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2026-27 Catamount Women's Basketball Roster

2 Ellie Richardson

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-8
  • Hometown Scottsburg, Ind.
  • High School Scottsburg HS
  • Class Sophomore

Biography

2025-26 (Freshman): Appeared in 3 games for the Catamounts, starting all three before sustaining a season-ending injury vs. Campbell… averaged 8.3 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 3.0 assists in her three game appearances… totaled 25 points, 11 rebounds, nine assists, and three steals in 79 minutes of game action

Prior to WCU:
  • Four-year varsity letter winner who eclipsed the 1,000-career point plateau, finishing with 1,601 career points scored, including a career-best 523 as a senior to earn first-team IBCA / Franciscan Health Girls ā€œSupreme 15ā€ All-State honors … Was named first-team All Mid-Southern Conference;Ā 

  • In addition to scoring over 1,600 career points, ranks firstĀ on the all-time assists list at Scottsburg High with 505Ā career helpers … Pulled down 505 career rebounds, including 119 on the offensive glass, while adding 175 career steals;Ā 

  • Averaged a career-best 21.8 points per game as a senior, playing over 30 minutes per contest;Ā Ā Ā 

  • Had 163 assists her junior year, the fourth-most in a single season;Ā Ā 

  • Selected to the Junior Indiana All Star Game;Ā Ā 

  • Selected second-team All-State by the Indiana Coaches of Girl's Sports Association her sophomore year;Ā Ā 

  • Played for the Indiana Elite Drive Basketball AAU team.Ā 

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What Coach Tsip has to say:Ā Ā Ā 
"The Catamount women's basketball family is elated to welcome Ellie and her family. Ellie is an elite, left-handed point guard who can score, as well as put her teammates in position to succeed. She has a high basketball IQ and will help us play with the high pace we desire. She is a winner in both high school and AAU and comes from a great basketball family.Ā Ā She was named 1st team all state as a senior in Indiana and was the leading scorer in both the HBCA and the Hoosier Gym All-Star Classic this Spring."Ā Ā Ā 
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Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 1

    2025-26Freshman

    Guard
    5'8"
    1
  • 2

    2026-27Sophomore

    Guard
    5'8"
    2