Angel enters her first season for the Lady Pioneer Basketball program.
Rizor comes to Glenville State College after playing one year of professional basketball in Cesme-Izmir, Turkey for the Cesme Basketbol Kulubu. Her team made the TKBL Playoffs in 2021.
Before playing professionally, she was an outstanding women's basketball player for the University of Cincinnati Bearcats from 2016 until 2020. She was a four-year starter and served as the captain for two years.
During her career with the Bearcats, she scored over 1,000 points while averaging 8.4 points per game in her career. She also had several outstanding achievements throughout her career; in 2018-19 she was named to the American Conference All-Academic Honor Roll, in 2019-20 she was named to the Legion of Excellence (University of Cincinnati), also in 2019-20 she was named to the American Athletic Conference All-Conference Third Team, as well as the American Athletic Conference All-Tournament Team, and was named the American Athletic Conference Most Improved Player.
While in college, she also maintained a 3.45 GPA and graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a B.S. in Health Promotion and Education: Exercise and Fitness.
In 2019, she completed an internship with Redline Athletics in West Chester, Ohio. With Redline, she developed a schedule to assess training needs, consulted with other trainers, managers, and leadership concerning workout plans, prepared and led clients through dynamic stretches, footwork, agility, and activation routines, held specialized focus training in basketball and volleyball, and ensured clients adhered to proper weightlifting techniques.
She was also a Tournament Director at the Kingdom Sports Center in Franklin, Ohio in 2018.
"We are very excited to welcome Angel to the Pioneer Family. She is a very accomplished athlete. She just finished playing in Turkey and was one of the best players at the University of Cincinnati. She was named the most improved player in the AAC and I can't wait for her to get in the gym with our girls and make them better. All of her former coaches had nothing but great things to say about her, and I think she will help make our program better," stated GSC Head Women's Basketball Coach
Kim Stephens.
Rizor resides in Glenville.
