Biography
Career
A .307 hitter with 49 runs, 15 doubles, two triples, 13 home runs and 60 RBI in 92 games with 76 starts.
Harding Career Rankings
Highest fielding pct.: 3rd (.988)
Highest slugging pct.: 9th (.538)
Awards
2015 All-GAC (first team)
2015 All-GAC Tournament Team
2015 Capital One Academic All-America (first team)
2015 Capital One Academic All-District
2015 GAC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2014 Academic All-GAC
2015 Academic All-GAC
GAC/NCAA Rankings
2nd in GAC, 17th in NCAA II - 37, Walks, 2015
6th in GAC - .460, On-Base Percentage, 2015
7th in GAC - 8, Home Runs, 2015
9th in GAC - 4, Sacrifice Flies, 2015
2015
Hit .325 with 33 runs, nine doubles, one triple, eight home runs and 37 RBI in 51 games, all starts ... started 34 games at C and 17 at DH ... led the team with 37 walks, tied for fourth-most in an HU single season ... tied for the team lead with four sacrifice flies, tied for ninth in an HU single season ... led Harding in batting average, home runs, RBI, slugging percentage (.552), walks, and on-base percentage (.460) ... hit a team-best .370 (20-for-54) with runners in scoring position ... tied for the team lead with 17 multi-hit games and tied for the team lead with seven multi-RBI games ... had a season-best eight-game hitting streak ... hit two home runs vs. Southern Arkansas at the GAC Tournament.
2014
Played in 31 games with 25 starts ... started 17 games at DH and eight at C ... .299 (26-for-87), 15 R, 6 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 19 RBI ... hit .333 vs. right-handed pitchers, .319 with runners on base, .324 with runners in scoring position, and .333 with two outs ... had five two-out RBI ... had seven multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games ... had a five-game hitting streak and a six-game on-base streak ... went 2-for-5 with two runs, six RBI, a double and a home run at Southern Nazarene (2/21) ... went 3-for-4 with two runs and an RBI at Ouachita Baptist ... homered and scored twice vs. Henderson State (4/12) ... hit two solo home runs vs. Arkansas-Monticello (4/16).
2013
Played in 10 games ... .100 (1-for-10), 1 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI ... hit a three-run, pinch-hit home run in his first collegiate at-bat vs. Maryville (2/9) ... drove in a run on a sacrifice fly vs. Southern Arkansas in the GAC Tournament (5/4).
Career 3+ Hit Games
3 - at Ouachita Baptist, Apr 19, 2014 (4-2-3-1)
3 - Augustana (SD), Jan 31, 2015 (5-2-3-4, 2 2B)
3 - at Ouachita Baptist, Feb 22, 2015 (4-2-3-1, 2B, HR)
3 - at Northwestern Okla., Apr 11, 2015 (4-2-3-2, 3B)
3 - at Southwestern Okla., Apr 19, 2015 (3-1-3-1)
Career 3+ RBI Games
6 - at Southern Nazarene, Feb 21, 2014 (5-2-2-6, 2B, HR)
5 - vs Southern Ark., May 03, 2015 (4-2-2-5)
4 - Augustana (SD), Jan 31, 2015 (5-2-3-4)
3 - Maryville, Feb 09, 2013 (1-1-1-3, HR)
3 - St. Cloud St., Feb 26, 2015 (3-1-1-3)
3 - at Ark.-Monticello, Apr 14, 2015 (3-1-2-3)
Career Home Runs
Maryville, Feb 09, 2013 (3-Run HR, Pinch-Hit HR)
at Southern Nazarene, Feb 21, 2014
Henderson St., Apr 12, 2014
Ark.-Monticello, Apr 16, 2014
Ark.-Monticello, Apr 16, 2014
at Ouachita Baptist, Feb 22, 2015 (Leadoff HR)
St. Cloud St., Feb 26, 2015 (3-Run HR)
at Southern Nazarene, Mar 07, 2015 (Solo HR)
at Ark.-Fort Smith, Mar 24, 2015 (2-Run HR)
Ouachita Baptist, Mar 31, 2015 (Leadoff HR)
at Ark.-Monticello, Apr 14, 2015 (3-Run HR)
vs Southern Ark., May 03, 2015 (2-Run HR)
vs Southern Ark., May 03, 2015 (3-Run HR, Walkoff)
Previous Schools
Transferred to Harding from College of Charleston in South Carolina ... redshirted in 2012 at College of Charleston ... a 2011 graduate of North Cobb Christian School in Kennesaw, Ga., where he was inducted into the school's athletics Hall of Fame in December 2014 ... coached by Alan Dukes ... posted a career batting average of .389 with 10 HRs and 56 RBI at North Cobb Christian School ... earned First Team All-Region honors and All-County in 2010 and 2011 ... set a school record with three grand slams ... earned the school Silver Slugger award in 2010 and 2011 ... a part of a team that won a region championship in 2008 ... high school's Principal's Award for outstanding student ... was a Georgia Certificate of Merit recipient and a National Merit Commended Scholar ... served as the school president of FCA and the vice president of National Honor Society.
Personal
Born: Feb. 16, 1993 in Atlanta ... Major: Interior Design ... Parents: Don and Susan Richardson.
Career Highs
Hits: 3, 5 times
Doubles: 2, Augustana, Jan 31, 2015
Triples: 1Â [t-3rd], at Southwestern Okla., Apr 04, 2014; at Northwestern Okla., Apr 11, 2015
Home runs: 2Â [t-2nd], Ark.-Monticello, Apr 16, 2014; vs Southern Ark., May 03, 2015
Total bases: 8, Ark.-Monticello, Apr 16, 2014; vs Southern Ark., May 03, 2015
RBI: 6Â [t-4th], at Southern Nazarene, Feb 21, 2014
Runs scored: 3, at Southeastern Okla., Mar 15, 2015
Walks: 3, Mo. Western St., Feb 07, 2015
Hit by pitch: 2Â [t-3rd], Southern Nazarene, Mar 07, 2015
Struck out: 2, 4 times
Sac flies: 1, 8 times
Sac bunts: 1, Southwestern Okla., Apr 19, 2015
At bats: 5, Ark.-Monticello, Apr 04, 2015; at Southern Nazarene, Feb 21, 2014; Augustana, Jan 31, 2015
Field chances: 14, Ouachita Baptist, Feb 22, 2015
Putouts: 13, Ouachita Baptist, Feb 22, 2015
Assists: 2, Mo. Western St., Feb 07, 2015; St. Cloud St., Mar 01, 2015
Runners CS: 2, Mo. Western St., Feb 07, 2015; St. Cloud St., Mar 01, 2015
