Larissa Richards

6-3 • Junior-1L • Center
Great Bend, Kan./Great Bend High School

General: Fourth-year player ... A talented post player with good hands and sound moves on the block ... Has established herself as a strong force in the lane with great shot blocking ability ... Redshirted the 2007-08 season after injuring her knee in the first game of the season and played only six games in 2008-09 after injuring the same knee in preseason workouts.

2009-10: Played in 28 games with 12 starts ... Led the team with 49 blocks on the season, setting a new school record ... Played 13.3 minutes per game and averaged 5.0 points and 3.9 rebounds per game ... Finished the season with a .519 shooting percentage ... Recorded a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds against Emporia State on Feb. 17 ... Had three double figure scoring games and grabbed double figures in rebounds twice ... Scored a career-high 19 points against Northwest Missouri on Feb. 6 ... Blocked a career-high six shots at Fort Hays State on Feb. 24.

2008-09: Played in six games with four starts before spending the rest of the season rehabbing an ACL tear ... Averaged 6.5 points and 4.3 rebounds, while shooting .708 from the floor in those six games ... Scored in double figures in two games, including a season-high 13 against Missouri S&T on Nov. 28.

2007-08: Scored six points and grabbed three rebounds before tearing her ACL in the first game of the season.

High School: A second-team Kansas Class 5A All-State selection as a senior at Great Bend High School in 2007 ... Averaged 14.0 points, 9.5 rebounds and 5.0 blocked shots per game, helping the Panthers to a 17-5 record ... Named the most valuable player of the WAC and helped lead GBHS to an unblemished 8-0 league record and the league title ... Also earned all-league honors as a sophomore in 2005 when she averaged 12.7 points, 6.7 rebounds and 3.5 blocked shots per game ... Helped the Panthers to a 16-7 record, a league title and a trip to the Class 5A State Tournament that year ... Missed the 2006 with a knee injury ... Set a GBHS record by blocking 111 shots during her senior season ... Set another GBHS single-season mark with a .651 field goal percentage during her sophomore campaign in 2005 ... A two-time state champion in the discus in track and field.

Personal: Born August 6, 1988 ... Daughter of Michael and Sandra Richards ... An early childhood development major.