AWARDS
• 2024 College Sports Evaluation First Team All-American
• 2024 D1Softball Second Team All-American
• 2024 USA Softball Top 26 Collegiate Player of the Year Finalist
• 3x NFCA All-Region First Team (2023, 24, 25)
• 2023 NFCA Division I Top 25 National Freshman of the Year Finalist
• 2023 College Sports Evaluation Freshman All-American
• 2024 ECAC Pitcher of the Year
• 2023 ECAC Rookie of the Year
• 3x All-ECAC Team (2023, 24, 25)
• 2x Patriot League Pitcher of the Year (2024, 25)
• 2025 Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• 2023 Patriot League Rookie of the Year
• 3x All-Patriot League First Team (2023, 24, 25)
• 2024 Patriot League Tournament MVP
• 2x All-Patriot League Tournament Team (2024, 25)
• 2x Academic All-Patriot League Team (2024, 25)
• 3x NFCA National Pitcher of the Week (2/20/24, 3/26/24, 4/15/24)
• 2x D1Softball National Pitcher of the Week (2/20/24, 3/26/24)
• 13x Patriot League Pitcher of the Week (2/21/23, 3/14/23, 4/4/23, 4/11/23, 4/25/23, 2/20/24, 3/12/24, 3/26/24, 4/16/24, 4/23/24, 2/10/25, 3/31/25, 4/7/25)
• 4x Patriot League Rookie of the Week (3/14/23, 4/4/23, 4/11/23, 5/9/23)
• 2x College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2024, 25)
• 3x Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (2023, 24, 25)
• 2x NFCA Scholar-Athlete (2023, 24)
AS A JUNIOR IN 2025
Started 36 of the 42 games played, all in the circle, to help the Terriers three-peat as Patriot League tournament champions ... Serving as a co-captain, posted a 26-12 record and 2.16 ERA against 49 walks with 233 strikeouts in 243.1 innings of work while holding opponents to a .227 batting average ... Collected six solo shutouts and helped BU earn another ... Ranked third in innings pitched nationally due to in part to the graduation of 2024 NFCA All-Region First Team pitchers, Allison Boaz and Lizzy Avery ... Also ranked 12th in strikeouts, 13th in shutouts, 14th in strikeout-to-walk ratio and 40th in ERA to earn her second consecutive PL Pitcher of the Year award ... Became the second player in league history to earn both PL Pitcher and Scholar-Athlete of the Year accolades in the same season ... Added her third straight NFCA All-Region First Team, All-PL First Team and All-ECAC Team honors ... Reached double-digit strikeouts five times, highlighted by a personal-best 18-strikeout performance against two hits and a walk allowed in a 12-2 win over Winthrop ... Started season pitching back-to-back shutouts with 13 combined strikeouts against five hits and one walk to post wins vs. Boston College and Kick-Off Classic host ... Pitched all 15 innings in the first meeting at Bucknell with 17 strikeouts against four earned runs allowed ... Held BC to one unearned run in a 2-1 complete-game road victory with four strikeouts ... Pitched all eight innings in the first meeting vs. Kentucky with four strikeouts against three earned runs in a 4-3 loss ... Earned 14 strikeouts at Merrimack, 10 vs. Yale and 10 again vs. Stonehill with 10 strikeouts and zero walks ... Combined for 15 strikeouts to help BU open a conference tournament with back-to-back shutouts for the first time since accomplishing the feat in the America East in 1995 ... Earned her second PL All-Tournament Team recognition for her efforts ... Started both NCAA regional contests against Oklahoma and Omaha.
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2024
Just the second BU pitcher, alongside BU Hall of Famer Audrey West ('96), and fourth Terrier in program history to earn All-America honors after she became the first to earn recognition from College Sports Evaluation (first team) and D1Softball (second team) ... Helped the Terriers sweep the Patriot League regular season and tournament titles for the second consecutive year while also boasting 53 wins, tying the 2002 UMass squad for the most ever by a program located in the Northeast ... Also helped the Terriers end the season nationally ranked by two organizations (#21 D1Softball, #23 NFCA) for the first time ... Became the first NCAA D1 student-athlete since UCF’s Shelby Turnier in 2015 to earn three NFCA National Pitcher of the Week awards in one season ... Also earned two D1Softball Pitcher of the Week honors ... Boasted a 28-4 record in 44 appearances (41 starts) with two saves and 1.23 ERA while holding opponents to a minuscule .146 batting average ... Finished the year with an NCAA-high 16 shutouts, four more than the next closest pitcher, with three of them finishing in no-hit hit fashion ... Accomplished the feat in the season opener against Binghamton and at Army while also pitching a perfect game at Coastal Carolina, BU's first since 2014, in five innings ... Ended the year ranked No. 2 in strikeouts (265), second in hits allowed per seven innings (.352), fourth in wins (28) and fifth in ERA (1.23) ... Tallied double-digit strikeouts 11 times, including a personal-best 14 strikeouts in a nine-inning win at UConn ... Pitched one-hit shutout against Queens and held Charlotte to just one run total in a pair of seven-inning victories ... Claimed first save against the Huskies with seven strikeouts in 3.0 innings and her second against Boston College in 3.0 scoreless innings as well ... Held three PL opponents to a combined one earned un in 15.2 innings with 20 strikeouts against six hits allowed to earn PL Tournament MVP honors ... Pitched a five-inning shutout against Horizon League Cleveland State with four strikeouts against three hits ... Named to both the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (3.20+ GPA) and NFCA Scholar-Athlete (3.50+ GPA) list for the second time ... Added her first Academic All-PL award and College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honor.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2023
Had a standout first year, making 18 starts in 38 overall appearances in the circle to help the Terriers five-peat as Patriot League regular season champions for the first time and set both a program and conference record with 52 wins, the most by a Northeast school since 2002 ... BU entered both the PL tournament and NCAA tournament in back-to-back weeks ranked No. 25 in the NFCA poll for the first time since 1996 ... Posted 20-3 record with four saves, 1.89 ERA, .180 opposing batting average and 192 strikeouts in 148.0 innings of work to claim both ECAC and PL Rookie of the Year honors along with Freshman All-America recognition from the College Sports Evaluation organization ... Earned seven solo shutouts with five combined shutouts ... Added NFCA All-Region and All-PL First Team accolades for her efforts along with five PL Pitcher of the Week and four PL Rookie of the Week awards ... Tabulated double-digit strikeouts six times ... Pitched first-career no-hitter at Holy Cross with 10 strikeouts in six innings of work after tabulating a season-high 17 strikeouts in a one-hitter against the Crusaders ... Tallied 10 strikeouts for the 2-0 shutout win against then-No. 12 Baylor ... Posted nine strikeouts in one-hit shutout victory over Georgia Tech ... Posted eight strikeouts in three-hit shutout at South Florida ... Claimed save in 1-0 win over UConn ... Earned PL tournament opening win against Bucknell with four innings of relief ... Made final appearance with start in NCAA Regional elimination game against No. 25 Virginia Tech ... Named Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (3.20+ GPA) and NFCA Scholar-Athlete (3.50+ GPA) honoree.
BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Pitching coach was BU Hall of Famer Robyn King ('01) ... Had a standout senior year at Littleton H.S., tallying 235 strikeouts against 316 batters faced with just one walk en route to a 0.294 ERA while batting .325 with a .494 slugging percentage ... Served as team captain last two seasons ... Finished as career strikeouts record holder and earned the most no hitters in a single season ... A three-time League All-Star and League MVP after helping squad win three league titles and two district championships ... Reached the State Quarterfinals her senior year to add Worcester Telegram All-Star recognition ... Tallied 210 strikeouts with a 0.081 ERA while batting .275 her junior year ... Batted .426 as a freshman ... Played club softball for the Polar Crush ... Her pitching coach Broke school record for indoor shot put ... Finished fifth at the State Championship as a junior after placing seventh her sophomore season ... A two-time League and District All-Star for her efforts ... Member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Kelly and Christopher Ricard ... Has one younger sibling, Cody ... Father played college football at UMass Lowell ... Enrolled in Sargent College, majoring in health science.
