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  Melissa Rizzo

Melissa Rizzo

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
North East, Pa.

High School:
Mercyhurst Prep

Last College:
Mercyhurst North East

Height:
5-9

Position:
SS, LF

Birthdate:
04/30/1985

B/T:
R/R

Accolades:
2007 All-GLIAC Second Team
2007 GLIAC All-Academic Team
2006 All-GLIAC Second Team

2007: Started all 44 games in which she played...Played error free in the outfield, tying for the team and conference lead in fielding percentage (1.000)...Led the team with 10 doubles...Second on the team in slugging (.474), RBIs (23), total bases (65)...Tied for second on the team with five homers...Tied for third with 18 runs scored...Fourth on the team in batting average (.292), on-base percentage (.333), hits (40)...3-for-5 with the bases loaded...10 multi-hit games...Six multi-RBI contests...Went 2-for-4 with three RBIs against Wayne State (March 31)...Finished 2-for-2 with two runs and two RBIs against Saginaw Valley State (April 13)...Went 3-for-4 with three RBIs against Lake Superior State (April 14)...Had three hits against Ashland (April 21)...Went 3-for-5 against Wayne State at the GLIAC Championships (May 5).

2006: Second Team All-GLIAC...played in 43 games and started 40... led the team with homeruns (7), runs scored (26), total bases (66), at bats (128), slugging percentage (.516)... third on the team with 36 hits, nine steal attempts, .343 on base percentage, 17 RBI's, and eight stolen bases.

Before Mercyhurst: Played softball and volleyball at Mercyhurst North East...freshman year volleyball: first female Region 3 Athlete of the Week, All Conference and All Region; softball All Conference...sophomore year: Region 3 volleyball Athlete of the Week...All Conference, All Region and All American runner-up...All Conference in softball...softball team was first in school history to win region and was ranked 6th nationally

High School: Played softball and volleyball...2003 softball District 10 champs...First Team All Metro all four years of softball...Second Team All Metro for volleyball as senior...Army Scholar Athlete Award...sign language club

Personal: Daughter of Derek Rizzo and Vicki Munger...brother Daren and sister Wendy...major is business management

 

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