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19 Paige Rivas

  • Height 4-11
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Position OF
  • Hometown Charlotte, N.C.
  • Prev School Coastal Carolina

Biography

Career Stats
R-Senior Highlights (2024)
  • Set career-highs in runs scored and stolen bases
  • As of May 6, ranks 3rd in the Big South in stolen bases, 5th in runs
  • As of May 6, ranks 3rd all-time with 68 stolen bases as an Eagle
  • Tied career-high four hits on Feb. 10 vs. North Carolina A&T
  • Season-best hitting streak of five games
Senior Highlights (2023)
  • Led the team for second straight year in batting average (.329) and second in total hits (47)
  • Stole a team-high 15 bases (15-of-22)
  • Led the team in walks (26) while ranking second in runs (25)
  • Led all outfielders in assists with five
  • Posted a team-high .435 on-base percentage (5th in the Big South)
  • Batted .333 with runners in scoring position and .463 when leading off an inning
  • Had a team-best nine-game hitting streak and a second on team with a streak of 10 straight games reaching base
  • Tied for team-lead in multi-hit games (12)
  • Had a career-high four hits on Mar. 15 vs. Binghamton as she finished the game 4-for-4
  • Reached 100 hits in her Winthrop career
Junior Highlights (2022)
  • Named All-Big South Conference Honorable Mention
  • Team-best batting average of .354 ranked 8th in the Big South
  • Second on the team with a career-high 28 runs
  • Team-best on-base percentage of .416 that ranked 9th in the Big South
  • Led the team with 25 steals (25-of-30), which ranked 3rd in the Big South
  • The 25 steals ranked 5th in a single-season by an Eagle
  • Finished with a team-high 57 hits (5th in the Big South)
  • Batted .340 with runners in scoring position
  • Had a season-best 10-game hitting streak and a streak of 15 straight games reaching base
  • Led the team with 15 multi-hit games
  • Her 54 singles rank 7th for the most by an Eagle in a single-season
  • Had a career-high three hits in five different games
  • Scored a career-high three runs on Mar. 13 in game two of a doubleheader with North Carolina A&T
  • Had six multi-run games
  • NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
Sophomore Highlights - at Coastal Carolina (2021)
  • Played in 31 games with eight starts
  • Batted .143 in 14 at-bats
  • Picked up a career-high two hits and added her first RBI in the 14-2 victory over the College of Charleston on 4/13.
  • Scored a run versus Charleston Southern in the 7-6 win at Charleston Southern on 3/24.
  • Scored a run in 10-9 win over Lipscomb on 2/27
  • NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
Freshman Highlights - at Coastal Carolina (2020) *ended early due to COVID
  • Played in 12 games, started five
  • earned three hits in her freshman season as a Chant
  • First career hit vs. East Carolina on Feb. 8 in a 8-1 win
  • During the Courtyard Marriott Barefoot Landing Invitational, batted .333 (2-for-6) including her first career triple versus the Univ. of Maryland Eastern Shore
Prior To Winthrop
  • Played in 88 games in her four-year her career where she batted .491, had on-base percentage of .554, stole 84 bases and scored 125 times
  •  Earned her four-time first-team all-conference: making the team twice in the South Mecklenburg 8 Conference and twice in the Southern Carolina 3A Conference, three-all time all-district (2017-19), two-time all-state (2018-19), and Hot Stove Golden Glove Winner
  • She continued her great work in the classroom receiving three first honors and one second honor for academics
  • Rivas also competed in track and field and holds the 100 meter dash school record.
Personal
  • Born August 29, 2001 in Denver, CO
  • Is the daughter of Rochelle and Eric Rivas
  • Seeking a degree in Exercise Science- Athletic Training

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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2022Junior

    Outfielder
    4'11"
    19
  • 19

    2023Redshirt Junior

    Outfielder
    4'11"
    19
  • 19

    2024Redshirt Senior

    Outfielder
    4'11"
    19