David Rivera Award Player of the Week Week Of 3/27/2023 Sport Baseball School Hope International Year Junior Position Infielder Hometown Long Beach, CA High School A junior transfer from Long Beach City College in his second year with the Royals, Rivera helped lead them to series sweep over OUAZ over the weekend. Rivera got the Royals started in the first game as he hit a home run in the first inning and then later drove in another run as the Royals won 22-7. Then in the second game he homered again and went 3-for-3 finishing a triple short of the cycle as the Royals won 6-0. Finally, in the third game he homered again in the first inning and drove in a second run as he went 3-for-4 at the plate as the Royals won 7-3. Rivera batted .700 during the series and is now tied for the third most home runs in the GSAC with 9.