July 5, 2016 NAME: Zach Richards
NUMBER: #83
POSITION: Wide Receiver
HEIGHT: 6-2
WEIGHT: 215 HOMETOWN: Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia (born) and Austin, Texas (high school)
HIGH SCHOOL: St. Stephen's Episcopal
MAJOR: Mechanical Engineering
I CHOSE NAVY OVER: Army West Point
I CHOSE NAVY BECAUSE: My dad brought me to Annapolis to see the Academy when I was a kid and I never lost interest in attending here
FAVORITE MEAL: Ribs
FAVORITE ATHLETE: Michael Jordan
FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM: Dallas Cowboys
TO RELAX I LIKE TO: Skateboard or surf
RIGHT NOW MY SERVICE SELECTION WOULD BE: Navy Pilot
IF I COULD EAT DINNER WITH ANY THREE PEOPLE IT WOULD BE: President Barack Obama, Michael Jordan, John Mayer
IN HIGH SCHOOL I DREAMED OF BEING: An engineer
ON GAME DAY I LISTEN TO: Metallica or Notorious B.I.G.
MY FAVORITE SUMMER VACATION WAS: New Zealand
MY FAVORITE FORM OF SOCIAL MEDIA IS: Instagram
MY FAVORITE PERSON TO FOLLOW ON TWITTER IS: Neil Degrasse Tyson
MY FIRST THOUGHT STEPPING ON THE NAVAL ACADEMY CAMPUS WAS: "What did I get myself into…"
WHAT I LOVE ON GAME DAY IS: The intensity and the adrenaline
WHICH TEAM NOT ON NAVY'S SCHEDULE WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO PLAY AND WHY: Texas, they are one of the most storied teams in college football history and I want to know the feeling of beating them
MY FAVORITE PART OF BEING IN A CONFERENCE IS: The amplified sense of rivalry and competitiveness
THE WORD THAT BEST DESCRIBES A NAVY FOOTBALL PLAYER IS: Discipline
MY FAVORITE COACH NIUMATALOLO SAYING IS: "Dag nab it!"
THE PLAYER THAT WILL SURPRISE THE MOST PEOPLE ON OFFENSE IN 2016 IS: Tago Smith THE PLAYER THAT WILL SURPRISE THE MOST PEOPLE ON DEFENSE IN 2016 IS: Jarvis Polu THE MOST VALUABLE OFFENSIVE PLAYER IN 2016 WILL BE: Tago Smith
THE MOST VALUABLE DEFENSIVE PLAYER IN 2016 WILL BE: Micah Thomas
THE TOUGHEST PLAYER ON THE NAVY FOOTBALL TEAM IS: Daniel Gonzales
THE FASTEST PLAYER ON THE NAVY FOOTBALL TEAM IS: Dishan Romine
THE STRONGEST PLAYER ON THE NAVY FOOTBALL TEAM IS: Adam West
THE ONE PLAYER ON THE CURRENT TEAM THAT EPITOMIZES NAVY FOOTBALL: Toneo Gulley
THE FUNNIEST PLAYER ON THE TEAM IS: Chris High
THE PLAYER ON THE TEAM MOST LIKELY TO BECOME SUPERINTENDENT: Garrett Weidel
THE PLAYER ON THE TEAM MOST LIKELY TO BECOME COMMANDANT: Sean Williams
