Damien Richard

Position:
Right-Handed Pitcher
Height:
6-4
Weight:
240
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Versailles, Ohio
High School:
Versailles
B/T:
R/R

2018 (As A Senior):
• BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (4/30)
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Emerged as team's most dependable starter coming off Tommy John surgery... maded 12 appearances, all starts, and threw 56.1 innnings to go with 59 strikeouts and a 4.47 ERA... allowed one earned run in five of first seven starts... tied a career-high with eight strikeouts in second start of season, going five innings and allowing just one earned run vs. Presbyterian (2/24)... allowed just one earned run in 6.1 innings and struck out six at Saint Mary's (3/4)... struck out seven in six innings, allowing two earned runs at San Francisco (3/10)... went 6.2 innings, striking out seven and allowing one earend run at Miami (OH) (3/16)... tossed five innings of one-run ball with four strikeouts to pick up a win in first league start at Georgetown (4/6)... picked up a win and dominated the top offense in the BIG EAST, striking out a career-high-tying eight and allowing just one earned run in 6.1 innings against St. John's (4/27)...

2017 (As A Junior):
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Redshirted the season recovering from an injury...

2016 (As A Sophomore):
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Made 16 appearances and five starts... took two turns in the weekend rotation... started first career game at Wright State (3/8)... had a 2.45 ERA in BIG EAST action (3 APP, 7.1 IP, 2 ER, 3 K)... tossed five innings, allowing three runs and striking out three to get the win at Illinois State (4/3)... pitched well in a start at NKU, going a career-high six innings and limiting the Norse to one run on three hits (4/19)... helped XU seal a win against St. John's, throwing 4.1 innings of one-run relief (4/23)... posted two innings of scoreless relief at Butler (5/1) to help seal a weekend sweep...

2015 (As A Freshman):
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Made six appearances covering 4.1 innings... picked up first career strikeout against Boston College on Feb. 14...

Prior to Xavier:
Attended Versailles High School in Versailles, Ohio... Played varsity football, basketball and baseball for three years... All-MAC in all three sports... won the academic All-MAC award...

Personal:
Born on January 26, 1996 in Sidney, Ohio...Son of Peg and Mark Richards... Has five siblings Zac, Jon, Roxy, Dominic and Noah... brothers Jon and Zac both played forXavier baseball... Majoring in business...