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Mykaela Hammer, Capri Richardson, Lia Gaogao

Capri Richardson

Year:
Redshirt Senior
Position:
MB
Hometown:
Aurora, Colo.
Previous School:
1L

2015 (senior season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference... Played in 80 matches over her four-year career, including every set Montana played in both 2014 and 2015… Finished her career with 523 career kills, led by a 2.45 kills-per-set average during her senior season, which ranked second on the team… Her career hitting percentage of .292 would rank third in school history, if she took enough attacks during her first two seasons to qualify… After hitting .294 as a junior, she increased her percentage to .309 as a senior, the third-best single-season percentage in school history, earning 265 kills on 585 swings… Ranked in the top 10 in the Big Sky in 2015 for attacking and blocking, totaling a team-best 91 blocks for a 0.84 blocks-per-set average… During her career, recorded 260 blocks, for a 0.97 blocks-per-set average... Three times as a senior she recorded seven blocks in a match and 13 times she recorded at least four stuffs… Had at least 10 kills in 13 different matches, including four in a row in mid-October… In back-to-back wins to open the season, she recorded 26 total kills on .524 efficiency, as Montana beat Air Force and Northeastern… Led Montana with 13 kills at a .480 clip in a win at Portland State, and two weeks later had 13 kills on .313 efficiency in a road win at Eastern Washington… Finished her career with a three-set sweep over Montana State, recording six kills (.385 hitting) and five blocks.

2014 (junior season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... Second-team All-Big Sky Conference ... A one-time Big Sky Conference Player of the Week ... Played in and started all 29 matches, one of two players to start every match ... Averaged 1.94 kills on team-leading .294 hitting ... Led the team with 124 blocks (1.12/s) and ranked third with 18 service aces (0.16/s) ... Blocking average ranked fifth in the Big Sky ... Hitting percentage during league matches of .344 ranked fourth ... Named the Big Sky Player of the Week on Oct. 27 after averaging 3.44 kills on .411 hitting and 1.33 blocks in home victories over Portland State and Sacramento State ... Had 12 kills on .611 hitting and eight blocks against Eastern Washington in the team’s next match ... Seven times had 10 or more kills, six of those coming in Big Sky matches ... Ten times hit .400 or better, three times hit better than .500 ... Blocked a season-high 10 balls in five-set loss to Kent State at West Virginia’s tournament and had a season-high three service aces in season-opening loss at home to Cal Poly.

2013 (sophomore season): Played in nine of 31 matches and 14 of 116 sets ... Totaled 17 kills (1.21/s) on .400 hitting ... Also had 10 blocks (0.71/s) ... Had four kills on seven swings to hit .571 at Virginia in late August and seven kills on .357 hitting with a season-high five blocks against Cal State Fullerton at Texas Tech’s tournament in early September ... Had limited opportunities the rest of the season.

2012 (freshman season): Played in 14 of 29 matches, getting eight starts ... Missed a number of matches in the heart of the season because of injury ... Totaled 26 kills (0.74/s) on .110 hitting ... Ranked second on the team in blocks average (1.00/s) ... Had best offensive match of the season at Northern Colorado, with nine kills on .318 hitting ... Collected 10 of 35 season blocks in three-set win over Sacred Heart ... Also had six blocks against Portland State.

2011: Redshirt season

Personal: A 2011 graduate of Cherokee Trail High ... Born December 7, 1993, in Clearfield, Utah ... The daughter of Marilyn Savage ... Has a younger sister, Tacha ... A psychology major.