Class of 1970

Anne Marie "Annie" Igo Rizzo was a member of the St. Elizabeth High School girls varsity basketball team from 1966 to 1970 and was a high-scoring standout on the first three University of Delaware womens varsity teams in 1971-74. A speedy guard with outstanding skills, she averaged 14.8 points per game over her career, still fourth in UD history, and her 18.6-point average in her senior year remains eighth in school history. She led Blue Hen teams to three winning seasons and consecutive berths in the Eastern Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (EAIA W) Regionals. Upon graduation she held school records for points in a game (29 against Ursinus), season (260), and career (602). As a senior, she scored 20 or more points eight times in a 15-game schedule. She was inducted into the University of Delaware Athletics Hall of Fame in 2011. In 2003, Annie claimed a National Senior Olympics (NSO) singles age bracket (50-54) tennis championship, while also medaling in NSO mixed doubles. She has also won or been a finalist in several dozen state and regional senior tennis tournaments. Since 2003, she has competed in her age bracket in both basketball and tennis at the National Senior Games (NGSA) and the World Senior Games (Huntsman). In basketball she has won three gold, three silver, and one bonze medals. In tennis she has played singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles, winning five gold, three silver, and one bronze medals. In Senior Olympic Regional basketball, she has led teams in her age bracket to multiple titles over the last 16 years in 3-on-3 competitions.

One of 14 children, and one of seven Igo sisters who graduated from St. E between 1966 and 1983, all of whom were basketball players, Annie majored in physical education at Delaware. She works in the import/export distribution field and has traveled throughout the world. She and her husband, Wayne Rizzo, reside in Newark with their children, Monica '95 and Nicholas '98.