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2020 Softball Roster

Tom Morris

9 Marilyn Rizzato

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool North Forney HS
  • Hometown Forney, Texas

Biography

2020: Named a CoSIDA 3rd Team Academic All-American, the sixth in program history ... Named to the CoSIDA Academic All-Region 6 Team ... Named to the C-USA Commissioners Honor Roll ... Named a C-USA Academic Medalist .. Started all 24 games during the season ... Batted .281 with 18 hits in 64 at bats ... Recorded three doubles and three home runs while leading the team with 12 RBI ... Scored seven runs ... Hit a game-tying home run in the bottom of the seventh against Montana ... Hit a home run in a win over Princeton ... Hit a solo home run in a win over Lamar ... Recorded five hits in the C-USA three-game series vs. UTEP ... Had six multi-hit games on the shortended season ... 

2019: Named second team all-Conference USA ... Named to the C-USA All-Tournament team ... Named to the Louisiana Tech Invitational All-Tournament Team ... Named to the Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll ... Named a Conference USA Academic Medalist ... Named Easton/NFCA Scholar Athlete ... Started 56 games at catcher (missed four due to injury) ... Batted .252 with 38 hits, including nine doubles and five home runs ... Scored 29 runs and drove in 30 runs ... Walked 23 times ... Was 4-for-6 in stolen bases ... Had 3 hits and 4 RBI in win over NCAA regional team SEMO ... Had a pair of home runs against 1st team all-CUSA arm Hope Trautwein (North Texas) ... Had 3 hits against UCF ...

2018: Named 2nd team all-Conference USA ... Named to the Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll ... Named a C-USA Academic Medalist ... Named an Easton/NFCA Scholar Athlete ... Named honorable mention all-state by the LSWA ... Saw action in 53 games, making 52 starts ... Batted .273 with 33 hits in 121 at bats ... Totaled seven doubles and one triple ... Scored 13 runs and drove in 8 ... Was 4-for-5 in stolen bases ... Threw out 14 of 24 base stealers, the top percentage of any catcher in C-USA ... Registered five pickoffs ... Was 3-for-3 with 2 RBI in a win over Utah State ... Was 2-for-3 vs. Top 25 James Madison ... Recorded hits in 14 of her 22 starts in C-USA play ...

2017: Named 2nd Team All-Conference USA ... Named to the C-USA All-Freshman Team ... Saw action in 61 games, making 59 starts at catcher ... Batted .243 with 36 hits in 148 at bats ... Recorded nine doubles and five home runs ... Scored 22 runs and drove in 34 ... Threw out 12 of 43 base stealers ... Recorded a .993 fielding percentage ... Picked off another three base runners ... Registered nine multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games ... Hit her first collegiate home run in an 8-0 win over Indiana in Austin ... Had a season-high 3 RBI in an 8-1 win over Albany in the NCAA Regional in Tuscaloosa ...

High School: Lettered four years at North Forney High School for coaches Scott Delozier, Kelsie Garner and Brittney Lee ... As a senior she batted .615 with 16 home runs and 73 RBI while leading North Forney to the Class 5A Region II semifinals ... Finished four RBIs short of the total needed to tie for 10th place in national history for most RBIs in a season, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations' online record book ... Named second team all-American by MaxPreps ... She was named the District 12-5A MVP after recording 72 hits, nearly half of those for extra bases ... Named Offensive Player of the Year on the Dallas Morning News All-Area team ... Named a Southwest Region All-American by Premier Girls Fastpitch and was an all-state selection ... During North Forney's playoff run, she batted .643 with four home runs, nine runs and 17 RBI ... As a freshman hit over .500 with seven home runs and was named newcomer of the year ... During her sophomore year she batted .495 with 12 homeruns, while walking 23 times and was named first team all-district and offensive player of the year ... As a junior Rizzato batted over .500 once again with a slugging percentage over 600 ... She homered five times and had an ops of 1.48 ... Played for Texas Glory alongside fellow Louisiana Tech teammate Jenny Chapman.

Personal: Full name is Marilyn Ruby Rizzato ... Daughter of Michael Rizzato and Leslie James ... Has two sisters, Olivia James and Emilie James ... Born on September 25, 1997 in Beaumont Texas.

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2017Freshman

    C
    5'10"
    9
  • 9

    2018Sophomore

    C
    5'10"
    9
  • 9

    2019Junior

    Catcher
    5'10"
    9
  • 9

    2020Senior

    Catcher
    5'10"
    9