Richie Hyden Profile - BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE

8 Richie Hyden

	Class: Senior
	Hometown: Melbourne, Australia
	High School: Greenwich (Conn.)

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Team co-captain along with classmate Sean Coghlan ... enters 2010 four goals, one assist and eight points shy of joining Bison career top-10 lists ... no Bison has joined those lists since Kevin Permisohn in 2000 ... second two-time All-American in program history ... enters 2010 third on career ejections drawn list (129) and second in shots (479).

2009: Honorable Mention All-America selection for second straight year ... CWPA All-Southern Division First Team choice for second consecutive season ... Second Team All-Eastern Championship selection ... earned team's Offensive MVP award ... two-time CWPA Southern Division Player of the Week ... broke Bison single-season ejections drawn record with 69 ... 158 shots tied for third on Bucknell single-season list ... led Bison in scoring for a second consecutive year with 95 points ... second on team with 53 points ... led squad with 42 assists ... fourth on team with 22 steals ... appeared in 28 of 31 games, missing three contests on West Coast trip ... registered at least one point in 26 of 28 games ... 21 multi-point outings ... tallied season-high seven points in league win at Johns Hopkins ... 10 games with at least five points ... 25 points over final seven contests ... 15 multi-goal games ... held without a goal just three times ... 12 multi-assist contests, including four straight in late September ... drew at least one ejection in 27 of 28 games played ... 18 contests with at least two ejections drawn ... 34 ejections drawn over final 10 games of season.

2008: Honorable Mention All-America selection ... third consecutive year a Bison was named Honorable Mention All-America ... CWPA All-Southern Division First Team ... earned team's Offensive MVP award ... earned CWPA Southern Division Player of the Week on Oct. 27 ... 220 shots established a new Bucknell single-season record ... second on single-season ejections drawn list (50) and seventh in sprints won (39) ... led Bison in goals (87), assists (51) and points (138) ... highest goal total for a Bucknell player since Alex Lundig had 93 in 1997 ... most assists for a Bison since Kevin Permisohn totaled 65 in 2000 ... most points by a Bison since Sean Tierney piled up 152 in 1993 ... started 32 games, missing only ECAC Championship game vs. George Washington ... 15 multiple-goal outings over final 16 games of season ... registered season-high five goals five times, including three times in first five games ... tallied at least two goals 26 times ... never scored exactly one goal ... 19 multiple-assist contests ... season-high nine points came in second game of season vs. Fordham ... held without a point just twice all season ... 18 contests with at least five points ... five straight games with at least five points in mid-October ... team's primary sprinter, winning 39 of 56 sprints ... second on squad with 50 ejections drawn ... eight multiple-steal games.

2007: Named CWPA Southern Division Rookie of the Year ... earned team's Rookie of the Year award ... most goals (40), assists (31) and points (71) by a Bison freshman since 2002 ... scored at least one goal in seven consecutive games on two separate occasions ... 12 multiple-goal games ... posted season-high five goals late in season vs. Mercyhurst ...second on team with eight sprints won ... sixth on team with 33 steals ... second among non-seniors in steals ... seven games with at least two steals ... 22 multiple-point outings ... season-high three assists four times.

Personal/H.S.: Graduated from Greenwich (Conn.) High School in 2007 ... earned a pair of varsity letters in both water polo and swimming ... two-time league player of the year ... earned First Team All-America honors as a junior ... team captain as a senior ... member of Australian National Youth and Junior teams ... born in Australia ... helped lead swimming squad to a state championship as a junior ... majoring in international relations.