D. J. Richardson

D. J. Richardson
D. J. Richardson
College Illinois
Sport Basketball
Position Guard
Jersey # 1
Class Junior
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg)
Nationality American
Born February 11, 1991 (1991-02-11) (age 20)
Peoria, Illinois
High school Findlay Prep
Henderson, NV

Dietrich James "D. J." Richardson (born February 11, 1991 in Peoria, Illinois) is a sophomore NCAA Division I basketball player at the University of Illinois. He attended Peoria Central for his first three years of high school and transferred to Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nevada for his senior year.[1]

High school

As a junior at Peoria Central Richardson was selected to first-team All-State by the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette and second-team All-State by the AP and Chicago Sun-Times.[2] In his senior year at Findlay Prep, his team (including Texas recruit Avery Bradley) won the national championship after finishing 33-0.[3] He was also chosen to play in the annual Senior Showcase game in Orlando.

Rankings
  • #38 by Rivals.com[4]
  • #46 by ESPN[5]
  • #12 shooting guard by Scout.com[6]

College

Richardson joined Brandon Paul at the University of Illinois for Bruce Weber's 2009 recruits. Andy Katz of ESPN called Richardson and Paul "the best freshman backcourt not at Kentucky [John Wall and Eric Bledsoe]".[7] Richardson was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year by the coaches and was unanimously selected to the Big Ten All-Freshman team.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Player Bio: D.J. Richardson". fightingillini.com. http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/richardson_dj00.html. Retrieved 14 March 2010. 
  2. ^ "Player Bio: D.J. Richardson". fightingillini.com. http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/richardson_dj00.html. Retrieved 14 March 2010. 
  3. ^ Zillgitt, Jeff (4/5/2009). "No. 1 Findlay Prep wins national title 74-66 vs. No. 2 Oak Hill". usatoday.com. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/basketball/2009-04-05-high-school-championship-findlay-prep_N.htm. Retrieved 14 March 2010. 
  4. ^ "Rivals Profile of D.J. Richardson". rivals.com. http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recruiting/player-D.J.-Richardson-51729. Retrieved 14 March 2010. 
  5. ^ "ESPN Recruiting Profile of D.J. Richardson". 3/9/10. http://insider.espn.go.com/ncb/recruiting/tracker/player?recruitId=42975. Retrieved 14 March 2010. 
  6. ^ "Scout.com Profile of D.J. Richardson". Scout.com. http://illinois.scout.com/a.z?s=169&p=8&c=1&nid=2751224. Retrieved 14 March 2010. 
  7. ^ Katz, Andy (11/16/09). "24 things for the 24-hour marathon". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=katz_andy&id=4659095. Retrieved 14 March 2010. 
  8. ^ "Big Ten Announces All-Big Ten Teams and Individual Honorees". BigTen.org. 3/8/10. http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030810aab.html. Retrieved 14 March 2010. 

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