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Stony Brook Seawolves

2026 Baseball Roster

13 John Rizzo

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Position RHP
  • B/T R/R
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 209
  • Hometown East Islip, N.Y.
  • High School East Islip
  • Prev School Adelphi

Biography

2025 (R-Senior): Made his presence felt in his first full season with Stony Brook, leading the team in wins, innings pitched, strikeouts, runs allowed, and hits allowed among pitchers meeting the minimum requirement of 1 IP/G… Appeared in 14 games, making 12 starts… Posted a 5-4 record with a 6.54 ERA and 51 strikeouts over 64.2 innings… Tossed 1.2 innings in his first career start at Bethune-Cookman on Feb. 16… Earned his first career victory by allowing one run over 5.0 innings at Fordham on March 4, and followed it up with another win in his next start vs. Niagara on March 9, tossing 5.1 scoreless innings… Earned his first CAA victory by allowing one run over 7.0 innings against N.C. A&T on April 6… Threw a 7.0-inning complete game shutout in a win at Hofstra on April 20… Allowed four runs over 6.1 innings at UNCW on May 10, and gave up four runs over 5.1 innings vs. Monmouth on May 17 to earn the victory over the Hawks.

2024 (R-Junior): Did not appear for the Seawolves this season.

AT ADELPHI: NE10 Southwest Division Rookie Pitcher of the Year (2022)...NE10 All-Conference Third Team (2022)...NE10 All-Rookie Team (2022)....NE10 Academic Honor Roll - Academic Distinction (Fall '22)... NE10 Academic Honor Roll - Academic Honors (Fall '21, Spring '22, Spring '23)... Went 8-4 with 3.70 ERA and team-leading 66 strikeouts as a freshman… Led all true freshmen in the NE10 in victories with eight… Tallied a 4-3 record over twelve total starts with a 5.74 ERA as a sophomore… Registered 76 strikeouts (4th in the NE10).

AT EAST ISLIP: Three-year varsity player for the East Islip High School baseball team… 2021 Axcess Baseball Preseason All-Long Island… 2021 Newsday First Team All-Long Island… Gold Glove Award recipient… All-League as a sophomore… Finished Top 25 in his class academically

PERSONAL: Son of John and Laura Rizzo … Brother of Nick Rizzo, current freshman on the Stony Brook baseball roster.

Statistics

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2026

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2024Junior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'2" 209 lbs
    5
  • 13

    2025Redshirt Junior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'2" 209 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2026Redshirt Senior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'2" 209 lbs
    13
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