Hall of Fame
A 1992 graduate, Brett Richards, is being inducted into the Peru State Hall of Fame due to his prowess on the basketball court.
Nearly 30 years after he played, Richards is listed in numerous single-season and career record categories. During the 1989-90 season, he attempted 281 three-point field goals and made 125 – both still records for a single season. In addition, he owns the career marks for both categories as he made 260 out of 621 attempts making nearly 42% of his three-point tries – which is second-best all-time.
In other career-record categories, Richards is second in assists with 347, third in scoring with 1,493 points, and seventh in steals with 113.
Richards’ other top single-season marks include: third in points with 663, third in three-point field goal percentage with 44.5%, seventh in assists with 148, eighth in single-season three-point field goals made with 80, tenth in single-season three-point field goal attempts with 201, and 11th in scoring average at 21.4 points per game.
Richards has been in education since his graduation at Peru State and is currently the superintendent of the Springfield Platteview Community Schools in Springfield, Neb.
