{"id":101591,"date":"2023-02-02T17:08:41","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T23:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=101591"},"modified":"2023-02-11T09:39:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T15:39:27","slug":"spirit-of-the-team-athlete-turns-tragedy-into-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/spirit-of-the-team-athlete-turns-tragedy-into-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Spirit of the team: Athlete turns tragedy into inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Elena Shklyar<br \/>\n<\/strong><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medill Reports<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Northwestern volleyball team\u2019s 2022 season was one for the books. The Wildcats reached their highest rating percentage index (RPI) in program history and had their winningest season in the past decade. A huge part of the team\u2019s success? Junior Captain Natalie Chizzo. The \u201clight\u201d on the team, Chizzo inspired the Cats with her positivity and outlook on life despite tragedy and played a large part in their successful season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spirit of the team\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/795358709?h=1210b8c67f&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>TRANSCRIPT:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Home video of Natalie and Evelyn Chizzo plays]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YOUNG NATALIE: We\u2019re actually swinging spider, she\u2019s on my lap.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SARA CHIZZO, their mother: Yay! You guys are so cute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Light music playing]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NATALIE CHIZZO: So, my family is my life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am the oldest of four girls. My dad always says it was like winning the lottery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Evelyn was 18 months younger than me. We were literally two peas in a pod, and Evelyn was special needs and disabled.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I just can\u2019t express enough like how much like she smiled every day, just I literally never saw her in a bad mood. She was just one of those people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She ended up passing. I was a junior in high school, and she was a sophomore.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Chizzo cheering on teammate]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0CHIZZO: Yeah, Lex!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Happy music playing]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CHIZZO: If I can exude even a little bit of the type of positivity that she has kind of created in our household and just around her in general. That, just, that\u2019s what I try to do every day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of my mottos in life is be the reason someone smiles today, and I really try to do that every day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SHANE DAVIS, Northwestern volleyball head coach: Natalie Chizzo is the most positive person I have ever met in my life, and it is a true joy to be able to coach her on a daily basis, and her positivity is contagious throughout our group as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Chizzo playing volleyball and team\/fans cheering]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CHIZZO: If I can just impact one little girl like to either pursue a collegiate volleyball career or to just try to be more positive, or just \u2014 if you see me on the sidelines, I\u2019m crazy \u2014 even just to make people smile and honestly laugh, that\u2019s what I try to do every day, and it definitely is because of Evelyn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Chizzo and teammates cheering]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ELLEE STINSON, Northwestern volleyball sophomore: Natalie, she brings a lot to the team, I would say just like all-around positivity, and just a good friend and a better teammate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CHIZZO: Like for Northwestern volleyball, if I can help aid the culture of just being grateful to be in the gym every day, if I can just leave a little bit of that spirit, um, yeah, that would be, that would be pretty cool for me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Chizzo and teammates laughing]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Video of Chizzo plays]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CHIZZO: Go Cats!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Elena Shklyar is a Sports Media graduate student at Medill. You can connect her on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elenashklyar7\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/elena-shklyar-8721b71a7\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Elena Shklyar Medill Reports The Northwestern volleyball team\u2019s 2022 season was one for the books. The Wildcats reached their highest rating percentage index (RPI) in program history and had their winningest season in the past decade. A huge part of the team\u2019s success? Junior Captain Natalie Chizzo. 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