Chris Richard

Position:
Guard
Height:
6-3
Weight:
190
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Portland, Ore.
High School:
West View HS

2009-10: Transfer walk-on who is eligible to play after transferring from Richmond ... An Oregon native who could see time in the backcourt.

2008-09: Sat out the season due to NCAA transfer guidelines.

RICHMOND Did not play due to knee injury and sat out the season as a redshirt.

HIGH SCHOOLS Played his senior year at Westview High alongside Gonzaga's Andy Polling ... averaged 10 points per game and 3.0 rebounds per game for coach Pat Coons ... Third-team All-Metro League selection ... helped Westview to a second-place finish in the Metro League and eighth-place finish in the state of Oregon ... scored 20 points against No. 12 nationally ranked Wheeler High ... played his first three years at Sunset High.

PERSONAL Son of Rick and Dana Richard ... has a younger sister, Candace ... uncle, Bob Hopkins, played basketball at Grambling University and was selected in the 1956 NBA Draft by the Syracuse Nationals, playing four seasons ... was the head coach of the Seattle Supersonics in 1977 ... grandfather, Bernard Dawson, played football at Grambling for legendary coach Eddie Robinson ... Is a music producer in his spare time ... Chose to attend Oregon State because it was close to home and was a chance to play Pac-10 Conference basketball.