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2023 Volleyball Roster

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20 Abbey Richman

  • Position Defensive Specialist/Libero
  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-5
  • High School Brebeuf Jesuit Prep
  • Hometown Carmel, Ind.

Biography

Member of the 2023 Southern Conference Tournament Championship squad that made an NCAA Tournament appearance, both of which were firsts for any Wofford women’s team sport.

Career: Five-time SoCon Defensive Player of the Week and once claimed SoCon Defensive Player of the Month… Eight all-time at Wofford with 1,250 digs… Fourth on leaderboard with 3.58 digs per set… Added 218 assists and 79 aces… Twice named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll.

2023: Played 110 sets across all 31 matches… Led team with 428 digs at a rate of 3.89 per set with those total digs ranking fifth in the SoCon… Opened season with 22-straight matches with double-digit digs, stretching an overall streak to 43 matches… Reached 20 or more digs seven times… Totaled 79 assists and 23 aces… Four time SoCon Player of the Week and added SoCon Player of the Month honors for September… Reached 20 digs for first time on the season with 21 against Georgia State (9/1) … Added 20 digs against High Point (9/5) … Became 18th Terrier to ever reach 1,000 digs in Wofford’s historic win at Virginia (9/16) … Recorded 23 digs in back-to-back matches at Chattanooga (9/23) and against Furman (9/28) with four aces added in against the Mocs… At The Citadel (10/7), sent home three aces and added 23 digs… Tallied 22 digs at Western Carolina (10/12) … Posted 15 digs at Samford (10/27) as last match of her outstanding 43-match double-digit dig streak… On senior day against ETSU (11/11), totaled nine digs… Named to all-tournament teams for the Wofford Invitational and Jefferson Cup Invitational.

2022: Played 102 sets in 29 matches with three starts… Led team with 389 digs, seventh in the Southern Conference… Added 28 aces and 67 assists… Averaged 3.81 digs per set, 0.27 aces per set and 0.66 assists per set… Recorded 21 matches with double-digit digs, all in a row to end season… Five of those matches totaled 20 or more digs… Assumed libero duties against Incarnate Word (9/10), tallying 15 digs to begin her double-digit dig streak… Dished career-high six assists against Furman (9/28) alongside 14 digs… Reached 20 digs for first time on season with 22 at Mercer (10/14) … Recorded 30 digs against Chattanooga (10/21) … Followed with 20 digs against ETSU (10/22) and 27 at Furman (10/26) … In the SoCon Tournament against Chattanooga (11/18), recorded 24 digs.

2021: Started 5 of 22 appearances and played 72 sets ... Recorded 150 digs and averaged 2.08/s ... Totaled 44 assists, 15 service aces and 16.0 points ... Posted four matches with double-figure dig totals ... Recorded 12 digs against Stony Brook (8/27), FAU (8/28) and North Alabama (9/12) ... Added a career-high six assists against North Alabama (9/12).

2020-21: Played in all 17 matches and 65 sets … Led the team in digs (283) and finished fourth in the Southern Conference (4.35/set) … Tallied double-digit dig totals in 16 of 17 matches … Finished second on the team in assists (43) and third in aces (13) … Notched 20 digs and three assists versus Chattanooga (2/8) … Corralled 18 digs and a block at Samford (2/14) … Recorded a career-best 32 digs and dished five assists at Western Carolina (2/24) …. Added 17 digs and three assists against The Citadel (2/28) … Named SoCon Defensive Player of the Week (3/2) … Tallied 20 digs at Mercer (3/7) … Landed two aces and recorded 18 digs against Furman (3/21) … Recorded 30 digs, a career-best six assists and two aces in SoCon Semifinals against Samford (4/2).

Prior to Wofford: Competed for Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School, setting the school record with 1,406 digs ... Totaled 138 aces in 333 sets played ... Named IHSAA All-State two times ... Three-time IHSVCA 3A All-District Team ... Two-year Circle City All-Conference Team, Marion All-County Team ... Three-year team captain, 2017, 2019 Sectional Champion ... Named Academic High Honors ... 2019 IHSVCA Academic All-State ... Four-year AAU Academic All-American ... National Honors Society ... Volunteered for Young Life, Special Olympics and Nora Elementary School.
 
Personal: Birthday is May 16... Daughter of Mike and Lindy Richman ... Brother, Will, plays basketball at Grinnell College ... Majoring in biology.

Honors & Awards:
- 2023-24 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
- SoCon Defensive Player of the Month (September 2023)
- SoCon Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 2, 2023)
- SoCon Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 25, 2023)
- SoCon Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 18, 2023)
- 2023 Jefferson Cup Inviational All-Tournament Team
- SoCon Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 4, 2023)
- 2023 Wofford Invitational All-Tournament Team
- 2022-23 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
- 2020-21 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
- Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Mar. 2, 2021)
- 2021 Southern Conference All-Academic Team

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2020Freshman

    Defensive Specialist/Libero
    5'5"
    20
  • 20

    2021Sophomore

    Defensive Specialist/Libero
    5'5"
    20
  • 20

    2022Junior

    Defensive Specialist/Libero
    5'5"
    20
  • 20

    2023Senior

    Defensive Specialist/Libero
    5'5"
    20