University of Evansville Athletics

2015: All-Missouri Valley Conference First Team … MVC All-Tournament honoree … MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award ... Started all 20 matches on the season … Missed just three minutes of play on the season … Helped defense post six shutouts on the season, including helping the team hold both Northern Iowa (Nov. 6) and Loyola (Nov. 8) scoreless in the MVC tourney … Converted the winning penalty in the championship shootout against Loyola … Also played a full 90 minutes in the NCAA Tournament at Florida State (Nov. 13).

2014: MVC Honor Roll ... Started and played in all of the team’s 20 matches … Scored five points on five assists … Finished seventh in the Missouri Valley Conference in assists … In league play, ranked sixth in assists (one), and 10th in assists per game (0.17) … Led the Purple Aces in assists … Tallied her first assist of the year in a season-opening 2-0 win over Austin Peay (Aug. 22) … Took a season-high three shots against Saint Louis (Aug. 24) and Tennessee Tech (Oct. 21) … Added another assist in 2-0 victory vs. Bowling Green (Aug. 29) … Recorded a season-best two assists in 7-0 win over Tennessee Tech (Sept. 21) … Posted another assist in a 2-0 victory against Northern Iowa (Oct. 25) … Helped UE set program records with six straight shutouts (Sept. 12-Sept. 28), 13 overall shutouts, and a scoreless streak of 631:57 (Sept. 7 - Oct. 4).

2013: MVC Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 1) … Started all 19 matches as a defender … Scored five points on two goals and one assist … Notched her first career point by dishing out an assist in a 2-1 win vs. Valparaiso (Sept. 15) … Scored her first collegiate goal, a game-winner, in a 1-0 win vs. Drake (Sept. 29) … Scored her second goal of the year in the MVC Tournament quarterfinals at Missouri State (Nov. 3) to send the game to overtime, where Evansville advanced to the semifinals by besting the Bears in penalty kicks … Attempted 11 shots on the season, putting six on frame … Fired a season-high two shots against Western Kentucky (Oct. 27) and at Missouri State (Nov. 3).

PREP: Two-time all-district and all-regional selection at Elizabethtown High School … First Team All-State selection in 2012 and received all-state honorable mention recognition in 2011 … Selected as the offensive MVP in 2012 and led Elizabethtown to the Kentucky State quarterfinals … Finished her 2012 season with 28 goals and 10 assists … Guided Elizabethtown to a Lexington Catholic Cup title in 2011 and was named Academic All-State that season … Member of the Louisville United club team … Tallied 31 goals during her 2012 club season … Also a member of the track and field team at Elizabethtown, placing sixth in the Kentucky State Championships in pole vault as a freshman and second as a sophomore.

PERSONAL: Emily Victoria Richardson ... Born April 11, 1995, in St. Paul, Minnesota ... Daughter of David and Shannon Richardson ... Has two older sisters, Megan and Katelynn.