Neel Swamy was announced as president-elect of GPSG on Wednesday by the Board of Elections. That same day, Kade Sutton was elected president of the CAA.
The president's role is to represent student athletes within CAA and serve as a liaison between UNC athletics and student sports fans. The election will take place on Tuesday.
Richards received 59.7 percent of the 3,219 votes cast in the election, defeating his opponent, junior Keshav Javvadi, by 851 votes, according to the results from the Board of Elections.