The basketball court at the New Fairfield town park was named after Rizzotti in honor of her achievements.

She was the starting point guard on the Huskies first national championship team in 1995, which recorded a perfect season, winning all 35 games.

Rizzotti's picture was on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine in recognition of the perfect season.

[6] Rizzotti was a member of the inaugural class of inductees to the University of Connecticut women's basketball "Huskies of Honor" recognition program.

Sports Illustrated did a series of thirteen photographs featuring players on teams that were chasing or achieved undefeated seasons.

Rizzotti was selected in the dispersal draft by the Detroit Shock in January 2004, but she retired from the WNBA.

[15] Rizzotti was recently the head basketball coach at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.[3] She previously spent 17 seasons as the head women's basketball coach at the University of Hartford where she led the Hawks to four America East Conference championships and six trips to the NCAA tournament.

[16] In 2010 Rizzotti guided Hartford to an undefeated regular season in the America East Conference and was one of the 10 finalists up for the Kay Yow Coach of the Year.

Rizzotti served as the head coach of the USA Basketball U18 team, at the 2010 FIBA Americas U18 Championship for Women in June 2010 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs CO.[17][18] She previously served as an assistant coach of the U18 team, assisting head coach Doug Bruno in 2006, when the team went 4–0 to win the gold medal.

She was the head coach for the USA U18 team, which won the gold medal at the 2010 FIBA Americas U18 Championship.