Tigers Sign Memphis Native Daejah Richmond
May 29, 2025 | Women's Basketball
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis women's basketball signed junior guard Daejah Richmond to the 2025-26 team, the program announced on Thursday.
Richmond spent the prior season at UT Martin, where she averaged 8.9 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists in nearly 25 minutes per contest.
"Daejah brings experience and tenacity to our team. Her experience will be priceless and she will compete from day one on campus," said head coach Alex Simmons. She is from Memphis and has genuine pride about representing her city."
A defensive playmaker at the guard position, the 5-foot-8 Richmond led the team with 1.9 steals per game for a Skyhawks squad that was top 100 in turnovers forced (BartTorvik.com). Under guidance from new Memphis assistant coach Garner Small, Richmond ranked fourth in the Ohio Valley Conference in steals and sixth in steals per conference game.
Richmond spent her freshman season at Southeast Missouri, making five starts and averaging 16.8 minutes per contest. She has shown tremendous durability in her first two collegiate seasons, playing in all 61 of her teams' games through two years.
A Memphis native, Richmond attended First Assembly Christian School where she was a first team all-district honoree in 2021-22. She competed for Team Real Deal on the club circuit for WNBA champion and Memphis native Ashley Shields.
Richmond becomes the sixth guard to join the Tigers in the transfer portal, teaming up with Chae Harris (Fordham), Jordan Hunter (Auburn), Cori Allen (Illinois) and Brooklyn and Kennedi Alexander (Tulsa). Paris Gaines (Georgia Southern) and Amauri Williams (Prairie View A&M) have also joined as frontcourt players.
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