2026 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: did not compete.
Indoor: Competed in two meets … Cleared 13-3.5 (4.05) to win Arkansas Invitational … No height in Tyson Invitational.
2025 (Freshman)
Outdoor: Won pole vault at Arkansas Twilight with 13-3.5 (4.05) clearance … Placed ninth at John McDonnell Invitational with 12-8 (3.86) … Ninth at Arkansas Spring Invitational with 12-6.25 (3.82) height.
Indoor: Set indoor collegiate best of 13-7.25 (4.15) to place 11th at Arkansas Qualifier … Cleared 12-5.25 (3.79) at Tyson Invitational and 12-1.5 (3.70) at Razorback Invitational … Placed sixth at Arkansas Invitational with 12-9.5 (3.90) clearance.
High School
2024 graduate of Teurlings Catholic HS in Lafayette, Louisiana … 2024 graduate of Teurlings Catholic HS in Lafayette … Coached by her father in track and field, along with Terry Hebert in volleyball … Lettered four years in track and field, two years in volleyball … NFL quarterback Jake Delhomme is an alum of Teurlings Catholic HS as well as Heidi D’Amelio from reality series The D’Amelio Show.
Three-time Louisiana pole vault State champion, twice outdoors and once indoors … Team finished as State runner-up during her senior season … Cleared 13-1.5 (4.00) for 2024 Louisiana 4A State title to complete undefeated high school season with eight victories … During senior season set a then career best of 13-5 (4.09) to win Teurlings Cathlolic Relays … Improved career best to 13-6 (4.11) to win Tom Nolan Relays … Indoors, claimed Louisiana State title with a 12-10 (3.91) clearance … Had an indoor best of 13-3 (4.04) to win McNeese HS meet … Won 2023 Louisiana 4A State title with height of 12-5.25 (3.79) … Also collected two silver and one bronze medal in pole vault at previous State meets … State runner-up in 2022 at 12-0 (3.66), which she cleared three times that season, including winning the Region II-4A title … Cleared a season best of 12-7 (3.83) and made 12-5.5 (3.80) as runner-up in AAU Junior Olympic Games … Runner-up at 2022 Louisiana Indoor State meet with 11-11.75 (3.65) clearance after producing an indoor best of 12-1.75 (3.70) … As a freshman in 2021, earned bronze medal in pole vault (11-10.75 | 3.63) and finished sixth in triple jump … Also member of fourth place 4 x 100m relay at LHSAA 4A State meet.
Career best marks: 13-6 (4.11)
Indoor: 13-3 (4.04)
PERSONAL
Addison Kay Richey was born in Lafayette, Louisiana on April 13, 2006 … Daughter of Wade and Felicia Richey … Father played football at LSU and was a kicker in the NFL (1998-2004) with San Francisco, San Diego, and Baltimore … One aunt played basketball at LSU while another aunt played soccer at Ole Miss, and a cousin plays hockey at Yale … Majoring in Animal Science / Pre-Vet … Career plans involve going to veterinary school … Life ambition is to become the best version of myself in everything she does … Favorite athletes include Swedish pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis, who is from Lafayettte, Australian pole vaulter Nina Kennedy, and American 400m hurdler Anna Cockrell, who trains in Fayetteville … Person she most admires is Dr. Katie Mullins … Loves doing handstands … Chose Arkansas since it seemed like the best place to allow her to push her potential and be great.
