Tess Keppel

Photo by: Steve Woltmann Photo

Position:
Midfield/Defense
Height:
5-3
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Maryvale Preparatory School
Hometown:
Baltimore, MD

Career Honors
• 2020-21 Atlantic 10 All-Tournament Team
• 2019 Atlantic 10 All-Tournament Team
• 2022 Atlantic 10 Second Team All-Conference
• 2022 Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team
• 2022-23 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District At-Large

2022 (Senior)
• Served as Team Captain
• Started all 18 games on defensive line for Spiders
• Led the Spiders and Atlantic 10 with five defensive saves, which also ranks fifth nationally
• Tallied a career-high two goals this season, along with four assists, for a career-high eight points
• Scored Richmond’s first goal of the season at JMU (8/26), putting in the rebound off a corner play high over the goalie
• Tallied a season-high three points with one goal, converting a penalty stroke, and one assist in the Spiders victory over Towson (9/4)
• Also tallied assists against Old Dominion (9/11) and Davidson (9/18)
• Posted two of her five defensive saves in the Spiders 3-4 loss at Wake Forest (9/16), while tallying defensive saves in against William & Mary (9/2), La Salle (10/7) and Bucknell (10/16)
• Twice collected A-10 Defensive Player of the Week honors

2021 (Junior)
• Served as Team Captain
• Made 16 starts on defense for the Spiders
• Tallied six assists for six points, adding helpers in goals against Rutgers, American, Saint Louis, La Salle, Old Dominion and William & Mary
• Assisted on Lindsey Frank's goal against No. 15 Rutgers (8/28), sending a pass up the middle of the field for Frank's score that tied the game in the first quarter.
• NFHCA National Academic Squad honoree

Spring 2021 (Sophomore)
• Started in all seven games on defense
• Played all but three minutes for a total 437 total minutes on the field
• Assisted on the Spiders only goal against VCU (4/3)
• Collected a defensive save against VCU (4/3)
• Atlantic 10 All-Tournament Team honoree
• ZAG Field Hockey/NFHCA National Academic Squad honoree

2019 (Freshman)
• Played in all 21 games on defense, making 14 starts
• Made first appearance as a Spider in the season opener at #2 Maryland (8/30)
• Scored first career goal -- the overtime game-winner -- in a 3-2 win over Bucknell (9/8)
• Made first career start in shootout win vs. VCU (9/20)
• Earned A-10 All-Tournament Team honors after an outstanding performance in the defensive line in the Spiders' two games

Prep
• A four-year varsity starter at Maryvale Preparatory School
• Honored as team captain
• Named an NFHCA Academic All-American
• Led team to three IAAM B Conference Runner-Up finishes
• Played club field hockey for Freedom HKY
• An AAU Junior Olympics selection, as well as a three-time National Futures Championship selection
• Also lettered two years in badminton, winning the IAAM B Conference doubles title and earning IAAM B Conference All-Conference honors
• Academically, a First Honors recipient and class Valedictorian, as well as a member of the National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society

Personal
• Daughter of Christy and Bob Keppel
• Has two sisters, Maddie and Amelia
• Maddie played field hockey at Ithaca College