Minnesota State University - Mankato Athletics

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PRONUNCIATION:

2024: Played in 27 matches and 100 sets in final season with Mavericks… Led the team in kills with 272 and tallied 20 service aces, 243 digs and 31 total blocks in 2024… Richards had back-to-back 17-kill matches against UW-Parkside and Northern Michigan… Recorded 20 digs in the match against Truman State… Had five blocks against Minnesota Duluth… Reached double-figure kills in 14 matches… Ended with double-digit digs in 12 matches… Finished her career with 720 kills and 700 digs… Was named to the NSIC Fall All-Academic Team in 2024.

2023: Played in 25 of Minnesota State’s 26 matches… Ended the season with 167 kills, 15 service aces, 163 digs and 22 blocks… Recorded career-highs in kills and digs with 20 kills and 25 digs at Northern State late in the season… Had four blocks in two matches in 2023… Had five matches with 10 or more digs… Was named to the NSIC Fall All-Academic Team.

2022: Played in 27 of Minnesota State’s 28 matches and appeared in 88 sets… finished fourth on the team in digs with 226…Was second on the team in kills with 208 and in service aces with 22…Recorded 21 blocks…Posted at least 10 kills in 10 matches…Was named to the NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence…Recorded a season high of 16 kills vs. Black Hills St.

2021: Saw action in 39 sets for the Mavericks... Totaled 73 kills and 68 digs during the 2021 campaign... Had a season best 15 kills against Northern State on 11/06/21... Garnered 10 digs three times this during the season.

High School: Three-sport athlete at Waterville-Elysian-Morristown High School where she competed in volleyball, basketball and track and field...Ffour-year starter with the volleyball team that finished first in the conference standing three times...Four-time all-conference player and was named conference player of the year in 2020...Claimed All-State honors in 2019 and helped her team to a second- place finish in the state tournament in 2019...Finished career with more than 1,000 digs and 1,000 kills and set school record with 1,460 digs...Finished first in pole vault at state meet in 2021 and helped team to conference championship as a senior...Took second place in high jump at state meet in 2021...Named academic all-state.

Personal: Majoring in life science education.