Harvard University

Senior (2023-24)

Earned the team’s Academic Excellence Award … Gained NABC Honors Court accolades … Played in 13 games with one start … Scored four points with one steal vs. Cornell (Feb. 3) … Netted two points with one steal vs. Penn (Feb. 24) … Grabbed one rebound in each of four games … Appeared in all four of the team’s games in its 2023 foreign tour of Canada; averaged 18.5 minutes, 2.0 points, and 1.2 rebounds per game … Tallied five points and three rebounds at Ottawa (Aug. 22) … Netted three points at McGill (Aug. 21). 

Junior (2022-23)

Won the team’s Charles Ogletree J.D. ’78 Humanitarian Award … Earned a spot on the NABC Honors Court … Joined the team as a walk-on prior to the start of the season … Played in six games … Distributed an assist at Holy Cross (Nov. 30) … Made season debut vs. Elon (Nov. 13). 

Before Harvard

Competed on the MIT men’s basketball team from 2020-22 … Gained NEWMAC Academic All-Conference accolades in 2021-22 … Played in 23 games with 16 starts for the Engineers in 2021-22, averaging 7.7 points per game … Earned All-Tournament Team and All-Region honors at high school level … Garnered Academic All-State in basketball in 2018-19 … Served Highland as a captain as a senior … Competed on the AAU level for Utah Stars … Also played tennis … President of National Honor Society as a senior … Served as a student representative to the Salt Lake City School District Board of Education in 2018-19 … Completed a missionary service in Canada and Hong Kong in 2019-20 … Plays the guitar ... Son of Tiffany and Charles Rich; Charles ’89 attended Harvard … Brother, Coulson Rich, is a member of the Harvard Class of 2023.


Christian Rich with Mark Elliott, Vice Provost for International Affairs and Professor of Chinese and Inner Asian History