ALLENDALE, Mich. – The awards continue to pour in for Xavier Rivas of the University of Indianapolis baseball team, who has been named as a 2022 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) First Team Midwest Region selection.
 
Rivas adds another impressive nod to his season award tally. As of today, he has already claimed the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Pitcher of the Year honor along with a spot on the First Team All-GLVC list. He also added the Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) Midwest Region Pitcher of the Year award and D2CCA All-Midwest Region First Team honors.
 
Rivas produced one of the best statistical seasons for a UIndy pitcher in school history. Most notably, he tallied 128 strikeouts in 80-1/3 innings pitched with an earned run average (ERA) of just 2.24. His strikeout total this season landed him second all-time on the UIndy baseball single season strikeout leaderboard, trailing only behind Greyhound legend Bill Bright.
 
The star left-handed pitcher dealt at a high level all season, finishing the year with a 14.34 strikeouts per nine innings average which ranked towards the top in the NCAA Division II. Rivas managed double-digit Ks in 10 of his 12 appearances this year which at one point included an eight game streak of sitting down 10 or more batters in a game. His final WHIP sat at 0.98, which was the lowest by a Greyhound hurler that has tossed 10 or more innings in a season since 2016 (does not include shortened 2020 season).