Isabel Riches

Class:
Freshman
Position:
Utility
Height:
5-8
Hometown:
Laguna Beach, Calif.
High School:
Laguna Beach

2019: Totaled 10 goals, four assists, nine steals, and four ejections drawn on the year … Scored a season-high three goals in each of two games – vs. Siena (Feb. 3) and vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (Feb. 23); added two assists and four steals against St. Francis.

Before Brown: Played for Great Britain’s Junior National Team and won 2018 EU Nations in the Czech Republic … Earned Second Team Orange Coast All-League honors as a senior … Gained team’s Defensive Player of the Year award as a junior and senior … Garnered Honorable Mention Orange Coast All-League accolades in 2017 … Won CIF South Section Division I titles in 2015 and 2017 … Played for coaches Ethan Damato and Erich Fischer as a center defender … Competed on the club level for SET Water Polo Club and Laguna Beach Water Polo Club … Also competed in swimming … Earned Orange Coast League Scholar-Athlete laurels all four years … An AP Scholar with Honor.

Personal: Isabel is the daughter of Karin and Steve Riches; Steve played water polo in Great Britain … Has one younger sister, Charlotte … Born on March 28, 2000 … Designed and patented a medical accessory that enables athletes with type 1 diabetes to wear their semi-implanted medical devices during water polo … Plans to concentrate in Cognitive Neuroscience.

Why Brown? “At Brown, I can strike a balance between athletics and academics while surrounded by curious, hardworking, and kind-hearted people.”