Richards signs with Goldey-Beacom College

Natalia Richards (seated, second from right) a senior at Jim Thorpe Area High School, signs National Letter of Intent to continue her academic and basketball career at Division II Goldey-Beacom College in Wilmington, Delaware.

Goldey-Beacom competes as part of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference. She was a four-year varsity letter winner for the Jim Thorpe girls’ basketball team.

At the signing are, seated, from left, her parents, Ralph and Jeanette Richards, and her brother David, a freshman at Jim Thorpe High Area High School; Standing, Thomas Lesisko, high school principal; Rob Kovac, head girls’ basketball coach; Gene Binder, assistant girls basketball coach; John Searfoss, assistant girls basketball coach, and Dustin McAndrew, athletic director.

Natalia plans to double major in finance and accounting. She played AAU with the Lehigh Valley Fever and was recruited by Goldey-Beacom out of the Chicago Nike Nationals tournament and the Washington D.C. U.S. Junior Nationals Tournament.