2009 Baseball Roster
Roster
Matt Rizzuto
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Wilmington, N.C.
- High School:
- Hoggard HS
2008 atGardner-Webb: Played in 50 games making 49 starts asa junior...Batted .315 with eight doubles, three homeruns, and 25RBIs...Went 2-for-2 with a double, three RBIs, and two runs in awin against Belmont (3/29)...Went 3-for-4 with a homerun, two RBIs,and a run in a series clinching win against USC Upstate(4/6)...With 2-for-5 with a homerun, three RBIs, and a run againstFurman (4/8)...Went 3-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and a run in awin against Mercer (4/25).
Summer 2007: All-Starselection for the Fairfax Nationals of the Clark Griffith BaseballLeague ... Batted .309 with 26 runs scored, eight doubles, twotriples and 21 RBI ... Was16-of-18 in stolen bases ... Had a .390 on basepercentage.
2007 at Gardner-Webb: Namedsecond-team All-Atlantic Sun Conference at second base ... Started54 games ... Finished with a .282 batting average and
2006 at GWU: Played in 20games and made 12 starts at second base as a true freshman ...Batted .194 with three doubles and four RBI ... Swiped three bases in threeattempts ... Scored three runs ... Went 2-for-3 with two doublesand a run scored in his college debut (pictured below),a win over DelawareState (2/10) ... Had an RBI double vs. Furman(5/12).
High School: Played atWilmington (N.C.) Hoggard High ... Also starred for Pleasure IslandAmerican Legion Post 129 ... A 2005 All-Conference selectionfor Hoggard ... An All-Areaselection as a senior by the Wilmington Star-News ...Batted .412with three home runs, 20 RBI and 25 runs scored for Post 129during the Summer of2004 ... Chose Gardner-Webb over Elon and AppalachianState.
