Name: Michelle Nicole Nizza

Sport: Team Handball

Event(s): Beach, Indoor

Height: 5’7

Weight: 140

DOB: 10/13/1991

Hometown: Valley Stream, N.Y.

High School: Sacred Heart Academy

College: Rutgers University

Team/Club: RIP Beach Handball Club, Boston Team Handball Club

Coach(es): Lisa Dunn, Michi Mensing, Flaviano Oliveira

Other Career Highlights

• 2019 Michael Lipov Memorial Cup - 2nd (Chicago Illinois)
• 2019 Tornoi de l’Action de Grace - 1st (Montreal, Quebec)
• 2019 SoCal Beach Handball Championships - 1st
• 2018 SoCal Beach Handball Championship - 2nd

Personal: Daughter of Robert and Eileen…has a twin sister named Christine…Discovered handball through living in Los Angeles and fell in love with it shortly before moving to Boston…Has played basketball her whole life and is an avid New York Knicks fan…Played rugby in school and currently lifts and runs obstacle course races with her sister…Works as a trainer for her occupation…Favorite television show is Dragonball Z.