MARSHALL, Minn. – Xavier Rivas of the University of Indianapolis baseball team has been named as a Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) First Team All-America selection. This marks the eighth award Rivas has pulled in so far this season.
 
Rivas managed one of the best statistical seasons for a UIndy pitcher in school history. Notably, he tallied 128 strikeouts in 80-1/3 innings pitched with an earned run average (ERA) of just 2.24. His strikeout total landed him second all-time on the UIndy baseball single season strikeout leaderboard, trailing only behind Greyhound legend Bill Bright.
 
The Portage, IN native dealt at a high level all season, finishing with a 14.34 strikeouts per nine innings average which ranked towards the top in the NCAA Division II. Rivas added 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 single 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).