Richael Walsh

Class:
Senior
Height:
5-5
Hometown:
Westwood, Mass.
High School:
Westwood

2016: Named Second Team All-Ivy … Started all 15 games for the Bears as a tri-captain, her second-straight year as captain … Scored five goals on the season, including two at Columbia (4/16) … Also recorded goals against Colgate (3/13), No. 5 Louisville (3/30) and No. 12 Princeton (4/30) … Led the team in ground balls (23), and was second in draw controls (19) and tied for third in caused turnovers (9) … Tallied four ground balls and two draw controls against No. 12 Princeton (4/30) … Caused two turnovers in a game twice, versus Iona (2/20) and Colgate (3/13) … Named to the Ivy League Honor Roll twice (3/14, 5/2).

2015: Started all 15 games as a junior co-captain ... Posted career-highs in goals (11), assists (3), and points (14) ... Ranked second on the team in ground balls (21) and third in caused turnovers (9) ... Recorded first career hat trick and a personal best of four points vs. Holy Cross (3/10) ... Struck for goals twice at Iona (2/27) ... Season-high four ground balls at Central Connecticut State (3/1) ... Caused a career high three turnovers vs. Holy Cross (3/10).

2014: Started all 15 games ... Tallied 10 goals and two assists ... Recorded 12 ground balls, two draw controls, and three caused turnovers ... Landed 15-of-19 shot attempts on goal ... Career-high two goals and an assist vs. Sacred Heart ... Scored a pair of goals at Yale (4/25) ... Also struck for goals against Princeton (3/8), Colorado (3/22), Denver (3/24), Dartmouth (3/29), Bryant (4/1), and Michigan (4/9) ... Tallied points in 9-of-15 contests ... Career-high three ground balls at Penn (4/19).

2013: Played in all 15 games, starting the final six games of the season … Scored a goal, against Southern California, and added two assists, one each against Quinnipiac and Harvard … Also earned 10 ground balls, including two against Manhattan, Princeton, Cornell and Penn … Had four caused turnovers and also won two draw controls.

Before Brown: A two-sport athlete at Westwood High School, Walsh played lacrosse and soccer for four years, serving as a three-season starter on the lacrosse team … Named as a captain during her senior year, she helped lead Westwood to two undefeated seasons (2010 and 2011), four consecutive TVL Championships (2009-2012), four consecutive South Sectional Championships (2009-2012), and three state championships (2009, 2011 and 2012) … Named a TVL All-Star in 2011 and 2012, and selected for the Boston Herald and Boston Globe All-Scholastic Teams in 2012 … A member of the Honor Roll at Westwood High School.

Personal: The daughter of Tony and Olivia Walsh, Richael has three siblings, Dylan, Sinead and Bryan … Concentrating in Public Health.

Walsh's Career Highs
Goals: 3, vs. Holy Cross (3/10/15)
Assists: 1, 7x, last vs. San Diego State (3/31/15)
Points: 4, vs. Holy Cross (3/10/15)
Shots: 6, vs. Holy Cross (3/10/15)
Ground Balls: 4, 2x - last vs. Princeton (4/30/16)
Caused Turnovers: 3, vs. Holy Cross (3/10/15)
Draw Controls: 3, 3x - last at Sacred Heart (4/2/16)