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Richtmyer begins her third season on the coaching staff for the Bulldogs in the fall of 2025.

In 2024, the Bulldogs continued their climb in the NAIA ranks, finishing as the no. 8 ranked team in the country with an overall record of 25-10 and played in a whopping 21 games against teams that were either ranked or receiving votes. After winning their first ever home playoff matchup against Oregon Tech back on Nov. 23, the No. 16-seeded Bulldog women's volleyball team made history by upsetting top-seeded and previously undefeated No. 1 Northwestern (Iowa) during the NAIA Women's Volleyball National Championship pool play to advance to the Round of 16.

Numerous Bulldogs received postseason accolades and broke longstanding UMW records, including Jazi Smith who was named NAIA Second Team All-American, AVCA All-Region, and earned a selection to the NAIA National Championship all-tournament team. Six Bulldogs earned their way into the record books following this season. Smith caps off a historic career becoming UMW's career kills leader with a record 1164 total. She also holds the single season kills record with 469 in a single season. Kaylee Fritz broke the career service aces record as she caps her impressive career. She now leads in the record books with 104 service aces. Danyel Martin broke the career blocks record last season for UMW and added 140 blocks this season to her total. She leads the record book now with 419 total. Kelsey Goddard broke both the career digs record and the single season digs record this season as she ends her career at Montana Western. She now leads both with a career total of 2321 and a single season record total of 699 this season. Taylor Petersen broke the single season service aces record during the upset win over No. 1 Northwestern. She holds the top spot with a total of 42 service aces. Peyton Voglbroke the single season block record after she totaled 152 blocks during the 2024 season.

The Bulldogs capped off a historic season in 2023 after posting their highest win percentage since the 1996 season and won their first conference championship since 2002. They also made their first ever appearance in the NAIA Women's Volleyball National Tournament and went 1-2 overall after winning their first ever game in the NAIA tournament. Multiple Bulldogs hit career milestones across the season. Peyton Vogl totaled over 500 kills and 200 blocks. She is now the single season block record holder at Montana Western after she totaled 120 blocks this season and the season blocks per set record holder with 1.12 per set. Both KayLee Kopp and Danyel Martin broke the 500-kill threshold. Martin also broke UMW's total career block record and finished the season with 279 total career blocks.

Richtmyer joined UMW from Whitehall, Mont. where she most recently served as the Head Volleyball Coach at Whitehall High School. She led the Trojans as the head varsity coach for the last two seasons and made an appearance in the divisional tournament. She has also coached in the Mountain One Volleyball Club organization.

Richtmyer began her collegiate career at Montana Western in 2016. She played in a total of 55 games as a setter, totaling 598 assists, 268 digs, and averaged 4.4 assists per set across her career. Prior to becoming a Bulldog, Richtmyer was a 2016 graduate of Helena High School where she was a two-time second team all-conference selection and a second team all-state selection.