Xavier Rivera '25 Recruiting Profile

Playing at a collegiate level is a goal that hasn’t always been in my mind. My mind had always been on the idea of being at a top college that it would be the perfect challenge to overcome. I dreamt of going to these top colleges to study psychology because the inner workings of the human mind have always fascinated me, and then one day being a therapist to help those in need. This is still my dream today trying my best to make it into a college that’ll help me be able to help others but my dream wasn’t complete and it was missing the sport that I love, the sport I’ll play till my body gives in, but I just don’t want to play I want to get better I want to grow as a person and a player so I shifted my dream to find a place to grow in both person, and player and to change the world. I'm relatively bright when it comes to school, with almost straight A's my freshman year of high school and I'm capable of bouncing right back into my groove if I ever slip-up. As an athlete, I've played a few different sports, but my all-time favorites are Soccer and Muay Thai; I'll play them till the day I die cause they bring so much excitement to me, and I don't ever want to lose that feeling. Finally in my life I've given myself one golden rule for when it comes to who I am as a person, "leave people happier than before you knew them." Not as some people pleaser who just wants everyone to like them but someone who strives to be the person you can talk to when you need something, someone who can brighten up the room with a smile — a person who cares enough for himself and everyone else. I want the world to see me on that soccer field in that net and be inspired to dream big and never give up. I take pride in every failure and victory because each victory is proof of hard work, and every failure is a lesson to be learned.