Prisilla Rivera

- Middle Blocker Prisilla Altagracia Rivera Brens (born December 29, 1984, in Santo Domingo[1]) is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic.

Playing in home soil Professional Tournament, Prisilla won the "Metropolitan League Championship" with her team Los Prados and awarded "Final Series Most Valuable Player".

[6] At the 2006 FIVB Grand Prix, Prisilla Altagracia helped her team to finish in the 8th place,[7][8] not qualifying for the final round.

[17] She won the Most Valuable Player and the gold medal with her National Team at the 2010 Pan-American Cup held in Rosarito and Tijuana, Mexico.

[25] Rivera joined fellow Dominican Brenda Castillo and national team head coach Marcos Kwiek in the Brazilian Super League club Concilig Vôlei Bauru for the 2016/17 season.

[47] Just days later she was shocked with the news that her only daughter, Megan Prisilla Logroño Rivera had passed away and she had to travel back to Santo Domingo, ending her participation.

[52] Rivera played her last Nations League where her team performed greatly posting a 9–6 mark, valid for a sixth place rank.

[53] Rivera was set to retire after her participation in the Olympic tournament[54] and she mas name flag bearer along with boxer Rodrigo Marte,[55] and they both entered the Parade of Nations as part of the 64 Dominican representatives, dancing Merengue.

[56] Rivera's team lost 0–3 to Serbia,[57] 2–3 to Brazil,[58] 2–3 to South Korea,[59] before finally winning 3–0 to Kenya[60] and 3–1 to Japan, qualifying to the quarterfinals.

[68] Cristo Rey was the third club from the Dominican Republic Superior Volleyball League from the National District that saw Rivera playing, when she was transferred for the 2021 season.

[71] She then received recognitions from Gala Mazine, where she expressed that she was unsure if she have chosen volleyball or the game chose her;[72] the city of Santo Domingo, that named her Meritorious Daughter;[73] and the Senate of the Dominican Republic, where she was considered a reference for the younger generations and example of bravery and determination, recalling when she used sacrifice herself walking from her neighbourhood, Villa Consuelo to olympic complex, in order to achieve her dreams.