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Spartan Spotlight - Peter Rizzi

17532Hometown: St. Charles, Illinois
High School: St. Charles North
Team: Football
Major: Fitness and Health Promotion
Minor: Business Administration

What is your favorite sports moment at AU?
Game winning drive against Milikin this year

What is your most memorable academic experience at AU?
Getting 4.0 GPA last year in both the fall and spring semesters

Why did you choose to attend Aurora University?
Close to home, small campus, and to play football

Who is your all-time favorite athlete and why?
Ladainian Tomlinson, because growing up I played running back and I loved watching him play every Sunday.

What is your favorite class and why?
Fitness Assessment and Program Design. Got to do a 150 hour internship and learned how to do an initial assessment and how to setup a program.

Who is your favorite professor and why?
I cannot choose one, but my favorites are Dr. Buckley, Dr. Radtke, and Dr. Lloyd. They all made class enjoyable and easy to learn the material. They also cared about not only how I was doing in their class, but how I was doing in other classes, and football.

Other than the sport(s) you play, what other sports activity are you good at?
Basketball and baseball

Outside of sports, what is your favorite hobby?
Playing video games

What is your favorite meal in the cafeteria?
Chicken nuggets and macaroni and cheese

Who is your role model?
My dad

What do you enjoy most about practice?
The wide receivers dominating the defensive backs in 1 on 1's.

What do you like least about practice?
Conditioning

What are your plans/goals after graduation?
Get a job in the fitness and health field. Eventually open my own fitness facility.

Do you have any pregame rituals?
Touch the Spartan shield.

What will you remember most from your college career?
Coming in with my class and going through many experiences on and off the field with them.

As a senior, what advice would you give to freshman at AU?
Work hard in the classroom, on the field, and have fun while it lasts.




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