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OREGON STATE
2011 (Junior): Appeared in 19 games, starting three times in the outfield, twice at shortstop and once at third base ... Notched her first hit as a Beaver on March 20 against Weber State ... Went a perfect 2-for-2 in a 1-0 win over St. Mary's on March 27 ... Drove in her first run at No. 19 Oregon as part of a 1-for-2 effort on April 22 ... Stole her only base of the season and scored two runs on March 11 against Seattle at the Husky Softball Classic.
COSUMNES RIVER COLLEGE Played two seasons of softball under coach Cindy Ball as a third baseman ... Batted .406 with a fielding percentage of .927 in 2010 and batted .432 with a fielding percentage of .947 in 2009 ... Was selected to the 2009 and 2010 all-state team ... Was a NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete.
BELLA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL Graduated in 2007 with a 4.10 GPA ... Lettered all four years in softball as a shortstop for coach Bob Hayes ... Lettered three years as a midfielder in field hockey for coach Andi Wright ... Was on the honor roll.
PERSONAL Daughter of Jim and Lisa Richardson ... Father is a grocery clerk and mother is a court reporter ... Has one older brother Kyle who played baseball at CSU Bakersfield from 2009-10 ... Most memorable softball moment was going to the state tournament in 2010 with her junior college team ... Chose Oregon State because of "all the opportunities that come with attending a Pac-10 school."
