• 2020 NAISMITH DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
• 2020 WBCA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
• 2020 BIG 12 DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
• 2020 BIG 12 ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM (UNANIMOUS)
• 2020 ALL-BIG 12 SECOND TEAM
• 2020 ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 SECOND TEAM
• 2020 TEXAS DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
(DAVE CAMPBELL’S TEXAS BASKETBALL)
• 2020 ALL-TEXAS THIRD TEAM
(DAVE CAMPBELL’S TEXAS BASKETBALL)
• 2020 ALL-TEXAS DEFENSIVE TEAM
(DAVE CAMPBELL’S TEXAS BASKETBALL)
• 2019 PARADISE JAM ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
• 2019-20 preseason all-big 12 HONORABLE MENTION
• 2019 NCAA GREENSBORO REGIONAL ALL-TOURNEY TEAM
• 2019 WACO TRIBUNE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
• 2019 BIG 12 ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM
• 2019 ACADEMIC ALL BIG 12 FIRST TEAM
• COMMISSIONER’S HONOR ROLL (FALL 2017,
SPRING 2018, FALL 2018, SPRING 2019, FALL 2019)
• 2018 BIG 12 ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
2019-20 [JUNIOR]
Her reputation as one of the nation’s top on-ball defenders headed into her junior season was solidified when she swept National Defensive Player of the Year Awards from both Naismith and the WBCA … Named as the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year by the league’s coaches and the Waco Tribune-Herald … Named a unanimous selection to the Big 12 All-Defensive Team … Named to the 2020 All-Big 12 Second Team … Selected to the All-Texas Third Team and the All-Texas Defensive Team by Dave Campbell’s Texas Basketball magazine … Averaged a career-best 8.2 points per game … Ranked sixth nationally and first in the Big 12 in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.9:1) … Ranked 14th and 13th in the NCAA, respectively, in assists (171) and assists per game (5.7) while leading the Big 12 in both categories … Her 171 assists in the COVID-19-shortened season still ranked as the sixth-best total among Baylor juniors all-time … Played and started in all 30 games for Baylor, averaging a team-best 29.9 minutes per contest … Led Baylor in free-throw percentage at .775, jumping up from a .567 effort as a sophomore … Collected career bests in rebounds (146), rebounds per game (4.9), assists (171), assists per game (5.7), blocks (25), blocks per game (0.8) and steals per game (1.7) … Reached double figures in scoring eight times, including five in Big 12 play … Collected a season-high 20 points in a win over No. 17 Indiana, Nov. 29 … Had a Big-12 best 17 points to go with nine assists vs. TCU at home Feb. 12 … Tallied a career-high 10 assists vs. K-State at home Feb. 29 … Narrowly missed a triple-double with 10 points, a career-high 12 rebounds and eight assists vs. Iowa State at home Jan. 28 … Had her second double-double of the season the next game with 16 points, 11 rebounds and six assists at Texas, Jan. 31 … Named to the Paradise Jam All-Tournament Team in the USVI for games played vs. Washington State, No. 17 Indiana and No. 6 South Carolina … Had multiple steals in 15 games, including a season-high five vs. Grambling, Nov. 8 … Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team, her second Academic All-Big 12 recognition of her career.
2018-19 [SOPHOMORE]
Had a breakout season as a sophomore, starting in all 38 games and helping the Lady Bears to a national championship … Known for her solid on-ball defense, she was selected to the Big 12 All-Defensive Team and was named Defensive Player of the Year by the Waco-Tribune Herald … Exploded for a career-high 25 points in the Sweet 16 vs. South Carolina (March 30), following up with 16 points in the Elite 8 vs. Iowa (April 1) to earn NCAA All-Tournament honors for the Greensboro Regional … Scored 15 points vs. Oregon (April 5) in the NCAA Final Four semifinals … Tied for the team lead in assists with six in the national championship game vs. Notre Dame (April 7) … Had 10 games where she scored in double figures … Was second on the Baylor team with 56 steals and second on the team with 155 assists … Ranked 1st in the Big 12 and 21st in the nation in assists-to-turnover ratio at 2.54:1 … Averaged 7.2 points, 4.1 assists, 3.7 rebounds and 1.5 steals per contest while shooting 52.2 percent from the floor … Her 155 assists ranked fourth all-time among Baylor sophomores, and her 56 steals tied for ninth among Baylor sophomores all time … Had a career-high nine assists vs. UTRGV (Dec. 31) to go along with nine rebounds … Recorded her first career double-double with 16 points, 10 rebounds, six assists and a career-high six steals vs. Iowa in the Elite 8 (April 1) … She became just the seventh NCAA player in 20 years to have at least 15 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and five steals in an NCAA Tournament game with her performance vs. Iowa and the second Lady Bear (Odyssey Sims, 2013).
2017-18 [FRESHMAN]
Appeared in 33 games with one start... Averaged 5.1 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game... Shot .471 from the field in her debut season with the Lady Bears... Scored in double figures twice and pulled down double figure rebounds once... Led Baylor in steals six times, blocks three times and assists once... Third among Big 12 freshmen in blocks (0.6) and rebounds (4.3), fourth in field goal percentage (.471), eighth in steals (0.9) and ninth in scoring (5.1)... Registered her first double-figure scoring
performance vs. Coppin State (Nov. 12) with 10 points... Notched her first career double-double with a season-high 11 points and a season-high 12 rebounds vs. McNeese State (Dec. 13)... Distributed a season-best five assists vs. Kansas (Feb. 17)... Recorded a season-high three blocks on three different occasions... Tallied a season-high three steals in three games on the year ... Averaged 4.6 points and 6.0 rebounds in the Big 12 Tournament ... Scored six points in the NCAA Tournament First Round vs. Grambling State (March 16) and had seven points in the NCAA Sweet 16 vs. Oregon State (March 23)... Received Baylor’s Academic Award along with sophomore Lauren Cox.
HIGH SCHOOL
All-time leading scorer, male or female at Cypress Ranch High School with 2,251 career points... Ranked No. 4 at guard and No. 16 overall in her class according to ESPN Hoopgurlz... Three-time All-District first team honoree... 2017 TABC 6A Girls High School Player of the Year... 2017 TABC 6A All-State selection... 2017 6A-III All-Region... Named a Jordan Brand Classic and McDonald’s All-American in 2017... 2017 All-USA Texas Girls Basketball second team selection... Averaged 18.5 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.9 steals per game as a senior... As a junior, averaged 22.4 points, 8.8 rebounds and 2.8 steals per game... Five-star recruit.
PERSONAL
Given name is Deauzya, but goes by her nickname, DiDi... Daughter of Damian and Ungeanetta Richards... Has one brother, Damian... Selected Baylor over Texas, Tennessee, Kansas, South Carolina and Michigan... Played for Cy-Fair Nike Elite... Majoring in Communications Studies.
