James T. Ritzel
'93
At Rochester:
- Captain and MVP his senior year
- Names an ABCA Third Team All-American
- ABCA First Team All-Northeast Region his sophomore , junior, and senior years
- Selected to the ABCA Second Team All-Northeast Region as a freshman
- Selected for the ECAC Upstate New York Team all four seasons
- Named New York State Rookie of the Year in 1990
- Had the 24th best batting average nationally for Division III in his sophomore year
- Named to the Second Team All-UAA his freshman, sophomore, and senior years
- UAA Athlete of the Week twice
- An Alumni and a Garnish Scholarship Recipient
- Named a GTE/coSIDA Second Team Academic All-American and a GTE/coSIDA First Team Academic All-District New York and New England in 1993
Post-Graduate:
- Obtained his law degree, with honors, from SUNY Buffalo
- Practiced tax law at Buffalo’s largest law firm from 1998 to 2003
- Started a playground surfacing business and moved to Colorado in 2006
- Married and lives with his wife, Kimberly, and three children, Savannah, Georgia, and Ridge
