On Richardson: Pitched three seasons for Villanova (2014-16) and was tied for sixth in school history in career appearances at the time of his graduation ... Originally came to the Wildcats after pitching in parts of two seasons at Santa Ana (Calif.) College, where he made a total of 16 relief appearances in 2012 and 2013 ... A reliable relief pitcher for the Wildcats with outstanding off-speed pitches ... Worked effectively with a knuckle-curve and other breaking pitches to keep hitters off balance ... Attacked at-bats early in the count to generate quick outs.
Villanova Career: Tied for sixth in school history with 70 career appearances despite pitching only three seasons in a Wildcats uniform ... Pitched in at least 19 games in all three of his seasons for Villanova, including 51 appearances in his last two years alone ... All but six of his appearances for the Wildcats were out of the bullpen ... Pitched two innings or more in 25 of his 64 relief appearances, including 11 games where he worked three or more innings in relief ... Logged a total of 137.0 innings and was 6-8 with four saves ... Allowed 126 hits and held opponents to a .248 batting average against him ... Was charged with 76 runs (64 earned) and issued 47 walks while striking out 79 batters ... Allowed just three home runs to 582 batters faced (no home runs to 464 batters in his final two years and 51 games pitched).
2016: Named to the Philadelphia Big 5 All-Academic Team for the second straight year ... Ranked second on the pitching staff with 24 appearances, including six starts ... Went 2-7 with two saves and a 4.75 ERA on the year ... Logged 66 1/3 innings, allowing 68 hits and 44 runs (35 earned) while walking 27 and striking out 27 ... Faced 296 batters and did not allow a home run ... Opponents hit .267 against him ... Pitched into at least the sixth inning in each of his first four starts ... Went a career-high 7 2/3 innings while giving up just two hits and two earned runs, with three walks and a season-high six strikeouts against Hartford ... Earned a win against St. Bonaventure after allowing two earned runs over 5 2/3 innings ... Pitched six scoreless relief innings while allowing just one hit to earn a win against LIU-Brooklyn ... Recorded saves with scoreless ninth innings against both Indiana State and Delaware State ... Pitched two or more innings in eight of his 18 relief appearances ... In a three-game stretch from April 30 through May 10, pitched in three games out of the bullpen and worked a combined 12 scoreless innings with just three hits and one walk allowed; BIG EAST: Pitched in eight games with three starts against BIG EAST opponents ... Went 0-4 with an 8.84 ERA spanning 19 1/3 innings ... Allowed 34 hits and 24 runs (19 earned) while walking 13 and striking out eight ... Gave up just one extra-base hit to 107 batters faced ... Pitched in both ends of a doubleheader against Creighton and gave up just one run on three hits over a combined 4 2/3 innings.
2015: Named to the Big Five All-Academic Team ... Led the team and ranked fifth in the BIG EAST with 27 appearances, all in relief ... Tied for the team lead with four victories and wound up 4-0 with two saves and a 3.02 ERA for the year ... Held opponents to a .219 batting average against him and gave up just 32 hits over 41 2/3 innings ... Faced 168 batters and did not allow a home run ... Gave up 17 runs (14 earned) with 15 walks and 27 strikeouts ... Nine of his relief outings were stints of two innings or longer, including going at least three innings on five occasions ... Pitched four scoreless innings with just a hit and a walk allowed against Bryant to record his first win in a Villanova uniform ... Gave up just one hit over a season-high five scoreless innings against La Salle to earn a win ... Registered the final out against North Dakota State to pick up his first save of the season ... Allowed just one earned run over 14 2/3 innings in a span of seven appearances from April 4-24 ... Recorded wins in consecutive outings to begin that stretch; BIG EAST: Appeared in 10 conference games and registered one save to go along with a 2.93 ERA ... Worked 15 1/3 innings and allowed 14 hits, all singles, while holding opponents to a .255 batting average against him ... Gave up seven runs (five earned) with five walks and 12 strikeouts ... Pitched three scoreless innings to earn a save against Butler ... Had a season-high four strikeouts in two scoreless innings against Xavier ... Worked 3 1/3 scoreless innings and allowed just one hit while striking out two against Georgetown ... Made consecutive scoreless appearances versus Creighton to end the season.
2014: Made 19 appearances out of the bullpen and was 0-1 with a 4.66 ERA ... Limited opponents to a .243 batting average against him and allowed just 26 hits and five walks over 29.0 innings pitched (1.07 WHIP) ... Yielded 15 earned runs and had 25 strikeouts ... Gave up three home runs to 118 batters faced ... Logged at least two innings in eight of his 19 outings, including three relief appearances of three innings or longer ... Allowed just one earned run over 11 2/3 innings in a stretch of six appearances from March 8-27 ... Pitched a season-high four scoreless innings against Connecticut during that stretch and also worked 2 2/3 hitless innings with four strikeouts against Niagara ... Had a season-high five strikeouts and pitched 2 2/3 scoreless innings against Saint Joseph's; BIG EAST: Appeared in six games versus conference opponents and was 0-1 with a 9.00 ERA in seven innings of work ... Allowed seven earned runs on 10 hits while walking none and striking out five ... Gave up two home runs ... Finished the season by allowing just a run on two hits while striking out two over 2 2/3 innings versus Butler.
Santa Ana College: Pitched for two seasons at Santa Ana College, a member of the highly-competitive California Community College Athletics Association ... Appeared in a total of 16 games in relief over two years, compiling a 3-0 record with a 3.74 ERA ... Logged 21 2/3 innings and allowed 21 hits and nine earned runs, while walking 11 and striking out 10 ... As a sophomore in 2013 pitched in four games and allowed just two hits over five scoreless innings.
Tesoro High School: Earned two varsity letters playing baseball ... Also was a guard on the basketball team and ran cross country ... As a baseball player earned South Coast All-League honors in 2011 and was selected to play in the South Coast Senior Showcase ... Received OC Varsity Player of the Week honors ... Compiled a 9-5 record with a 2.87 ERA and 65 strikeouts during the 2011 season ... Set his school's single-season strikeout and shutout records that year ... Named to the Principal's Honor Roll academically all four years ... Also earned a spot on the Dean's Honor Roll and as a senior was chosen as an AP Scholar with Honor.
Personal: Born 6/21/93 in Los Angeles, Calif. ... Oldest of three children of Danton and Maria Richardson ... Has two siblings, Calise and Colton ... Chose to attend Villanova for its Mechanical Engineering program and for the chance to play baseball in the BIG EAST Conference ... Mechanical Engineering major.
