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Jersey Number 0
Will Richardson
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Hinesville, Ga.
- High School:
- Oak Hill Academy
Bio
2022-23 | GRADUATE SEASON
Leaves Oregon having played in a program record 148 games … In school history, he ranks 12th all-time in points (1,574), fourth in assists (504), third in steals (190), 10th in three pointers made (184) and second in wins (98) … Recorded the first triple-double by a Ducks player in 20 years, recording 19 points, a career-high 10 rebounds and 11 assists against Nevada on Dec. 10 … Dished out a career-best 12 assists vs. Portland … Finished with 22 double-digit scoring outings, tying his career-high of 28 points on Nov. 26 vs. Michigan State … Five or more assists in 17 games, two-plus steals in 15 games … Averaged 12.2 points, 5.1 assists (second in the Pac-12), 3.6 rebounds and 1.5 steals in 35.7 minutes … started all 33 games played.
2021-22 | SENIOR SEASON
Averaged a career-best 14.1 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.3 steals per game, shooting 45.4 percent from the floor … Earned second team All-Pac-12 honors … Named to the USBWA District IX All-District Team as well as the NABC District 19 All-District First Team … Became the 37th 1,000-point scorer in program history on 1/23 vs. Washington … Ranks ninth all-time at UO in both assists (336) and steals (141) … Was twice named conference player of the week in January, one after scoring a then-career-high 26 points in a win over Utah and again after the Ducks defeated No. 3 UCLA and No. 5 USC on the road … Scored a career-high 28 points in the win over USC, hitting five three pointers, including four in the first half … Had seven 20 points games and scored in double-digits 22 times … Notched 19 points and seven assists vs. Pepperdine … Had multiple assists in 25-of-30 games, with a season-high of eight on Feb. 26 vs. USC … Scored 10 or more in 14-straight games from mid-December to mid-February … Four-plus three pointers made in seven games, with five threes twice.
2020-21 | JUNIOR SEASON
Played and started in 16 games ... Averaged 11.3 points per game, 3.4 rebounds per game and a team-best 3.9 assists per game ... Shot 40.3 percent from three-point range (25-of-62) ... Solid all-around game in Oregon’s NCAA Second Round win against Iowa with 19 points (7-of-10 shooting), seven assists and six rebounds ... Scored 17 points and tied a career high with nine assists in the Pac-12 Tournament win against Arizona State; also led team with seven rebounds ... Career-high 22 points on 6-of-7 three-pointers March 7 at Oregon State ... 15 points - nine in the second half - in March 3 win against UCLA ... 12 points and five assists March 1 versus Arizona ... Season-high four steals Feb. 22 at USC ... 11 points in Feb. 18 win against Colorado ... For the second year in a row, assisted on the game-winning bucket in Oregon’s win at Arizona ... He found Shakur Juistin for an open lay-in at the end of overtime in 2020; in 2021, he kicked it out to Chris Duarte for an open three ... Scored 15 points Feb. 11 at Arizona State ... Retuned to form with 19 points and five assists Feb. 6 vs. Washington ... Made season debut Feb. 2 and had 10 points, six rebounds and five assists versus Washington State ... Had surgery to repair an injured left thumb on Dec. 2 and missed the first 12 games of the season.
2019-20 | SOPHOMORE SEASON
One off the most improved players in the Pac-12 led the league in three-point field goal percentage, shooting 46.9 percent on the year (38-of-81) ... That was the fifth-best single-season effort in program history ... Played in all 31 games and started the final 13 ... Third on the team at 11.0 points per game ... Also averaged 3.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game ... Scored in double figures in nine of the last 11 games of the season and averaged 14.2 points per game. Shot 54.5 percent (18-of-33) from three-point range during that span ... Found Skakur Juiston for the game-winning layup with 1.4 seconds remaining in overtime in Oregon’s Feb. 22 win at No. 24 Arizona ... Game-high 18 points and six rebounds Feb. 20 at Arizona State ... Led Oregon with 18 points, six rebounds and six assists Feb. 16 against Utah ... Tied career high with 21 points Feb. 13 versus Colorado where he also recorded a career-high nine rebounds ... Led team with 17 points Feb. 1 at Stanford ... Scored 15 points while going 6-of-10 from the field at California on Jan. 31 ... Finished with 16 points on 5-of-8 shooting against UCLA on Jan. 26 ... Scored a career-high 21 points, including seven in overtime highlighted by the game-winning bucket with :15 remaining against Arizona ... Turned in a 14-point, six-rebound effort along with five assists on 6-of-11 shooting Jan. 4 at Utah ... Had six steals versus Alabama State to go with 10 points and five assists ... Poured in 18 points on 6-of-11 shooting, including 4-of-7 from deep against Texas Southern ... Tied for the team lead with 14 points off the bench while dishing out four assists against Montana ... Finished with 16 points and three assists on 5-of-7 shooting vs. Hawaii ... Scored 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting versus North Carolina in the Battle 4 Atlantis finale ... Scored 10 points off the bench while recording six assists and hitting a key three-pointer to put Oregon up seven late in the game against Memphis.
2018-19 | FRESHMAN SEASON
The only Duck freshman to play in all 38 games (12 starts) ... Scored seven points with five rebounds in the NCAA win against Wisconsin … Contributed 10 points and five assists in the Pac-12 Tournament opening round win against Washington State … Scored 11 points off the bench March 6 at Washington State … Netted 12 points versus Arizona on March 1 … Had five assists on Feb. 23 at UCLA … Led UO with four assists versus Stanford … Dished out a season-best nine assists against California … Registered season-highs with 19 points and three blocks versus Utah … Had six assists versus Washington State … Collected four assists and three steals versus Washington … Scored 11 points versus USC … 11 points with six assists versus UCLA … Had 10 points and a season-best four steals at Baylor … Led UO with five rebounds against Boise State … Registered a season-high three steals versus San Diego … Earned season-highs of 16 points and seven rebounds versus Houston … Acquired 13 points and eight rebounds versus Texas Southern … Netted 10 points against Green Bay … Scored seven points in his collegiate debut versus Portland State.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-star recruit with a scout grade of 89 according to ESPN … Ranked as the No. 39 recruit in ESPN’s top 100 … Listed as the ninth-best point guard in the class of 2018 according to ESPN … Slotted as the 47th-best player overall player by 247Sports.com, and the No. 7 shooting guard … Contributed to Oak Hill’s 36-4 record against some of the most elite high school teams in the nation as a senior in 2017-18 … Scored in double figures in the Les Schwab Invitational championship game to claim the title over Mater Dei ... Hit the game-winner in a win over No. 8 IMG Academy at the Chick-Fil-A Classic … Led his team to the GEICO Nationals semi finals after dropping 17 points, five assists and four rebounds in a quarterfinal win over No. 12 Garfield … Selected as one of the few elite players chosen to play in the Jordan Brand Classic ... Spent his first three prep seasons at Liberty County High School in Hinesville, Ga., before transferring to Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Va., for his senior year … Averaged 31.4 points, 8.6 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game during his junior season for Liberty County … As a sophomore, averaged 13.2 points 5.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game … Helped lead Liberty County to the Class 4A state title as a sophomore … Named the Region 2-3A player of the year and earned first-team honors by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution his junior year … Competed in the 2017 Nike EYBL Circuit for E1T1 United where he averaged 12.2 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game … Played in the Nike Peach Jam where he hit a game-winner against Team Melo to keep his team undefeated in pool play … Averaged 16.8 points, 4.8 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game at the Nike Peach Jam for E1T1 United.
PERSONAL
Born William Tyrell Richardson in Hinesville, Ga. ... Parents are Michelle Thompson and Richard Richardson ... Major is undeclared.
Leaves Oregon having played in a program record 148 games … In school history, he ranks 12th all-time in points (1,574), fourth in assists (504), third in steals (190), 10th in three pointers made (184) and second in wins (98) … Recorded the first triple-double by a Ducks player in 20 years, recording 19 points, a career-high 10 rebounds and 11 assists against Nevada on Dec. 10 … Dished out a career-best 12 assists vs. Portland … Finished with 22 double-digit scoring outings, tying his career-high of 28 points on Nov. 26 vs. Michigan State … Five or more assists in 17 games, two-plus steals in 15 games … Averaged 12.2 points, 5.1 assists (second in the Pac-12), 3.6 rebounds and 1.5 steals in 35.7 minutes … started all 33 games played.
2021-22 | SENIOR SEASON
Averaged a career-best 14.1 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.3 steals per game, shooting 45.4 percent from the floor … Earned second team All-Pac-12 honors … Named to the USBWA District IX All-District Team as well as the NABC District 19 All-District First Team … Became the 37th 1,000-point scorer in program history on 1/23 vs. Washington … Ranks ninth all-time at UO in both assists (336) and steals (141) … Was twice named conference player of the week in January, one after scoring a then-career-high 26 points in a win over Utah and again after the Ducks defeated No. 3 UCLA and No. 5 USC on the road … Scored a career-high 28 points in the win over USC, hitting five three pointers, including four in the first half … Had seven 20 points games and scored in double-digits 22 times … Notched 19 points and seven assists vs. Pepperdine … Had multiple assists in 25-of-30 games, with a season-high of eight on Feb. 26 vs. USC … Scored 10 or more in 14-straight games from mid-December to mid-February … Four-plus three pointers made in seven games, with five threes twice.
2020-21 | JUNIOR SEASON
Played and started in 16 games ... Averaged 11.3 points per game, 3.4 rebounds per game and a team-best 3.9 assists per game ... Shot 40.3 percent from three-point range (25-of-62) ... Solid all-around game in Oregon’s NCAA Second Round win against Iowa with 19 points (7-of-10 shooting), seven assists and six rebounds ... Scored 17 points and tied a career high with nine assists in the Pac-12 Tournament win against Arizona State; also led team with seven rebounds ... Career-high 22 points on 6-of-7 three-pointers March 7 at Oregon State ... 15 points - nine in the second half - in March 3 win against UCLA ... 12 points and five assists March 1 versus Arizona ... Season-high four steals Feb. 22 at USC ... 11 points in Feb. 18 win against Colorado ... For the second year in a row, assisted on the game-winning bucket in Oregon’s win at Arizona ... He found Shakur Juistin for an open lay-in at the end of overtime in 2020; in 2021, he kicked it out to Chris Duarte for an open three ... Scored 15 points Feb. 11 at Arizona State ... Retuned to form with 19 points and five assists Feb. 6 vs. Washington ... Made season debut Feb. 2 and had 10 points, six rebounds and five assists versus Washington State ... Had surgery to repair an injured left thumb on Dec. 2 and missed the first 12 games of the season.
2019-20 | SOPHOMORE SEASON
One off the most improved players in the Pac-12 led the league in three-point field goal percentage, shooting 46.9 percent on the year (38-of-81) ... That was the fifth-best single-season effort in program history ... Played in all 31 games and started the final 13 ... Third on the team at 11.0 points per game ... Also averaged 3.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game ... Scored in double figures in nine of the last 11 games of the season and averaged 14.2 points per game. Shot 54.5 percent (18-of-33) from three-point range during that span ... Found Skakur Juiston for the game-winning layup with 1.4 seconds remaining in overtime in Oregon’s Feb. 22 win at No. 24 Arizona ... Game-high 18 points and six rebounds Feb. 20 at Arizona State ... Led Oregon with 18 points, six rebounds and six assists Feb. 16 against Utah ... Tied career high with 21 points Feb. 13 versus Colorado where he also recorded a career-high nine rebounds ... Led team with 17 points Feb. 1 at Stanford ... Scored 15 points while going 6-of-10 from the field at California on Jan. 31 ... Finished with 16 points on 5-of-8 shooting against UCLA on Jan. 26 ... Scored a career-high 21 points, including seven in overtime highlighted by the game-winning bucket with :15 remaining against Arizona ... Turned in a 14-point, six-rebound effort along with five assists on 6-of-11 shooting Jan. 4 at Utah ... Had six steals versus Alabama State to go with 10 points and five assists ... Poured in 18 points on 6-of-11 shooting, including 4-of-7 from deep against Texas Southern ... Tied for the team lead with 14 points off the bench while dishing out four assists against Montana ... Finished with 16 points and three assists on 5-of-7 shooting vs. Hawaii ... Scored 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting versus North Carolina in the Battle 4 Atlantis finale ... Scored 10 points off the bench while recording six assists and hitting a key three-pointer to put Oregon up seven late in the game against Memphis.
2018-19 | FRESHMAN SEASON
The only Duck freshman to play in all 38 games (12 starts) ... Scored seven points with five rebounds in the NCAA win against Wisconsin … Contributed 10 points and five assists in the Pac-12 Tournament opening round win against Washington State … Scored 11 points off the bench March 6 at Washington State … Netted 12 points versus Arizona on March 1 … Had five assists on Feb. 23 at UCLA … Led UO with four assists versus Stanford … Dished out a season-best nine assists against California … Registered season-highs with 19 points and three blocks versus Utah … Had six assists versus Washington State … Collected four assists and three steals versus Washington … Scored 11 points versus USC … 11 points with six assists versus UCLA … Had 10 points and a season-best four steals at Baylor … Led UO with five rebounds against Boise State … Registered a season-high three steals versus San Diego … Earned season-highs of 16 points and seven rebounds versus Houston … Acquired 13 points and eight rebounds versus Texas Southern … Netted 10 points against Green Bay … Scored seven points in his collegiate debut versus Portland State.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-star recruit with a scout grade of 89 according to ESPN … Ranked as the No. 39 recruit in ESPN’s top 100 … Listed as the ninth-best point guard in the class of 2018 according to ESPN … Slotted as the 47th-best player overall player by 247Sports.com, and the No. 7 shooting guard … Contributed to Oak Hill’s 36-4 record against some of the most elite high school teams in the nation as a senior in 2017-18 … Scored in double figures in the Les Schwab Invitational championship game to claim the title over Mater Dei ... Hit the game-winner in a win over No. 8 IMG Academy at the Chick-Fil-A Classic … Led his team to the GEICO Nationals semi finals after dropping 17 points, five assists and four rebounds in a quarterfinal win over No. 12 Garfield … Selected as one of the few elite players chosen to play in the Jordan Brand Classic ... Spent his first three prep seasons at Liberty County High School in Hinesville, Ga., before transferring to Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Va., for his senior year … Averaged 31.4 points, 8.6 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game during his junior season for Liberty County … As a sophomore, averaged 13.2 points 5.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game … Helped lead Liberty County to the Class 4A state title as a sophomore … Named the Region 2-3A player of the year and earned first-team honors by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution his junior year … Competed in the 2017 Nike EYBL Circuit for E1T1 United where he averaged 12.2 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game … Played in the Nike Peach Jam where he hit a game-winner against Team Melo to keep his team undefeated in pool play … Averaged 16.8 points, 4.8 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game at the Nike Peach Jam for E1T1 United.
PERSONAL
Born William Tyrell Richardson in Hinesville, Ga. ... Parents are Michelle Thompson and Richard Richardson ... Major is undeclared.
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