Sarah Heckman

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Position:
Middle Hitter
Class:
Junior
High School:
Portage Central
Hometown:
Kalamazoo, Mich.

2015: Named to the Summit League Fall Academic Honor Roll … Played in 28 matches, starting 24 times … Third on the team with 228 kills and 259 points in 105 sets played … Second on the team with 56 total blocks … Recorded a career-high 16 kills against Green Bay on Sept. 18 … Finished with five blocks on two occasions … Tied a career-high with four digs against South Dakota on Nov. 14 … Earned a season-high two solo blocks versus Green Bay on Sept. 18 … Ended her career sixth in program history in block assists … Ranks 14th in team history in blocks per set and attack percentage … Finishes her career 15th in school history in total blocks.

2014: Named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence ... Appeared in all 33 matches, starting 27 times … Second on the team in total blocks with 107 … Ended the year third on the team in kills and fourth in points … Had a season-high 16 kills at North Dakota State on Nov. 14 … Against Duquesne on Sept 19, finished with a season-best .583 hitting percentage … Made a season-high 8 blocks against Oral Roberts (Oct. 10) … Finished with a season-high 5 digs versus Denver on Oct. 17 … Earned her first career ace against Oral Roberts on Oct. 10.

2013: Played in all 32 matches for the Mastodons, getting the start in 31 of them … Appeared in all 113 sets on the season … Accumulated 191 kills for the season on 486 attempts for a .216 hitting percentage … Led the ‘Dons with 115 blocks on the season, 14 of which were solo … Her 101 block assists for the year ranked 10th all-time in program history … Made 19 digs and dished out five assists for the year … Had a career-high 14 kills at Western Illinois (Nov. 1) … Her nine blocks at Western Michigan (Sept. 10) were a career-best … Made four solo blocks at Western Illinois (Nov. 1) … Recorded at least one block in 30 matches … Earned Summit League Distinguished Scholar honors … Named to the Summit League Fall Academic Honor Roll and the Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.

2012: Played in 42 sets during 23 matches... Recorded 41 kills and 11 blocks... Averaged 0.98 kills per set while hitting at a .358 clip... Made one assist on the year... Tallied four digs... Season-high kill total of nine came vs. North Dakota State (Sept. 29)... Lone assist of the season came vs. UT-Arlington (Sept. 1)... Recorded a season-high four blocks vs. IUPUI (Nov. 17) ... Named to the Summit League Fall Academic Honor Roll.

High School: Named All-Conference, All-Area, and Third Team All-State as a senior at Portage Central H.S.... Four-year honor roll student.

Personal: Daughter of Victor and Tammy Heckman... Has two brothers, BIlly and Paul... Majoring in spanish.