Rylan Rizza - Player Profile

	Hometown: Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.
	High School: Peninsula, H.S.
	Height / Weight: 5-10 / 165
	
	Birthdate: 04/24/1984
	Year: Fourth Year


AT VIRGINIA:

 2004-05-- Posted a 33-9 singles record, including an 18-3
           dual match record ... 2005 All-ACC ... ranked as
           high as No. 33 nationally and ended the season
           ranked No. 39 nationally ... competed in the 2005
           NCAA Singles Championship, defeating Ken Skupski
           of LSU in the first round before falling to Benjamin
           Kohlloeffel of UCLA in the second round ... had an
           11 match winning streak from March to May ... his
           33 singles wins is the fifth-most total of wins in
           a season by a Cavalier ... clinched the Cavaliers'
           4-3 win over Notre Dame ... had 11 wins over players
           that were ranked in the final 2005 top 125 ...
           reached the finals of the UVa Fall Invitational ...
           reached the semifinals of the ITA East Regional ...
           reached the quarterfinals of the back draw of the
           ITA All-American Championships ... reached the
           quarterfinals of the National Collegiate Tennis Classic
           ... ended the season with 93 career singles wins,
           third most in school history ... ended the season with
           157 career singles and doubles wins, fourth most in
           school history ... had a 24-16 doubles record,
           including a 23-15 record with Nick Meythaler ...
           Rizza and Meythaler were ranked as high as No. 6
           nationally and ended the season ranked No. 26 ...
           with Meythaler, selected to the NCAA Doubles Championship
           for second consecutive year ... teamed with Meythaler
           to reach the semifinals of the ITA Regional in October
           ... duo ended the season ranked No. 1 in the region.

 2003-04-- Posted a 25-10 singles ranking including a 20-7 dual
           match record ... 2004 All-ACC ... had a perfect 8-0
           ACC singles record, capped by his upset of No. 16
           ranked Ludovic Walter in the Cavaliers' 4-3 win over Duke
           ... ACC Player of the Week on April 12 ... reached the
           quarterfinals of the UVa Invitational ... teamed with
           Nick Meythaler for a 20-11 doubles record, including
           a 16-8 dual match record at No. 1 Doubles ... duo
           competed in the 2004 NCAA Doubles Championship ...
           finished the season ranked No. 24 in doubles ...
           team reached the semifinals of the UVa Inviational
           and the quarterfinals of the ITA Regional.

 2002-03: Finished the season with a 35-13 singles record,
          including a 19-6 dual match mark ... his 35 wins set
          a UVa record for wins by a first-year, which is also
          the second-highest total of wins in a season by a Cavalier
          ... played at No. 2 and No. 3 in the lineup ... went
          4-4 in the ACC ... was named ACC Player of the Week
          on March 17 after upsetting No. 69 Scott Schnugg of
          Georgia Tech in the Cavaliers' 5-2 win over the
          Yellow Jackets ... Tied a school record by winning
          20 consecutive singles matches from January 18 to
          March 28 ... reached the A-Flight final of the
          ODU Invitational ... went 21-15 in doubles ...
          primarily played doubles with Nick Meythaler as
          the duo posted a 10-7 record, including a 6-2 ACC mark
          ... during the summer, won a doubles title at the
          Sunset Moulding Men's Pro Tennis Tournament on the
          USTA Futures Tour.

Prep & Personal:

          Four-year letterwinner at Peninsula High School for
          coach Fox ... ranked No. 2 in Southern California and
          No. 18 nationally ... winner of the 2000 Easter Bowl
          ... doubles champion in the 2000 USTA National Clay Courts
          ... quarterfinalist in 2000 Orange Bowl ... two-time
          All-American selection ... Bay League MVP ... 2002
          World Youth Cup selection ... father Dennis played
          tennis at Arkansas ... has a younger sister, Brittany
          ... born April 24, 1984 in San Pedro, Calif. ...
          son of Keryn and Dennis Rizza.

Rizza's Statistics

	SINGLES 				DOUBLES 			
Year 	Overall 	Pct. 	ACC 	Pct. 	Overall 	Pct. 	ACC 	Pct.
2002-03 	35-13 	.729 	4-4 	.500 	21-15 	.583 	6-2 	.750
2003-04 	25-10 	.714 	8-0 	1.000 	21-15 	.583 	5-3 	.625
2004-05 	33-9 	.786 	8-1 	.889 	24-16 	.600 	7-1 	.875
Career  	93-32 	.744 	20-5 	.800 	66-46 	.589 	18-6 	.750