2006-07: Academic All-GLVC, recipient of Lewis' Delahanty Award for academic excellence among student athletes and a spring Deans' List student ... fourth on team 31st among 108 at the GLVC Championship ... 76th among 157 at the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Regional Championship ... second on the team and 79th among 330 at Loyola Chicago's Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational ... 136th among 317 at the Border War Invitational.

2005-06: Academic All-GLVC and a spring Deans' List student ... was the Flyers' No. 5 runner at North Central's Chuck Carroll Invitational, finishing 50th among 114 runners overall ... also competed at the GLVC Championship and Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invitational.

High School/Other: Earned three varsity letters ... as a senior, was a state qualifier, conference champion, team's Most Valuable Runner and team captain, and also ran a school-record 15:26 for three miles on Maine West's course ... state qualifier, conference runner-up and team captain as a junior ... all-conference and team captain his sophomore year ... also lettered three years in track and field ... won the conference title in the 1600 meters as a sophomore, junior and senior ... all-state in the 4x800-meter relay as a junior and senior, and a state qualifier in the 4x800 his sophomore season ... team captain as a junior and senior ... team's Most Valuable as a junior ... honor roll student.

Personal: Son of James and Julie Ritzema ... double major in business administration and human resources management.