Kayla Rivera Season 2022

2021 SEASON AT GEORGIA (As A Senior): Enjoyed her most productive season as a collegian, finishing with 201 kills (2.05/set), 77 total blocks (0.79/set) and 73 digs (0.75/set) in 98 sets played across 27 matches … Earned a starting assignment on 15 occasions ... Surpassed the double-digit kill plateau eight times during the year and posted three or more blocks in 17 outings … Recorded her first collegiate double-double against Texas A&M with career highs of 15 kills and 18 digs while adding five block assists (10-8-21) … Hit .556 with 12 kills on 18 swings against two errors vs. LSU (11-26-21).

2020-21 SEASON AT GEORGIA (As A Junior): Appeared in 16 of the Bulldogs’ 22 matches that were contested in a modified schedule from October-February due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Cracked the starting lineup on nine occasions … Finished with 41 kills and 26 blocks for the year … Posted a season-high nine kills in a five-set victory at Tennessee (10-29-20) … Set a school record for solo blocks in a three-set match during the rally scoring era with five rejections vs. Arkansas (2-5-21) … Landed on the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2019 SEASON AT GEORGIA (As A Sophomore): Contributed to a Bulldog squad that clinched a spot in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in six years, helping Georgia finish with a 20-10 record and a 12-6 mark in the SEC … Played in all 30 matches with 10 starts, totaling 197 kills (1.82/set), 52 blocks (0.48/set) and 15 service aces … Totaled a season-best five blocks at Long Beach State (9-6-19) and vs. NC State (9-19-19), logging one solo block in each outing … Was named to the all-tournament team at the Blue Devil Classic in Durham, North Carolina, averaging 2.90 kills per set and hitting .304 in victories over Northwestern, American and host Duke (9-13/14-19) … Racked up a season-high 14 kills in the second match of that event, finishing with a .444 efficiency after committing just two errors in 27 attempts … Launched 13 put-aways, compiling a .435 percentage with three errors in 23 swings, propelling the Bulldogs to a four-set triumph at  Auburn (10-20-19) … Collected nine kills in a narrow five-set loss to Cal Poly in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (12-6-19).

2018 SEASON AT GEORGIA (As A Freshman): Saw action in three matches during her rookie campaign on the Athens campus, including two in SEC play … Knocked down her lone kill at LSU (10-10-18) … Earned a spot on the 2018-19 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated in 2018 from Buena High School in her hometown of Ventura, California, where she was a three-year varsity letterwinner … Twice garnered first-team all-Ventura County accolades to go with first-team all-Channel League honors … Blasted 24 kills in a four-set victory at Santa Barbara High during her senior campaign (9-26-17) … Received Offensive Player of the Year recognition on her JV team as a freshman.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Lisa Koskin and Robert Rivera … Received her bachelor’s degree from Georgia in consumer economics.