UC San Diego

AS A JUNIOR IN 2023
Spring Big West All-Academic Team ... Played in 35 games at third and first base and started 20 … Compiled 14 hits, five runs, nine RBI, three doubles, two triples, one home run, and 24 total bases … Career-high six assists vs. Boston College (3/4). 

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2022
Big West All-Academic … Played in 32 games in the infield and started 19 … Record first collegiate hit against Princeton where she also batted in her first collegiate RBI (3/8) … Compiled 12 hits, 5 runs, 4 RBI, and 13 total bases … Career-high 3 assists against the University of San Diego (3/30) … Career-high 4 putouts against Long Beach State (4/9).

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2021
Played in four games for the Tritons, seeing time as a pinch hitter ... Scored one run in an 11-2 win over Cal Poly (5/15). 

CLUB
Competed with California Fastpitch 16U (2016-17), Norcal Shockers 18U (2017-2018) and Lady Hustle Fastpitch Softball 18U (2018-20).

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2020 graduate of Livermore High School ... Named to the North Coast Section (NCS) Scholar-Athlete Principles List three times ... Livermore Granada Boosters MVP and Olympian Scholar Athlete-Award recipient (2020) ... Earned team's Most Inspirational Player in 2019 ... Led team to Division II NCS Finals ... Part of the Cowboys' NCS Scholastic Championship Team (2016-17).

PERSONAL
Born March 3 in Walnut Creek ... Parents are Michael and Karen Richards ... Father graduated from Cal State East Bay and played baseball at Diablo Valley College as well as Cal State Northridge ... Mother attended College of the Holy Cross ... Has a younger brother Chase ... Clinical Psychology major at Roosevelt College ... Aspires to go to graduate school to further her education in psychology research ... Most memorable softball moment is beating Fullerton on live TV on ESPN and being the first sport for our school to be broadcasted on ESPNU ... Hobbies include hiking, reading, running, going to the beach and camping ... Roots for the San Francisco Giants, San Francisco 49ers and the Warriors ... Favorite athletes are George Kittle and Shohei Ohtani ... Favorite movie is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ... Listens to Rebelution, A Tribe Called Quest, Mac Miller, Eminem and Ms. Lauryn Hill ... Loves Mexican food ... Something most folks don't know about her is that her name is spelled with an umlaut over the "e" and it means "life" in Greek.