Ann Igo Rizzo

Ann Marie Igo Rizzo (born 1952) is an American basketball and tennis player. She played college basketball for the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens, where she ranked as the top scorer in school history upon her graduation. Rizzo later became a top athlete in senior competitions, winning several gold medals at the Senior Olympics. She was inducted into the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame in 2019.

Biography Rizzo is one of 14 children, and all of them played basketball at some level. She first played in second grade. Rizzo attended St. Elizabeth High School in Wilmington, Delaware, where she was a top basketball player and a member of the team all four years. She was also a member of a Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) team. After high school, Rizzo enrolled at the University of Delaware, where she attended from 1970 to 1974 as a physical education major. At Delaware, she played for the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens women's basketball team from 1971 to 1974. After initially being a member of the freshman team in 1970–71, Rizzo became one of the early stars of Delaware's women's basketball program in the next seasons, playing under coach Mary Ann Hitchens.

Rizzo was a member of teams with winning records three consecutive years and helped the Fightin' Blue Hens to three straight appearances at the Eastern Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (EAIAW) Regionals. Rizzo served as team captain in 1973–74. She had 20-point performances in 8 of 15 games during the 1973–74 season and at the end of her college career was top in school history in single-game (29), season (260), and career points (602), in addition to points per game in a season (18.6) and career points per game (14.8). Rizzo still ranked in the top 10 in school history for points per game in a season and in a career 45 years later.