Karli Richards Class: Senior Hometown: Chambersburg, Pa. High School: Mercersburg Event: Diving Birthdate: 05/09/1979

AS A JUNIOR: Tallied four three- meter event runner-up finishes during the dual meet season ... placed ninth at the BIG EAST Championships in the one-meter event ... competed at the NCAA zone meet, where she placed 20th ... placed fourth at the Early Bird Invitational in both the one- and three-meter competitions ... took second place in the dual meet versus Colorado State ... helped the Irish upset 11th-ranked Northwestern by finishing second in the three-meter diving event ... recorded seven top-five finishes in the one-meter event and six in the three-meter.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Placed second in one-meter competition at the Notre Dame Relays in ’99 ... runner-up in tri-meet with Illinois and Ohio State in three-meter competition ... earned fouth place in one-meter and third place in three-meter competition in tri-meet versus Army and Air Force ... placed eighth and seventh in the one-meter and three-meter competitions at the Rainbow Invitational.

AS A FRESHMAN: Qualified for the 1998 NCAA Zone C Meet where she placed 25th on the one-meter board and 30th on the three-meter board ... recorded six top-four finishes in 1997-98 ... placed third on three meter at Rainbow Invitational and versus Illinois ... finished fifth on one meter at Rainbow Invitational.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Captured the Keystone State Games one-meter diving championship from 1993-95 ... named Diver of the Meet in 1994-95 ... YMCA state diving champion in the one meter from 1990-96 and in the three meter from 1995-96 ... won the one-meter diving competition at the University of Miami (Ohio) Prep School Invitational in 1995 ... MVP of her high school swim team all four years ... comes from a long line of divers as her father Robert dove at Bucknell, her aunt Pam dove at Penn State and her mother Cynthia and aunt Connie dove at West Chester University ... born May 9,1979, in Bryn Mawr, Pa. ... enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters, majoring in English and preprofessional studies.