University of South Alabama Athletics

– 2014 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List
– Jaguar Invitational All-Tournament (2015)

INTANGIBLES    
Ranks sixth on career blocks per set list (0.94) entering the 2016 season.

AT SOUTH ALABAMA
JUNIOR SEASON (2015)    
Started 27 of her 28 matches during the season, competing in all 111 sets … Recorded 134 kills and averaged 1.23 kills per set … Also posted 105 total blocks – 11 solo and 94 assists – for a 0.94 blocks per set average … Her 134 kills ranked third on the club … Her 94 block assists during the season tied with former Jags Amber Wyatt (2013) and Kenisha McQuirter (2000) for ninth-most in a single season at USA … Twice recorded a career-high 11 kills – vs. UTEP (9/5) and vs. Samford (9/12) … Recorded six of more kills in 13 matches … Had a career-high 18.0 points against UTEP as she recorded her first career double-double with 10.0 blocks against the Miners … Also had 10 block assists at Southern Mississippi (9/29), which tied for the most block assists in a match since rally era scoring started in 2001 … Posted matches of three or more total blocks 19 times … Hit .500 or better eight times … Had a season-best .750 hitting percentage (9-0-12) against Alabama State … Had a string of four-straight matches (9/5 - 9/12) of hitting .500 or better … Named to the 2015 Jaguar Invitational all-tournament squad.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2014)    
Saw time on the court for South Alabama in nine matches, earning four starts … Played in 18 sets … Recorded 12 kills and 15 block assists … Averaged 0.83 blocks per set … Saw first action of the season vs. Nevada (8/30) and had four block assists … Recorded five kills vs. Arkansas State (9/27) … Made first start of the season against the Red Wolves and added two block assists, while hitting .308 in the match … Had five block assists at Georgia Southern (10/31) … Led USA in blocks in three matches … Named to the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List.

AT RUTGERS
FRESHMAN SEASON (2013)    
Began her collegiate career at Rutgers University … As a true freshman, she saw action in 11 matches, starting one for the Scarlet Knights during the 2013 season … Totaled seven digs and 18 kills, while also recording seven total blocks … Registered a season-high five kills on two occasions versus Morehead State (9/20) and at Pittsburgh (9/20) at the Pitt Panther Invitational … Added a season-high three blocks versus Morehead State.

AT HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL    
Lettered four years, starting three of those at Houston High in Germantown, Tenn. …  Accumulated 1,119 kills and 293 career blocks during her prep career … While at HHS, the Mustangs reached the state tournament three out of four seasons … First-team all-state selection by the Tennessee Sports Writers Association as a senior in 2012 … Left the program holding school records for hitting percentage in a season (.400), highest kill percentage in a season (.531), most blocks in a season (118), most kills in a season (518) and most kills in a match (28), all set during her senior season … Selected to compete in the 2012 Tennessee Athletic Coaches Association All-Star match … Named to the all-region team as a senior … Chosen as a “Best of the Preps” member in final two seasons, becoming a finalist in 2012 … Named District 15 Co-Player of the Year as a junior and senior … Was a three-time all-district selection (2010, 2011, 2012)...One of 14 students in the inaugural class of the Houston High School Honors Academy … Earned the Athletic Academic Achievement Award all four years of at HHS … Member of the National Honor Society as a junior and senior … Played club volleyball for the Memphis Juniors in 2011 and 2012 … Member of Delta Force (Memphis, Tenn.) in 2009 and 2010 … Found on the PrepVolleyball.com “Top 79 Sophomores – Honorable Mention” list in 2010, earning the same accolades on the “Top 59 Freshman” list in 2009.

PERSONAL    
Sarah Katherine Richardson...Born in Germantown, Tenn. … Daughter of Joseph and Adrianne Richardson … Has one older sister, Kelly, and one younger sister, Emily … Mother Adrianne (Machcinski) Richardson was a setter for Rider University from 1978-1981 and aunt, Vivian (Machcinski) Falco, played basketball for the University of Pennsylvania and is in the Penn Hall of Fame...Hobbies include photography, playing piano and collecting starfish...Favorite movies are “The Goonies” and “Beetlejuice”...Favorite foods are steak, macaroni and cheese and Italian food...Majoring in advertising and minoring in business.