5  Brance Rivera Class: Senior Hometown: Muscatine, Iowa High School: Muscatine High School Height / Weight: 6-3 / 190 Position: OF Experience: 3L B/T: R/R

Career Honors:
• 2010 MWC First-team All-Conference
• 2011 MWC Second-team All-Conference

2011 (Junior):
Played in 62 games and made 61 starts... 52 starts came in right field, seven in center field and two as the designated hitter... lone appearance off the bench was as a defensive replacement... hit .324 on the season with 19 doubles, three triples and seven home runs... tallied 36 RBIs... drew 22 walks and was hit by the pitch 15 times for a .411 on-base percentage... tied for the team lead with 12 sacrifices (1 sac fly and 11 sac bunts)... led the team with 14 stolen bases in 17 attempts... tied for the team lead with six outfield assists... picked up a base hit in 49 games and reached base safely in 55... tallied 21 multi-hit games and eight multiple RBI contests... opened the season with a school-record 27 game hitting streak... hit .412 during the streak... racked up six hits and drove in two runs in the season-opening series against Kansas Feb. 18-20... had a double and a triple as part of three hits against the Jayhawks on Feb. 19... had three hits against Cal State Fullerton on Feb. 26... went 7-for-14 at Texas Tech March 4-6... had two hits in the opening game... went 3-for-5 with two runs scored in game two... drove in three runs and hit his first home run of the season in the series finale at Tech... doubled twice in the opening game against Houston Baptist on March 11... home run No. 2 on the season came in game two against Houston Baptist on March 12... homered in all three games at UNLV March 18-20... had three hits and two RBIs against the Rebels on March 19... went 2-for-5 with two RBIs in the series finale against the Rebels on march 20... was 2-for-4 in the series opener against Houston on March 25... followed with a 4-for-5 day at the plate with four RBIs... had a double and a home run in the contest... hit his seventh home run of the season on April 1 against Air Force... streak ended with an 0-for-4 day against UT Pan American on April 5... started a new streak on April 6 with a hit against the Broncs on April 6... hitting streak lasted seven games... had two hits in game two at San Diego State on April 16.... Went 2-for-4 in the opening game against UNLV on April 21... drove in two runs on two hits at Dallas Baptist on April 25... was 3-for-4 with two runs scored in game two at Oklahoma State on May 7... went 4-for-5 with two doubles in the series finale against the Cowboys on May 8... started a six-game hitting streak on May 20 with two hits at New Mexico... drove in a pair of runs in the series finale against the Lobos on May 21... tripled in a pair of runs against BYU on May 26... drove in a run in the win over Utah on May 27... was hitless in the NCAA Fort Worth Regional.

2010 (Sophomore): Appeared in 60 games and made 48 starts ... of his 48 starts, 34 came in right field, 13 in center field and one as the designated hitter ... made 12 appearances off the bench including five as a pinch hitter, five as a defensive replacement and two as a pinch runner ... batted .342 with 64 base hits ... tallied eight doubles and six home runs while driving in 28 ... was successful in 9-of-11 stolen base attempts ... ranked third on the team with 10 sacrifice bunts ... led the team with a .471 batting average in conference play ... racked up 41 hits, including five doubles and all six home runs ... tallied a base hit in 37 games and reached base safely in 42 ... posted 16 multi-hit games and eight multiple RBI contests ... was 2-for-4 as a pinch hitter ... made eight appearances off the bench before becoming a regular in the starting lineup ... picked up four hits and was hitting .500 when he made his first start on March 19 in game one against BYU ... went 3-for-3 with three runs driven in against the Cougars ... connected on his first career home run on March 28 at Air Force ... was 3-for-4 with three RBIs in the contest ... tallied two more hits in the series finale on March 28 ... collected two RBIs in the series opener against San Diego State on April 1 ... went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and his second home run of the season in game two against San Diego State on April 2 ... contest spurred a nine game hitting streak ... hit .447 (17-for-38) during the streak with eight runs scored and five RBIs ... tallied three more hits in the series finale against the Aztecs on April 3 ... lit up BYU to the tune of a .467 (7-for-15) average in the three game series April 15-17 ... had back-to-back three-hit games in the first two contests of the series ... hit a lead-off home run against UNLV on April 24 ... followed with a three-hit game against the Rebels on April 25 ... went 2-for-4 with two runs scored against Utah in the series opener on April 30 ... posted his second lead-off home run of the season at New Mexico on May 7 ... homered in his next at-bat against the Lobos for his first career multi-home run contest ... tallied a career-high four hits in the series finale against the Lobos on May 8 ... hit sparked a career-high 10-game hitting streak that saw him hit .429 (18-for-42) with eight runs scored and seven RBIs ... game also started a five-game streak in which he tallied an RBI ... drove in two runs on a hit at Texas State on May 12 ... went 3-for-5 against Air Force on May 15 with an RBI ... picked up two more RBIs on May 20 against Cal State Bakersfield ... had five hits in the MWC Postseason Tournament, including three in the championship game against New Mexico on May 28 ... picked up a pair of hits and scored a run against Baylor on June 6 in the NCAA Fort Worth Regional championship game ... tallied a hit in the NCAA Austin Super Regional opening game ... recorded two hits and drove in two runs in the College World Series.

2009 (Freshman): Appeared in 36 games and made six starts ... made 15 appearances as a defensive replacement, 11 as a pinch runner and four as a pinch hitter ... batted .250 on the season with nine runs scored and six RBIs ... dropped down four sacrifices ... was 1-for-4 as a pinch-hitter ... tallied a base hit in seven of the 21 games he made a plate appearance ... reached base safely in nine of those contests ... picked up one multi-hit game and two multiple RBI contests ... scored a run as a pinch-runner at Cal State Fullerton on Feb. 20 ... first at-bat came on Feb. 25 against Texas State ... tallied an RBI single against Stephen F. Austin on March 24 ... came off the bench and went 2-for-2 with two RBIs at Baylor on March 26 ... extended his hit streak to three games with a single against UT Arlington on April 1 ... drove in a run in a start against Texas Tech on April 13 ... started against BYU on April 30 and went 1-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored ... picked up a pinch-hit single in the Super Regional at Texas on June 8 ... hit .462 (6-for-13) with runners on base.

High School: Was a five-time letterwinner at Muscatine High School ... Baseball America ranked him as the eighth top prospect in the state of Iowa ... tabbed a Louisville Slugger All-American in 2008 ... earned first-team all-district honors three straight years ... also honored as an all-state and all-conference performer ... selected as the baseball MVP ... won gold gloves as a sophomore, junior and senior ... honored with a gold bat as a senior ... named to the All-Star Iowa Junior team ... participated in Perfect Game's National Showcase ... played at the Mariners Cup in Seattle for the White Sox team ... named the Most Improved player as a sophomore ... was a member of Perfect Game's Fall Iowa Select team in 2006 and 2007 ... tallied 43 doubles and 14 home runs over the last three seasons ... posted a .354 average as a sophomore, .400 as a junior and .451 as a senior.

Personal: Parents are Matthew and Susanna ... has an older brother, Barry and a younger brother, Benjamin ... plans on majoring in Psychosocial Kinesiology.