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Rick Pizzo, Studio Host
ALMA MATER: Hamilton College (Bachelors), Syracuse University (Masters)
HOMETOWN: Barre, VT
PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Sports reporter, Anchor/Reporter, WFMY, Greensboro, NC (2001-2007); Sports anchor/Reporter, WBTW, Myrtle Beach, SC (1998-2001).
MY FIRST JOB IN SPORTS WAS …: Production assistant at CNNSI in Atlanta, GA (1998).
THE BEST BIG TEN TRADITION IS …: The dotting of the "I" at Ohio State.
MOST ADMIRED ATHLETE GROWING UP: Wayne Gretzky.
GREATEST ALL-TIME BIG TEN SPORTS MEMORY AS A SPECTATOR: Watching Michigan State and Wisconsin both play in the NCAA Frozen Four in 1992. They did not play each other, and Wisconsin lost the National Title game to Lake Superior State. But I caught a puck that was fired over the boards in the game and I still have it.
GREATEST ALL-TIME ATHLETIC ACCOMPLISHMENT: Vermont All-State Hockey Team, represented Vermont at the Select-17 National Hockey Tournament.
FAVORITE QUOTE: "The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done." - Arnold Palmer.
ALMA MATER: Hamilton College (Bachelors), Syracuse University (Masters)
HOMETOWN: Barre, VT
PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Sports reporter, Anchor/Reporter, WFMY, Greensboro, NC (2001-2007); Sports anchor/Reporter, WBTW, Myrtle Beach, SC (1998-2001).
MY FIRST JOB IN SPORTS WAS …: Production assistant at CNNSI in Atlanta, GA (1998).
THE BEST BIG TEN TRADITION IS …: The dotting of the "I" at Ohio State.
MOST ADMIRED ATHLETE GROWING UP: Wayne Gretzky.
GREATEST ALL-TIME BIG TEN SPORTS MEMORY AS A SPECTATOR: Watching Michigan State and Wisconsin both play in the NCAA Frozen Four in 1992. They did not play each other, and Wisconsin lost the National Title game to Lake Superior State. But I caught a puck that was fired over the boards in the game and I still have it.
GREATEST ALL-TIME ATHLETIC ACCOMPLISHMENT: Vermont All-State Hockey Team, represented Vermont at the Select-17 National Hockey Tournament.
FAVORITE QUOTE: "The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done." - Arnold Palmer.
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