Honors
- All-America: 2021: AP (2nd); Phil Steele (3rd)
- All-MVFC: (2020-21 - second team; 2021 - second team; 2022 - honorable mention)
- MVFC Special Teams Player of the Week (11/20/21, 11/5/22)
- MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award: 2021
- MVFC Honor Roll: 2020-21, 2021, 2022
- MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022)
2022
Earned All-MVFC honorable mention distinction ... Posted team-high 71 points on 35-of-35 extra points and 12-of-16 field goals ... Averaged 57.9 yards on 53 kickoffs ... Ended season by extending his Bears career-record streak to 69 consecutive PAT's made ... Made 8 straight field goals from 10/1/22 to 11/19/22 ... Ranked 2nd in MVFC in FG accuracy (.750), 4th in FG per game (1.09) and 7th in scoring (6.5) ... Ranked 30th nationally in FG accuracy, 35th in FG per game and 87th in scoring ... Extended streak to 16 straight made field goals before missing one FG attempt at UCA (9/1/22) in season opener, but finished 2-for-3 on the game with 9 points... Was 3-for-3 on field goals and 7-of-7 on extra points vs. Western Illinois (11/5/22) to break MSU single-game kick-scoring record (16 points) and earn MVFC Special Teams Player of the Week ... Was 2-for-2 on field goals (28 and 31) at No. 10 Arkansas (9/17/22) with 3 touchbacks on 6 kickoffs ... His second FG at Arkansas (31 yarder) capped a 71-yard MSU scoring drive that put the Bears up 27-17 with 12:04 left in the game ... Broke MSU record for consecutive PAT's made vs. Southern Illinois (10/8/22) with his 62nd straight ... Made 2-of-2 Field goals at South Dakota (11/5/22) ... Converted season-long 47-yard field goal in win over Youngstown State (11/12/22) ... Was 5-for-5 on extra points vs. UT Martin (9/8/22) ... 2022 Preseason All-MVFC second team ... 2022 Fred Mitchell Award Finalist ... Phil Steele named Pizano to his MVFC third-team squad ... Earned MVFC Honor Roll distinction ... Named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2022 semester.
2021
Earned All-America honors in 2021 from Associated Press (2nd team) and Phil Steele (3rd team) after converting 21-of-24 (.875) field goals and 46-of-47 (.979) extra points on the season ... Earned All-MVFC second-team laurels ... Made 14 consecutive field goal attempts to end the season ... Ranked 3rd in the nation in field goals per game (1.75), 7th in scoring (9.1), and 9th nationally in field goal percentage, all of which led The Valley ... His 109 points were most-ever by a Missouri State place kicker in a season and ranked No. 3 all-time in school history ... Earned MVFC Special Teams Player of the Week (11/20/21) for 13-point output in win at Dixie State that included 7 extra points and a pair of field goals ... Was 3-for-3 on field goals in home win over UCA (9/11/21) with a long of 39 ... Hit 48-yarder and 3-for-4 field goals in season opener at Oklahoma State (9/4/21) ... Booted season-long 51-yarder in road win over No. 7 Southern Illinois (11/6/21) ... Converted 47-yard FG in NCAA FCS Playoff game vs. UT Martin (11/27/21) ... Also averaged 58.4 yards on 77 kickoffs with 35 touchbacks, including season-best 64.0 average at Dixie State (11/20/21) with 5 touchbacks on 7 attempts ... Matched season-high with 13 points in wins over UCA, Indiana State and Dixie State ... Earned MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and MVFC Honor Roll status ... Earned spot on MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 semesters.
2020-21
All-MVFC second-team kicker in his first season at Missouri State ... Ranked 2nd in MVFC and 12th nationally in field goal percentage (.857) on 12-of-14 attempts ... Booted 0.86 field goals per game, which ranked 5th in the MVFC and 23rd nationally ... His 12 FG matched 6th best season total in MSU history ... Led team in scoring (55) with a perfect campaign on extra points (19/19) and a dozen field goals ... His 5.5 points per game finished 8th in the league in scoring average ... In league games, he led all Valley players in PAT percentage (13/13), was 2nd in FG percentage (8/9), 3rd in FG per game (1.33), 4th in scoring (62) and 3rd in kicker scoring ... Connected on season-long 47-yard FG in game at Central Arkansas (9/26/20) ... Scored 12 points and went 3-for-3 on field goal tries in MVFC opener at Western Illinois (2/27/21), including go-ahead FG in 4th quarter ... Also tallied season-high 7 kickoffs at WIU ... In league games, he was 8-for-9 on field goals with the second-most field goals of any MVFC player ... Earned Valley Special Teams Player of the Week distinction after the win over Southern Illinois (3/27/21) in which he booted through the game-winning field goal as time expired ... Scored MSU's first points in NCAA FCS Playoff game at No. 7 North Dakota (4/24/21) with a 28-yard FG ... Also averaged 64.0 yards on 3 kickoffs in NCAA game ... Earned spot on MVFC Honor Roll ... Named to MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters.
Snow College
Led Snow College (Ephraim, Utah) in scoring as a redshirt freshman in 2019, converting 28-of-28 extra points for the Badgers and accounting for 9-of-12 field goals … Had a season-long 45-yarder vs. Lackawanna (9/14/19) and booted game-winning field goal in road win over Garden City (8/24/19) ... Scored team-high 55 points in 2019 … Also averaged 60.3 yards on kickoffs for coach Andrew Mitchell … Began his college career as a soccer player, lettering as a midfielder for a 16-3 squad in 2018.
High School
Was a two-sport standout at Lehi (Utah) High where he played football for the first time as a senior for coach Ed Larsen in 2017 … Started as place kicker and punter … Was part of a 12-2 Pioneers squad that won a state championship and 5A conference title … Also played four seasons of soccer, starting three years as a midfielder.
Personal
Jose Pizano was born 8/24/00 in Orem, Utah … Son of Rodolfo and Veronica Pizano of Lehi, Utah … Has a sister, Sandra … Majoring in Economics.
