Tess Heal

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Career Accolades

  • Two-time All-WCC first team (2023-24)
  • WCC Newcomer of the Year (2023)
  • Six-time WCC Player of the Week (Nov. 20, 2024; Jan. 2, 2024; Jan. 8, 2024; Feb. 12, 2024; Feb. 19, 2024; March 4, 2024) 
  • WCC All-Freshman Team (2023)
  • Conference-record 12-time WCC Freshman of the Week (Nov. 14, 2022; Nov. 21, 2022; Nov. 28, 2022; Dec. 12, 2022; Dec. 20, 2022; Jan. 9, 2023; Jan. 23, 2023; Jan. 30, 2023; Feb. 6, 2023; Feb. 13, 2023; Feb. 20, 2023; Feb. 28, 2023)
  • Two-time College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2024-25)
  • All-ACC Academic Team (2025)
  • WCC All-Academic Team (2024)

As a Junior (2024-25)

  • All-ACC Academic Team
  • Appeared in 30 games and started eight
  • Averaged 8.0 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 21.5 minutes per game
  • Scored a season-high 24 points on 9-of-16 shooting, including 6-of-8 from deep, in a win at Wake Forest (1/16)
    • Scored all 24 in the first three quarters and made her first six 3-pointers
    • Went on a personal 11-0 run in the first quarter to push Stanford to a 19-9 lead after one
  • A career 31.5 percent 3-point shooter at Santa Clara, went 34-of-69 (.493) at Stanford
  • The only major conference player in the country to shoot 50.0 percent from the field (.503), 45.0 percent from 3-point range (.493) and 85.0 percent at the free throw line (.875)
  • Had 23 points and five 3-pointers in a win over Boston College (2/16)
  • Came off the bench in the final 18 games and averaged 8.3 points on 51.5 percent shooting (53-of-103), including 46.7 percent from deep (21-of-45)
  • Averaged 8.8 points per game as a sub in ACC contests, fifth best in the league
  • Finished third in ACC Sixth Player of the Year voting with 52 points behind Dani Carnegie (372 points) and Oluchi Okananwa (324 points)

As a Sophomore (2023-24 at Santa Clara)

  • All-WCC first team
  • Six-time WCC Player of the Week (Nov. 20; Jan. 2; Jan. 8; Feb. 12; Feb. 19; March 4) 
  • College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
  • WCC All-Academic Team
  • Started and scored in double figures in all 34 games
  • Averaged 19.5 points, 3.9 rebounds and 4.9 assists in 32.0 minutes per outing
    • Was 29th in the country in scoring
  • Shot 46.2 percent from the floor (221-of-478), 35.3 percent from behind the arc (30-of-85) and 87.2 percent at the line (191-of-219)
    • Eighth nationally in free throws attempted and made the fourth most in the country
    • Just three DI players made more free throws (JuJu Watkins – USC – 241; Caitlin Clark – Iowa – 227; Angel Reese – LSU – 193)
    • Set Santa Clara program records for points (663), free throws made and free throws attempted
  • Had 14 20-point performances, three 30-point outings and scored a career-high and program-record tying 40 at Pacific (3/2)
  • Scored 30 and went 15-of-17 from the free throw line with six assists agaisnt Pacific (1/6)
  • Also scored 30 at San Diego (2/22)
  • Posted a triple-double with 14 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists at Pepperdine (2/3)
  • Had a double-double with 15 points and 10 assists against LMU (2/29)

As a Freshman (2022-23 at Santa Clara)

  • WCC Newcomer of the Year
  • All-WCC first team
  • WCC All-Freshman Team
  • Conference-record 12-time WCC Freshman of the Week (Nov. 14; Nov. 21; Nov. 28; Dec. 12; Dec. 20; Jan. 9; Jan. 23; Jan. 30; Feb. 6; Feb. 13; Feb. 20; Feb. 28)
  • Started all 32 games and scored in double figures 29 times
  • Averaged 17.6 points, 4.3 rebounds and 4.0 assists in 32.3 minutes per outing
    • One of two freshmen in the country to average 17/4/4 (Ny'Ceara Pryor – Sacred Heart)
  • Shot 48.3 percent from the floor (200-of-414), 25.3 percent from behind the arc (21-of-77) and 86.0 percent at the line (141-of-164)
  • Finished the season with 562 points, now fifth-most in a single season at Santa Clara
  • Had 11 20-point games and scored a season-high 39 against BYU (2/16)

Basketball Australia

  • Averaged 7.8 points, 3.8 rebounds and 4.0 assists in six games at the FIBA U19 World Cup in Madrid, Spain in July 2023
  • Helped Australia to a gold-medal finish at the FIBA U18 Asian Championship, Division A in Bengaluru, India in September 2022 
    • Averaged 7.0 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists in five games

Prior to College

  • Played for Victoria Metro at U18 2021 Grand Final of the Australian Junior Championships
    • Scored 25 points with 10 rebounds and five assists
  • Captained the team at three Junior National Championships
    • Won two gold medals and one silver
  • Went to inaugural Junior NBA Championships in 2018 to represent Asia-Pacific and came in fourth overall
  • Part of Victorian National Performance Program for three years
    • An all-star performance helped her team win a Division I Youth Championship in 2019