Albion College

Suzanne Rustoni enjoyed a successful career as ascholar-athlete at Albion, and she was building a career as ateacher, coach, and cyclist when she perished in a 2001 trafficaccident.

Rustoni was a four-year letter winner and a two-yearcaptain for the swimming and diving team. She established schoolrecord times in the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke and 200- and400-yard individual medley during the 1988-89 season. Academically,she was named to the MIAA’s Academic Honor Roll all fouryears, and she was a member of Omicron Delta Epsilon, the economicshonor society. She completed an economics internship with BritishPetroleum in London.

Rustoni had worked in accounting for several years afterreceiving a master’s degree in international finance fromWalsh College. She left the finance field to become a teacher andassistant swim coach at Birmingham Groves High School.

Rustoni also achieved success in cycling. She was theMichigan State Road Cycling Champion from 1996 to 1999 andqualified for the United States Olympic Trials in 2000.