Education
Richard attended Los Osos High School where he earned first-team All-Baseline League honors and was selected to play in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin All-Star game.
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He played two years of college basketball for Cal State Los Los Angeles Richard transferred to Riverside City College as a sophomore where he averaged 4.3 points and 4.1 rebounds per contest. In his junior season Richard moved to Cal State Los Angeles where, in his first season, he set a new program single-season record for blocked shots with 75, breaking a mark that had stood since 1984.
He appeared in 27 games and started the final eight games of the season, averaging 5.5 points per game and led the team in rebounding with 6.6 per game.
As a senior, Richard averaged 8.5 points, 8.6 rebounds and 4.6 blocks. After going undrafted in the 2013 National Basketball Association draft, he spent his first year as a pro with KD Hopsi Polzela of the Slovenian League and Elitzur Ramla of the Israeli Liga Leumit.
On August 6, 2014, Richard signed with Bawer Matera of the Italian Serie A2 Basket. On October 31, 2015, Richard was selected by the Reno Bighorns in the fifth round of the 2015 National Basketball Association Development League Draft.
However, he was waived on November 12.
The son of Larry and Tracy Richard and Anthony and Teri Gooden, he majored in communications.
Achievements
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They won a pair of league championships. Richard began his college career at Cal State San Bernardino where he appeared in 24 games and started four times, helping the Coyotes win a conference championship as a freshman while leading his team in blocks with 30. He helped the team win an Orange Coast Conference championship and was named to Jerry Mullen’s Top-120 camp.
