Cristian Rivera Class: Freshman Hometown: San Juan, Puerto Rico Last College: Colegio San Jose Height / Weight: 6-6 / 200 Position: OH

2012: Rivera, who has lots of international experience, is contending to start at outside hitter as a first-year freshman in 2012 ...

HIGH SCHOOL: He played for Colegio San Jose in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, which won the 2009 and 2010 Puerto Rico High School Athletic Alliance championships ...

PERSONAL: In the summer of 2011, he played for Puerto Rico in the Pan American Cup in Canada (the team finished fourth), the FIVB Men's Junior Volleyball World Championship in Brazil (the team finished 16th in its first appearance there since 1997) and the FIVB Volleyball Boys' Youth World Championship in Argentina ... He was the final cut for Puerto Rico's 2011 World League roster ... He was a starter on the Puerto Rican Junior National Team that won a bronze medal by beating 3-time defending champion Cuba in the 2010 NORCECA Junior Championship in Canada .... He made the All-Tournament team at the 2010 and 2009 USA Volleyball Junior Olympics, in the Under 17 and 16 Open Gold Divisions, respectively ... His Halcones de Torrimar club team was the silver medalist at the 2009 Junior Olympics in the 16 Open Gold Division and the bronze medalist at the 2008 tourney in the 15 Open Gold Division ... He is a business administration major at USC with a B+ average (3.53 GPA) ... Birthdate is Aug. 8, 1993.