Adrian Ritchie

Adrian Ritchie is a former American basketball player who played collegiately for the Green Bay Phoenix of the Horizon League and professionally for the Nottingham Wildcats.

Ritchie hails from De Pere, Wisconsin and attended De Pere High School, a WIAA Division 1 school. In Adrian's senior year (2009) of her prep basketball career, she averaged 15.4 points, 7.7 rebounds, 5.1 assists, and 3.9 steals and helped lead the team to the WIAA state semifinals. She was unanimously voted to the AP's all-state first team (along with future Green Bay teammate Sarah Eichler) and tabbed Wisconsin Miss Basketball in 2009.

College career

In her 4-year career with the Green Bay Phoenix, Ritchie finished on the school's Division I career top 10 in games played (129), points (1360), three-pointers made (196), free-throw percentage (81.3%), assists (361), and steals (234).

Green Bay's record during Adrian's tenure was 122–16 overall and 84–4 in conference play. Additionally, the team won four regular season titles and three tournament titles in the Horizon League, and earned four NCAA Tournament bids, reaching the second round twice and the Sweet 16 in 2011.

Freshman season As a freshman, Ritchie played in all of Green Bay's 33 games off the bench. In her collegiate debut on November 13, 2009, she recorded 12 points and six rebounds at North Dakota. On March 21, 2010, in the first round of the 2010 NCAA Tournament, Adrian scored 14 points in Green Bay's win against Virginia.

Sophomore season To open her sophomore season, Ritchie scored 24 points against George Washington on November 13, 2010. On March 13, Ritchie scored 18 points on 70% shooting in a 74–63 win over Butler in the Horizon League Tournament final.

Junior season As a junior, Ritchie started in all 33 games averaging 12.3 points and 4.7 rebounds per game by shooting 46% from the field and 84% at the free throw line. In a 77–72 overtime win at Youngstown State on February 18, 2012, Adrian poured in career-high 26 points with scoring 9 in the final 35 seconds of the 2nd half helping force OT. At the end of the regular season, she was voted onto the All-Horizon League Second Team.

Senior season Ahead her senior season, Ritchie was selected to the Horizon League Preseason First Team. She started in all 32 games and led Green Bay in scoring and rebounding with 14.3 points and 5.1 rebounds per game, including a total of 71 made three-pointers. Defensively, Ritchie led the team with 2.6 steals per game, which also ranked 2nd in the league.

At the end of the regular season, Ritchie was voted onto the All-Horizon League First Team and All-Defensive Team with teammate Sarah Eichler. In their Horizon League tournament title run, she scored a career-high 27 points against Valparaiso in the quarterfinal with 7 made three-pointers, notched 17 points with 7 rebounds against Detroit Mercy in the semis, and 15 points with 9 rebounds in the championship game win against Loyola (Chicago). Her final game in a Phoenix uniform was in the NCAA Tournament first round, scoring 16 points at LSU.