Kat Rivers
Assistant CoachAlma Mater: Lenoir-Rhyne, 2011
E-mail: kat.rivers@my.lr.edu
Office Phone: (828) 328-7057
Kat Rivers is entering her first season as an Assistant Coach for Lenoir-Rhyne University.
Rivers started all four years for Lenoir-Rhyne (2008-11) and helped the squad to four NCAA Division II Playoff berths (2008-11), three South Atlantic Conference Regular Season Championships (2008, 2010-11), two Food Lion SAC Tournament Championships (2010-11) and a pair of trips to the Southeast Super Regional Tournament (2010-11).
During the four years Rivers was part of the Bears' squad, L-R compiled a 184-42-1 mark.
Rivers earned All-South Atlantic Conference honors all four seasons (2008-11), garnered All-Southeast Region accolades for three years (2008-10) and was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2011 conference tournament.
The 2010 campaign was Rivers' best in an L-R uniform as she earned NCAA Division II First-Team All-American honors by the NFCA and was named the Southeast Region Player Of The Year. That season, Rivers set numerous school marks including a conference-record 23 home runs.
Rivers is the school's all-time leader in home runs (39) and runs batted in (161).
Rivers graduated from Lenoir-Rhyne in May of 2011 with a bachelor's degree in sports management and a minor in health and exercise science. Rivers is a native of Royston, Ga.
