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DaringtonRichardson

  • class Junior
  • High school Woodward Academy
BIO Stats
  • SEC Academic Honor Roll (2013, 2014)

Sophomore (2014): Played in 59 of the team’s 69 games with six starts …Hit .286 on the year with eight hits in 28 at-bats, including three doubles and four RBI … Scored 19 runs and stole six bases … Had a career game vs. Loyola Marymount with two hits, including her first career triple and two runs scored … Recorded her first career RBI against LaTech … Had a two-RBI triple against Butler and paced the team in triples with four total … Had a pinch-hit single for UK vs. Marshall … Scored a run against Louisville both times … Started against Wright State and went 1-for-3 with an RBI triple … Pinch ran in the SEC Tournament and scored a run against LSU … Played in all four games of the NCAA Lexington Regional, scoring a run and stealing a bag as a pinch runner … Scored two runs as a pinch runner in the Super Regional.

Freshman (2013): Came off the bench to see most of her time as a pinch runner, stealing six bases … Saw playing time in 26 games with one start … Tapped home nine times, including a run against Iowa …?Stole home against Howard, the first time under Coach?Lawson a UK player has stolen home not on a double steal … Sustained an injury in practice and missed the second half of the season.

High School: Star utility player and four-year letterwinner at Woodward Academy in Duluth, Ga. … Was the Most Valuable Player of the team all four seasons … Earned All-Region honors all four years as well … Helped team advance to the regional finals her senior season, earning runner-up honors … Was a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes in high school and also made the honor roll all four years … Played basketball and participated in track and field during high school … Was voted Best Defensive Player of basketball team and MVP of track team … Full name is Darington, but goes by Dari … Parents are Max and Donna Richardson … Max played football at Michigan … Donna played basketball at Michigan … Plans a major in biology and says one of the reasons she chose UK was because of the school’s medical program.

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