HOMETOWN: Eagle Lake, Florida
COLLEGE: Auburn University
Heyyyyy!! I’m Alyssa Rivera and I’m a former Auburn Tiger. I’m excited to play in Austin & make my pro softball debut with the Texas Smoke 💣 Thank you for all of your support & I can’t wait to see you at the ball field! Be sure to say hi when you see me if you don’t want the smoke 💨😤 -Alyssa
Rivera hails from Eagle Lake, Florida, and is proud to be a 2017 Gold Medalist for the USA Junior Women’s National Team and a 2019 Bronze Medalist for the Puerto Rico National Team.
She was one of just six student athletes at Auburn to record more than 200 career hits.
Academically, her bachelor’s degree was in Business Management and she minored in Entrepreneurship and Family Business in May 2020. Thanks to her COVID year, she also received her second bachelor’s in Business Marketing in May 2021. She was actually named an NFCA All-American Scholar Athlete!
Rivera is an Assistant Coach for Hampton University where she lives and breathes fastpitch. She is a strong advocate for mental health, who brings high energy and is the hype man everyone needs.
Fun fact: Rivera is in the Auburn record book in 8 different categories! Her career highlights include:
3rd in Stolen Bases (42)
7th in Highest Stolen Base Pct. (.808)
8th in Multi-RBI games (34)
8th in Games Played (241)
9th in RBI’s (129)
9th in Total Bases (338)
9th in Multi-hit Games (53)
10th in Hits (209)
A few of her other Honors & Awards while she was at Auburn include:
2021 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
SEC Co-Player of the Week (March 2, 2020)
Softball America 2020 Power Rankings: Week Four (No. 2)
Softball America 2020 Power Rankings: Week Two (No. 10)
Softball America Preseason Top 100 Players of 2020 (No. 81)
2017 NFCA All-Southeast Region Third Team
2017 All-SEC Second Team
2017 SEC All-Freshman Team
2017 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
SEC Freshman of the Week (April 10, 2017)
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