Rivera signs with Georgia Highlands

MILFORD — Delaware Valley High School Senior shortstop Matt Rivera — Son of Zaira and Rene Rivera of Milford, Pa. — signed with Georgia Highlands – Division I Junior College.

Rivera is a first team All-League selection. He also serves as captain of the Delaware Valley varsity baseball team. Last season he was awarded Defensive Player of the Year. He has started on the varsity team all four years of high school, giving him four varsity letters in the sport.

He also played for the Moosic Mets travel team and started as a shortstop and a second baseman. He was a Baseball Factory Pre-season All-American, Team One Honorable Mention, and won the Top Underclassman Award for Under-Armour Baseball Factory.

“I had some really respectable offers from some really great Division I, II and III schools, but I decided to play down South so that I can play baseball all year round with more chances to play at a top notch school and hopefully be drafted,” Rivera said.

Rivera was also a member of the cross country, soccer and basketball teams at DV. He also volunteered his time for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.

He hopes to major in Business Management at Georgia Highlands.