2013 at Gardner-Webb: Played in nine matches, including four starts … Logged 475 minutes on the pitch … Played 70 or more minutes in four matches … Made the start against Clemson, Longwood, Presbyterian and VMI … Logged 74 minutes against USC Upstate … Was on the pitch for 79 minutes in a starting role at Clemson … Played a season-high 90 minutes at Presbyterian … Logged 74 minutes in a 2-1 comeback win at VMI.
Prior to Gardner-Webb: Played two years at Brevard College in North Carolina … Played in 33 matches, starting 28 for the Tornados … Totaled four shots from his defensive position, putting three on goal … Also tallied one assist.
High School/Club: Lettered for two years at North Broward Prep School under head coach Diego Cardoba … Played his sophomore season at Taravella High School … Two-time All-Conference Honorable Mention selection (2011 & 2009) … Named to the 2011 All-Star Game his senior season … Guided his 2010 team to the State Finals his junior season … Also played on the Coral Springs Storm, the Weston FC, the South Florida Elite and the Sunrise FC Club Teams …Was also a member of the Danubio FC Club Team and the Florida ODP Team … Helped his 2009 Coral Springs Storm Club Team to become the Regional Champions and reach the Nationals in 2009 … Led his South Florida Elite Team to the 2010 State Finals and a No. 2 state ranking … A member of the Sunrise FC Club Team that was ranked as high as No. 8 in the state in 2010 and the Weston FC Club Team that was ranked as high as No. 16 in the state in 2011 … Earned both an academic and an athletic scholarship to attend North Broward Prep School for both his junior and senior years.
Personal: Born Alejandro Rivillas on December 22, 1992 in Miami, Florida … Son of Orlando Rivillas and Ingrid Valenza … Has five sisters and two stepbrothers named Evelyn, Magaly, Mariana, Daniela, Giuliani, Steven and Andres … Majoring in Exercise Science.
