases, at East Tennessee State on March 18
- Was 4-for-5 with three runs scored in back-to-back games, including Radford’s win at Charlotte on March 25
- Stole three bases in a win over James Madison on May 4, while going 2-for-5 with two runs scored
2007 Highlights
- Had a seven game hit streak from March 30-April 14, hitting .364 (8-for-22)
- From Feb. 24-March 10, had a hit in eight of nine games, hitting safely in five straight games
- Produced a hit in 13 of 18 starts, including five multi-hit games
- Had his first collegiate hit on Feb. 11 at Savannah State
- Blasted first career home run on April 1 against High Point
High School
- Second Team All-Southeastern District selection as a junior and a first team selection as a senior
- Was named to the All-Tidewater and All-Region Team as a senior
Personal
- Born Sept. 1, 1987
- Son of Benita and Doug Rivers
- Majoring in criminal justice
|
Season
|
G/GS
|
AVG
|
R
|
H
|
2B
|
3B
|
HR
|
RBI
|
BB
|
SO
|
SB
|
OBP
|
|
2008
|
55-55
|
.293
|
48
|
67
|
10
|
4
|
1
|
22
|
16
|
35
|
12
|
.340
|
|
2007
|
40-18
|
.272
|
12
|
25
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
8
|
5
|
28
|
5
|
.309
|
|
Totals
|
95-73
|
.286
|
60
|
92
|
15
|
5
|
2
|
30
|
21
|
63
|
17
|
.331
|
