BUFFALO, NY – The United Soccer Coaches (USC) named their 2025 NCAA Division III All-America Teams as Diego Rivera (East Meadow, NY/Cairo Durham) earned Third Team All-America honors. After earning First Team All-America last season, Rivera is just the fifth player in program history to earn All-America honors twice in their career and the first since Buffalo State Athletics Hall of Fame member Bob DiNunzio in 1983 and 1984.
 
Rivera posted a historic season for Buffalo State. While earning his third First Team All-Region recognition in 2025, Rivera also earned his third First Team All-SUNYAC selection that also featured a second straight SUNYAC Offensive Player of the Year honor. Rivera led the conference and the country in points (60) and goals (26), which are both the most in a single season in program history. Rivera was also the first Bengal to win Offensive Player of the Year twice in his career (Bass Sarr earned the honor in 2016) and was named to the SUNYAC All-Tournament Team. He is one of two SUNYAC student-athletes to earn All-America honors in men's soccer this year joining Jordan Ott of Cortland who earned a Fourth Team All-America selection.