Saint Joseph's College of Maine

Accolades:
GNAC All-Academic 2025

2025: Played in 20 games and started 12...recorded a .192 batting average...tallied five hits, five runs, four stolen bases, three walks and two RBI's...caught four stolen bases...tied for second on the team in stolen bases...tallied a hit, a run, an RBI and a stolen base vs. Wisconsin Superior (Mar. 10)...recorded a hit, a run and caught two stolen bases vs. Wentworth (Apr. 18)...recorded a double and a run vs. Maine Farmington (Apr. 19)

2024: Played in 23 games and started 14...recorded a .239 batting average...recorded 11 hits, eight runs, eight walks, five RBI's and two stolen bases...caught 10 stolen bases...recorded a double along with two runs, an RBI and a walk vs. Suffolk (Mar. 15)...caught two stolen bases at Clark (Mar. 24)...recorded a career-high three hits including an RBI at Norwich (Apr. 28)...posted a career-high three runs in addition to a double and a stolen base vs. Colby-Sawyer (May 4)

2023: Played in five games...recorded one hit, one run and one walk in his first career game at Southern Maine (Apr. 6)

Why Saint Joseph's?: It was a smaller school with a great coach.

High School: Played baseball at Melrose High School…selected as a team captain…listed on the Academic Honor Roll…five-year starting catcher for the Middlesex Reds club program.

Community Service: Coaching baseball camps for young kids        

Personal: Michael Daniel Richards, son of Christine and Fred Richards…has one brother, Nicholas Richards.