Milwaukee Athletics

2006: Overcame slow start to finish with a .303 batting average ... went 3-for-6 with a home run and a season-best five runs batted in against Chicago State Apr. 12 to start a hot streak ... hit in 14 of his next 15 games, raising average by over 130 points with 28 hits in 60 at-bats in that stretch ... went 8-for-12 in series against Wright State Apr. 28-29, helping him to Horizon League Player of the Week honors May 1 ... had RBI's in eight-straight starts Apr. 22 to May 2 ... hit home runs in three-straight games versus Cleveland State Apr. 22-23 ... recorded season-best four hits in win over Youngstown State May 14 ... his 31 walks were second on the team and gave him 97 in his career, second in the UWM record book (99) ... hit .340 with runners on ... ended with a career average of exactly .300.
 

2005: Hit .364 as a junior, setting career-highs in all categories ... named First Team All-Horizon League as a DH ... his .364 average was second on the team, helped along by a team-high .407 clip in league play ... 22 extra-base hits led to a team-high .643 slugging percentage ... added a league-best 37 walks to finish with an on-base percentage of .511, another team-high ... would have ranked fourth in average and first in slugging among Horizon League players, but did not have enough official at-bats to qualify ... went 3-for-4 with three runs batted in and two doubles against Illinois State Apr. 1 ... enjoyed a nine-game hitting streak Apr. 9-20, going 14-for-30 (.467) in that stretch with four home runs and five doubles .... named Horizon League Player of the Week Apr. 18 ... stroked a double and home run and plated three against Butler Apr. 10 ... perfect 3-for-3 at Western Michigan May 10 ... became the first Panther in over four years to post a five-hit game when he went 5-for-6 in a win over Youngstown State May 22 ... had two doubles, two home runs and a career-best six RBI in that game ... hit safely in the final four games of the year, reaching base 13 times in his last 20 at-bats.

2004: Batted .262 in 43 games ... started 32 times as a first baseman/DH ... posted a .398 on-base percentage thanks to a team-high 20 walks ... drove in 18 runs on the season ... doubled seven times ... doubled and drove in a run versus Bucknell on Mar. 19 ... drove home two with two-hit game versus Wright State (Mar. 22) ... doubled, drove home three and notched two hits versus Bradley on Apr. 20 ... doubled twice, recorded three hits, scored twice and drove home two more versus Detroit (May. 1).

2003: Saw action in 25 games, earning 11 starts ... posted an impressive .346 on-base-percentage in 52 total plate appearances ... Doubled for first collegiate hit in first collegiate game, a start at Austin Peay (2/21) ... Walked twice and drove in two runs with a double against Stony Brook (3/22) ... Tallied his first career two-hit game, including a double, with two runs scored, against Harvard (3/22) ... Homered and walked, scoring twice, at Northwestern (4/29)

2002: Redshirted the 2002 season and maintained freshman eligibility.

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High School: Lettered all four years at Bartlett High School as a first baseman... Was an all-conference and all-area team selection ... Was named to the academic all-conference team... Also lettered four times in football at center and twice as a forward/center in basketball... Named all-conference honorable mention in football, as well as to the academic all-conference team... Received the sportsmanship award in both baseball and football.

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Personal: Pre-Kinesiology major... Son of Juan and Laurie Rivera... Born 9/28/82... Lists career goals as winning the College World Series and taking UWM baseball to another level.

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Batting Statistics Zak Rivera
Season	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	Avg.	TB	Slg%	SB
2002	Did Not Play -- Redshirted
2003	25	42	9	8	3	0	1	6	.190	14	.333	0-0
2004	43	107	19	28	7	0	0	18	.262	35	.327	0-0
2005	50	129	33	47	15	0	7	33	.364	83	.643	0-0
2006	52	178	33	54	6	0	6	34	.303	78	.438	1-2
Totals	170	456	94	137	31	0	14	91	.300	210	.461	1-2