COLLEGIATE CAREER: 2011 (Freshman) - Saw playing time in 17 matches off the bench for the Bluejays in his first season on the squad, tallying one goal and four assists ... Played 23 minutes in his Bluejay debut at Denver, taking his first shot in the 1-0 win (Aug. 27) ... Dished off his first assist in Creighton’s 3-1 win over No. 7 UC Irvine (Oct. 15) ... Had the assist on the lone goal of the match in Creighton’s win over SIU Edwardsville (Oct. 22) ... Turned around to have assists in back-to-back matches against Drake (Oct. 26) and Central Arkansas (Oct. 29) ... Played a career-high 50 minutes in Creighton’s 2-0 win over Drake ... Scored the first goal of his Bluejay career, the match-winner, in the 1-0 final over Missouri State in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Championship match, giving Creighton an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament (Nov. 13) ... Saw playing time in each Bluejay match of the NCAA Tournament, including 31 minutes in the College Cup semifinal match.

PREP CAREER: Played club soccer for Barcelona Sporting Club and head coach Raul Noriega, a former Ecuadorian National Team member ... Attended Unidad Educativa (UE) Javier, graduating in January 2011 ... Named his team’s MVP as a junior and senior ... Tallied 48 goals in his four seasons at UE Javier.

PERSONAL:  The son of Jose Enrique Ribas and Alegria Weber, Jose was born on April 1, 1993 in Guayaquil, Ecuador ... Has one younger brother, Daniel (16) ... Majoring in business.