Hometown
West Chester, Pa.Highschool
West Chester HendersonCollege
Marquette '16A coach on the field
One of the more experienced players on the team, Jake Richard is literally a coach on the field. Richard has coached at his alma mater, Marquette, the last seven seasons and is currently the school's defensive coordinator.
Richard is one of four defensive midfielders on the team and will be a key glue guy as the U.S. aims to retain its world championship. Richard was a member of the U.S. training team in 2018 and is ready to wear the red, white and blue against international competition.
Richard helped Marquette to its first Big East championship and NCAA tournament berth in 2016, earning third team All-America honors. He has gone on to play seven seasons of pro lacrosse, the last five with Atlas in the PLL.
U.S. Team
- First U.S. senior team
- One of the final alternates on the 2018 U.S. training team
College
- USILA 3rd team All-American (2016)
- Only SSDM named to All-Big East team in 2016 (2nd team)
- Two-year captain at Marquette
- Had 12 goals, 7 assists and 187 groundballs in his career
Pro
- Played in 2018 MLL All-Star game as a member of the U.S. training team
- Entered 2023 season with 54 professional games played across the MLL (New York) and PLL (Atlas)
- Has 7 caused turnovers each of the last two PLL seasons
- Had a career-best 16 groundballs with Atlas in 2019