Academic Notes: Pursuing master's degree in school counseling...graduated Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor's degree in psychology at LIU Brooklyn...  Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipient in 2020.

2019-20 (Graduate Student): Played in 4 games... Hit a pair of free throws against Weber State...

LIU Brooklyn (2016-19): Three-year letterwinner and one-year team captain for coach Stephanie Del Preore...Three-time Northeast Conference Winter Academic Honor Roll...Averaged 3.3 points and 1.8 rebounds in 16.4 minutes per game in three seasons at LIU Brooklyn...Appeared in 68 games with 26 starts...Appeared in all 60 games as a freshman and sophomore...Played in just eight games as a junior before suffering a season-ending injury...Shot 32.1 percent on three-pointers in three seasons...Registered career-high 14 points at Columbia as a freshman...Also scored 12 points at NJIT as a sophomore...Made four three-pointers in each game...Totaled 221 points, 120 rebounds, 17 assists, 25 steals and 13 blocks.

High School: Four-year letterwinner and three-year team captain at Red Mountain HS...Was an Arizona Basketball Coaches’ Association All-Star as a senior...Named All-State Honorable Mention and All-Section Second Team as a junior and senior...Three-time All-City First Team and All-Tribune Honorable Mention selection...Averaged 14 points and 5.7 rebounds per game as a senior...Averaged 16.6 points per game as a junior...Also was a two-year starter in volleyball at Red Mountain.

Personal: Seneca Marisa Richards was born March 16 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada...Daughter of Dave and Rita Richards...Father, Dave, played basketball at University of Calgary...Two sisters, Erika and Trinity, and two brothers, Dan and Steve...Sister, Erika, played basketball at Fort Lewis College...Chose NAU because it is a great school to continue her academic and athletic career, great coaching staff and teammates and the opportunity to return to her home state.