2007: Played in and started 32 of ISU's 33 matches ... first-team
All-Missouri Valley Conference ... named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team ... set
career-highs in kills (395), digs (422), set-assists (110) and points (463.5) ... her 422
digs were 39 more than she tallied in her first two seasons combined ... recorded 23
matches with double-digit kills, including four 20-plus kill outings ... tallied 17
double-doubles (kills-digs) on the season ... hit .300 or better in 12 contests, including
three matches with an attack percentage over .400 ... had 23 matches with 20 or more digs
... the Valley Player of the Week for the period ending Sept. 16 ... had a career-high 28
kills in ISU's five-game win over UNI (Oct. 6) ... tallied a career-best 26 digs (6.5 dpg)
against Missouri State (Sept. 22) ... had a career-high eight set-assists in the win over
Alabama (Sept. 1) ... played the last month of the season with a stress fracture in her
left foot, but still recorded double-digit kills in five of the final eight contests,
including all three matches of the Valley Tournament.
2006: A First-Team All-Missouri Valley Conference performer ...
appeared in all of Illinois State's 30 matches, recording 29 starts ... averaged 3.16 kills
per game, and 2.28 digs per game ... collected double-digit kill efforts in 23 individual
matches, including the last seven of the season ... hit .300-or-better in 11 contests, and
ranked 10th in the Valley with a .246 season hitting mark ... recorded three outings with
20 or more kills, including a then-career-high 23 in a four-game win at Wichita State (Nov.
17) in the last weekend of the MVC regular season ... had 12 double-doubles (kills-digs) on
the season...scored a team second-best 442.0 points ... had a career-best .650 hitting
percentage in a sweep over Indiana State Nov. 3 ... collected double-digit dig tallies in
14 matches, including the last four of the regular season ... had a then-career-high 19
digs in a four-game victory over Northern Illinois (Aug. 29) ... recorded 26 service aces
on the season ... had 95.0 total blocks (0.82 bpg) ... collected a career-high seven block
assists in ISU's win at Missouri State (Nov. 18) to end the regular season ... MVC
Honorable Mention Scholar-Athlete Team selection.
2005: State Farm Missouri Valley Conference All-Tournament selection
... served out the last five points, including back-to-back aces, in a 30-26 winning game
two of a 3-0 sweep of Northern Iowa (Oct. 7) ... collected 12 kills in first college start
at Michigan (Sept. 10) ... her stuff block and kill in game five versus Western Kentucky
helped Illinois State win its second- straight Barker GMC Classic championship ... Illinois
State was 5-0 when she hit above .350 for a match.
High School/Club: 2003 and 2004 first-team all-conference ... led the
league in kills and digs in 2004 ... all-district in 2003 and 2004 ... led team to
school-record 30 wins (30-2) her senior year, including a 20-match winning streak ... was
named team MVP in junior campaign ... was a second-team all-conference selection as a
sophomore ... also participated in soccer as a freshman and sophomore ... led St. Louis CYC
teams to USAV National Tournament in 2003 and 2004, with the 2004 squad finishing 10th.
Personal: Major is physical education ... took classes at Meramac
Community College in spring 2005 ... daughter of John and Mary Ann Richmond, with brothers
Marty, Mike, Steve, Rob and Paul ... two-year high school superintendent scholar ... Mary
Catherine Richmond, born 10-3-86.