POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – Marist graduate Steven Rizzo has been named Academic All-District, presented by Google Cloud and selected by CoSIDA. Rizzo has earned this honor for the second straight year.
 
Rizzo, who majored in Economics and had a dual minor in Business and Public Relations, earned his undergraduate degree from Marist on May 19 after an outstanding four years academically, athletically, and in the community. On April 25, Rizzo was honored as one of four collegiate finalists for the Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup.
 
At this year's Marist Athletics Department Senior Awards Banquet, Rizzo won both the President's Academic Achievement Award and the Pizzani Award. He became the first student-athlete in 17 years to win both awards.
 
Rizzo is part of the school-record holding 4 X 1,500-meter relay team, an IC4A qualifier in multiple relays, and was part of the 4 X 800-meter relay team that placed second at this year's Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships. He is also one of just 25 runners in school history to break 15 minutes in the 5K.
 
Rizzo was the third Marist student-athlete to earn Academic All-District honors this academic year, following the selections of football's Dan Wittekind and softball's Brandi Coon.
 
To be eligible for the CoSIDA Academic All-District team, a student-athlete must have spent at least two prior semesters at his or her institution, have played in over 50 percent of the team's games, and have a grade-point average of at least 3.30 on a 4.0 scale.