Wheaton, Ill. –  Soren Richardson has been named has been named to the 2026-27 D3hoops.com Preseason Men's Basketball All-America Team. Richardson is a Second Team honoree on this year's squad and was a Fifth Team selection on the 2025-26 Preseason All-America Team.

Richardson is the first Thunder men's basketball player to earn two D3hoops.com Preseason All-American nods since Aston Francis in 2017-18 and 2018-19. Richardson is the fifth player in program history to earn Preseason All-American honors from D3hoops.com since the inception of the honor in 2010. He joins: Tim McCrary (2010-11 & 2011-23); Tyler Peters (2013-14); Francis (2017-18 & 2018-19) and Nyameye Adom Preseason All-American selections by D3hoops.com. 

Richardson was named a Fifth Team D3hoops.com All-American at the conclusion of his junior season in 2025-26. Additionally he was named to the D3hoops.com and NABC All-Region teams. He was also named as a finalist for the Jostens Trophy, and named a CSC Academic All-American.

Overall in 2025-26, Richardson averaged 22.4 points per game as he shot 48.4% (208-430) from the field, including 36.4% (55-151) behind the three-point arc. He also contributed 4.2 rebounds per game, 2.8 assists per game and a team-high 1.5 steals per game. Richardson scored his season high of 36 points in road matchups at Elmhurst and North Park, and he had a season-high six assists in the road game at North Park. He scored in double digits for 25 of Wheaton's 26 games last season.

In 2025-26, Richardson earned his second-consecutive unanimous First Team All-CCIW award. He averaged 23.0 points per game in Wheaton's 16 conference games to repeat at the league's scoring leader. Richardson was named the CCIW Player of the Week award three times last season: Dec. 8, Jan. 12 and Jan. 26, and has received the award five times in his career.

Richardson has 1,457 career points at Wheaton, a mark that ranks 26^th in program history. His 165 career three-pointers ranks 12^th in Wheaton's record books. He also has 516 field goals, 160 assists and 100 steals across his three seasons.

WHEATON'S ALL-TIME D3HOOPS.COM PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS
Tim McCrary, 2010-11 (2nd), 2011-12 (1st)
Tyler Peters, 2013-14 (2nd)
Aston Francis, 2017-18 (2nd), 2018-2019 (2nd)
Nyameye Adom, 2021-22 (3rd)
Soren Richardson, 2025-26 (5th), 2026-27 (2nd)