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Richmond proved herself to be a premier lacrosse player at Gannon in the mid-2000s, and she established herself as a top coach after she graduated.
Richmond was a high-scoring attacker with the Golden Knights. She left Gannon as the all-time goal scorer with 219. She now ranks third on the GU list in goals, and she ranks ninth with 242 points.
As a senior, Richmond set a Gannon record with 88 goals as she led all of NCAA Division II in 2005. That goal total is 11 more than any other single-season mark by a Gannon player. The IWLCA named her a First Team All-American after that season.
As a junior, she scored 63 goals and earned IWLCA Second Team All-America status. Her goal total for that season still ranks eighth in Gannon history.
Richmond set the Gannon single-game record in 2004 with nine goals . (The record was tied in 2010). She also scored eight goals four times during her prolific 2005 season.
She was Gannon's 2005 nominee for NCAA Woman of the Year.
After her playing career, Richmond served as an assistant coach at Gannon for two seasons, helping the Golden Knights go 23-8 over the 2007 and 2008 seasons.
She then became the head coach at IUP, where she stayed for 10 highly successful seasons, compiling a 105-67 record. She coached eight All-Americans, 15 All-Region players, and 33 All-PSAC selections. In 2013, she was honored as the PSAC Coach of the Year.
Richmond is now the head women's lacrosse coach at Lynn University (Fla.), where she started the program in 2020. Her Lynn teams have gone 25-10 in the past two seasons.
