Upcoming Event: Volleyball at Mississippi State on September 10, 2025 at 7 PM
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Volleyball
at Mississippi State
2023 Volleyball Roster
Richardson, Rachel
Jersey Number 3
Rachel Richardson
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Ellicott City, Md.
- High School:
- St. John's College High School
Bio
Honors: All-ACC Academic Team (2022, 2024) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023) ... ACC Unity Trip (2023) ... 2024 CSC Academic All-District Team
2023: Saw action in 106 sets and 29 matches … Finished the season tied for third on the team in total kills with 157 Collected 131 digs, 19 aces and 58 total blocks … Collected a career-high 16 kills in the victory over Creighton (8/27) … Notched three-or-more total blocks in 10 different matches … Saw a career-high six total blocks against Michigan (9/9) and Boston College (10/13) … Tied her career-high of three aces twice against West Virginia (9/2) and Elon (9/5) … Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2022: Played in all but one match and 101 sets as a sophomore outside hitter … Knocked down 205 kills for a 2.03 kills per set average … Added 199 digs as six-rotation player … Tallied 21 aces, 26 total blocks and 17 assists as an all-around athlete … Saw a career-high 15 kills in the win at Notre Dame (10/30) … Picked up a career-high 18 digs versus NC State (10/19) and a career-high three aces four times … Finished third on the team in total kills (205) and fourth in digs (199) … Recorded five double-doubles and 14 games with 10 or more kills … Named to the All-ACC Academic Team and to the ACC Academic Honor Roll … Was one of Duke’s representatives at the ACC Unity Trip in Washington, D.C. in the summer of 2023.
2021: Earned a spot on the starting lineup for three matches as a freshman … Played in 42 sets and 21 matches … Registered 65 kills, 57 digs and 19 total blocks as an all-around player … Tallied a career-high 10 kills in Duke’s win over College of Charleston (0/4/21) and a career-high four blocks twice versus Wake Forest (11/5/21) and North Carolina (11/26/21) … Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
High School: Competed in the USA Girls Open Junior National Championships the last four years ... Three-time Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) first team honoree ... Named Player of the Year by the WCAC for 2019-2020 as well as Washington D.C. Gatorade Player of the Year for the same season ... As a three-time District of Columbia Public Schools MVP, Richardson was also tabbed to the AVCA All-Region Team and named an Under Armour Honorable Mention selection ... Member of both the National Honor Society and the Spanish National Honor Society ... Served as a senior class representative ... Active as a tutor and part of the Best Buddies program.
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Personal: Born November 4, 2002 ... Parents are Gloria and Marvin Richardson ... Has two brothers (Roy and Matthew) and three sisters (Monique, Ravyn and Reeana) ... Reeana played volleyball at Charlotte ... Ravyn played volleyball at Hampton.
2024: Appeared in 28 matches with 24 starts as a team captain ... Ranked third on the team with 198 kills and averaged 2.18 kills per set ... Also added 128 digs, 35 blocks, 19 service aces and seven assists ... Finished fourth on the team in total service aces while also finishing fifth in both blocks and digs … Delivered a standout performance with 17 kills and 13 digs against Princeton (9/13) ... Recorded team-high kills in the matches against FIU (9/7), Penn State (9/13) and Michigan (9/21) … Matched her career-high six blocks against St. John's (9/14) ... Named to the All-ACC Academic Team and the 2024 CSC Academic All-District Volleyball Team.
2023: Saw action in 106 sets and 29 matches … Finished the season tied for third on the team in total kills with 157 Collected 131 digs, 19 aces and 58 total blocks … Collected a career-high 16 kills in the victory over Creighton (8/27) … Notched three-or-more total blocks in 10 different matches … Saw a career-high six total blocks against Michigan (9/9) and Boston College (10/13) … Tied her career-high of three aces twice against West Virginia (9/2) and Elon (9/5) … Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2022: Played in all but one match and 101 sets as a sophomore outside hitter … Knocked down 205 kills for a 2.03 kills per set average … Added 199 digs as six-rotation player … Tallied 21 aces, 26 total blocks and 17 assists as an all-around athlete … Saw a career-high 15 kills in the win at Notre Dame (10/30) … Picked up a career-high 18 digs versus NC State (10/19) and a career-high three aces four times … Finished third on the team in total kills (205) and fourth in digs (199) … Recorded five double-doubles and 14 games with 10 or more kills … Named to the All-ACC Academic Team and to the ACC Academic Honor Roll … Was one of Duke’s representatives at the ACC Unity Trip in Washington, D.C. in the summer of 2023.
2021: Earned a spot on the starting lineup for three matches as a freshman … Played in 42 sets and 21 matches … Registered 65 kills, 57 digs and 19 total blocks as an all-around player … Tallied a career-high 10 kills in Duke’s win over College of Charleston (0/4/21) and a career-high four blocks twice versus Wake Forest (11/5/21) and North Carolina (11/26/21) … Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
High School: Competed in the USA Girls Open Junior National Championships the last four years ... Three-time Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) first team honoree ... Named Player of the Year by the WCAC for 2019-2020 as well as Washington D.C. Gatorade Player of the Year for the same season ... As a three-time District of Columbia Public Schools MVP, Richardson was also tabbed to the AVCA All-Region Team and named an Under Armour Honorable Mention selection ... Member of both the National Honor Society and the Spanish National Honor Society ... Served as a senior class representative ... Active as a tutor and part of the Best Buddies program.
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Personal: Born November 4, 2002 ... Parents are Gloria and Marvin Richardson ... Has two brothers (Roy and Matthew) and three sisters (Monique, Ravyn and Reeana) ... Reeana played volleyball at Charlotte ... Ravyn played volleyball at Hampton.
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