2018-2019 Richmond Spiders

2018-2019 Richmond Spiders Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
4 Nathan Cayo So F 6-7 225 Oct 27, 1997 Montreal Canada College Jean-De-Brebeuf
31 Jordan Gaitley So G 6-4 190 Jun 23, 1998 Haverford (PA) United States Fordham Preparatory School
0 Jacob Gilyard So PG 5-8 160 Jul 14, 1998 Kansas City (MO) United States The Barstow School
33 Grant Golden So PF 6-10 255 Jan 15, 1998 Winchester (VA) United States St. James School
15 Matt Grace Fr F 6-9 230 Feb 5, 1999 Hamilton Canada The RISE Centre Academy
22 Andre Gustavson Fr SG 6-5 205 May 7, 1999 Helsinki Finland Helsinki Basketball Academy
32 Julius Johnson Sr SG 6-3 200 Apr 25, 1996 Melbourne (FL) United States Florida Air Academy
2 Souleymane Koureissi Fr SF 6-9 215 Jun 27, 1999 New York (NY) United States Iona Preparatory School
10 Sullivan Kulju So F 6-6 220 Sep 8, 1998 New Berlin (WI) United States Eisenhower High School
30 Keith Oddo RS-Sr G 6-2 185 Jun 10, 1996 Roanoke (VA) United States North Cross School
3 Bryce Schneider Fr SF 6-5 185 May 19, 1998 Myrtle Beach (SC) United States Myrtle Beach High School
5 Nick Sherod RS-Jr SG 6-4 230 Oct 16, 1997 Richmond (VA) United States St. Christopher's School
21 Tomas Verbinskis Fr SF 6-8 217 Apr 2, 1998 Klaipeda Lithuania Sagemont School
11 Jake Wojcik Fr SG 6-5 190 Sep 28, 1999 San Jose (CA) United States Bellarmine College Preparatory
24 Noah Yates Sr F 6-5 210 Aug 19, 1996 Point Pleasant (NJ) United States Point Pleasant High School

Richmond Transfers Sitting Out 2018-2019

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality Transferred From
1 Blake Francis Jr G 6-0 175 Jan 3, 1998 Herndon (VA) United States Wagner

Recent Richmond Spiders History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 23-9 (15-3) 1st (A-10) 3rd Rnd N/A
2022-2023 15-18 (7-11) 11th (A-10) 2nd Rnd N/A
2021-2022 24-13 (10-8) 6th (A-10) Champion NCAA 2nd Rnd
2020-2021 14-9 (6-5) 9th (A-10) 2nd Rnd NIT 2nd Rnd
2019-2020 24-7 (14-4) 2nd (A-10) 3rd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 13-20 (6-12) 10th (A-10) 2nd Rnd N/A
2017-2018 12-20 (9-9) 5th (A-10) 3rd Rnd N/A
2016-2017 22-13 (13-5) 3rd (A-10) 4th Rnd NIT 3rd Rnd
2015-2016 16-16 (7-11) 9th (A-10) 3rd Rnd N/A
2014-2015 21-14 (12-6) 4th (A-10) 3rd Rnd NIT 3rd Rnd
2013-2014 19-14 (8-8) 7th (A-10) 3rd Rnd N/A
2012-2013 19-15 (8-8) 8th (A-10) 1st Rnd CBI 2nd Rnd
2011-2012 16-16 (7-9) 9th (A-10) 1st Rnd N/A
2010-2011 29-8 (13-3) 3rd (A-10) Champion NCAA 3rd Rnd
2009-2010 26-9 (13-3) 3rd (A-10) Runner Up NCAA 1st Rnd
2008-2009 20-16 (9-7) 5th (A-10) 2nd Rnd CBI 2nd Rnd
2007-2008 16-15 (9-7) 4th (A-10) 2nd Rnd CBI 1st Rnd
2006-2007 8-22 (4-12) 12th (A-10) 1st Rnd N/A
2005-2006 13-17 (6-10) 11th (A-10) 1st Rnd N/A
2004-2005 14-15 (8-8) 7th (A-10) 2nd Rnd N/A
2003-2004 20-13 (10-6) 4th (A-10) 3rd Rnd NCAA 1st Rnd
2002-2003 15-14 (9-7) 5th (A-10) 2nd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd

2018-2019 Richmond Spiders Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Grant Golden Fort Myers Tip-Off All-Tournament Team
Jacob Gilyard NABC All-District (4) Second Team
Jacob Gilyard Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team
Grant Golden Atlantic 10 All-Conference Third Team
Jacob Gilyard Atlantic 10 All-Defensive Team
Jacob Gilyard Atlantic 10 Player of the Week (Feb 11, 2019)
Grant Golden Atlantic 10 Player of the Week (Dec 24, 2018)
Grant Golden Atlantic 10 Player of the Week (Dec 31, 2018)
Jake Wojcik Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week (Dec 31, 2018)

2018-2019 Richmond Spiders Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters J. Gilyard A. Gustavson J. Wojcik N. Cayo G. Golden
Rotation     N. Yates    
Lim PT K. Oddo J. Johnson S. Koureissi M. Grace  
Lim PT   B. Francis N. Sherod    
Lim PT   J. Gaitley T. Verbinskis    
Lim PT     B. Schneider    

2018-2019 Richmond Spiders Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Grant Golden 33 31.4 17.2 7.1 3.5 0.5 1.1 2.5
Jacob Gilyard 31 37.3 16.2 2.9 5.2 2.8 0.0 2.4
Nathan Cayo 33 31.4 12.9 4.2 1.8 0.8 0.8 1.5
Nick Sherod 6 32.0 12.7 5.2 2.8 1.3 0.0 2.2
Jake Wojcik 33 30.0 7.7 3.5 1.5 1.2 0.2 0.7
Andre Gustavson 31 22.0 4.8 2.3 1.5 1.1 0.3 0.8
Noah Yates 33 16.0 3.8 2.4 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.4
Julius Johnson 31 16.7 3.4 1.5 0.9 0.4 0.2 0.5
Tomas Verbinskis 1 6.0 3.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
Souleymane Koureissi 26 6.5 2.3 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2
Bryce Schneider 4 5.0 1.2 1.5 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.2
Matt Grace 31 7.6 1.2 1.0 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.2
Jordan Gaitley 3 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Keith Oddo 9 3.0 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
Sullivan Kulju 3 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2018-2019 Richmond Spiders Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Chris Mooney Head Coach 2005-2006 N/A
Rob Jones Associate Head Coach 2015-2016 Assistant Coach (Richmond, 2008 to 2015)
Marcus Jenkins Associate Head Coach 2018-2019 Assistant Coach (Richmond, 2015 to 2018)
Kim Lewis Assistant Coach 2013-2014 Director of Basketball Operations (Richmond, 2011 to 2013)
Mark McGonigal Director of Program Development 2016-2017 N/A
Will Gipe Video Coordinator 2016-2017 N/A
John Hardt Athletic Director 2018-2019 Athletic Director (Bucknell, 2000 to 2018)
Steve Thomas Director of Basketball Operations 2015-2016 Director of Student-Athlete Development (Virginia Tech, 2014 to 2015)
Jason DeMayo Strength and Conditioning Coach 2005-2006 N/A
Adam Smith Athletic Trainer 2008-2009 N/A