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Career

  • NCAA Team Champion (2022)
  • Pac-12 Team Champion (2024)
  • NCAA Individual Champion (2021)
  • Ping/WGCA Player of the Year (2021)
  • ANNIKA Award winner (2021)
  • Honda Sport Award for Golf winner (2021)
  • Pac-12 Golfer of the Year (2021)
  • Ping/WGCA Freshman of the Year (2021)
  • Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year (2021)
  • WGCA First Team All-American (2021)
  • Golfweek First Team All-American (2021)
  • Two-time Golfweek Third Team All-American (2022, 2024)
  • WGCA Honorable Mention All-American (2024)
  • Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023)
  • Two-Time All-Pac-12 First Team (2021, 2022)
  • Two-time WGCA All-American Scholar (2021, 2022)
  • Pac-12 Golfer of the Month (April 2021)
  • Became the third woman to sweep the postseason in NCAA history in 2021 (conference, regionals, nationals)
  • Scoring average: 71.68
  • Rounds: 77
  • Total Strokes: 5,519
  • Wins: 9 (tied for the second most in school history) (2021 Gunrock Invitational, 2021 Fresno State Classic, 2021 Pac-12 Championships, 2021 U.S. Open Collegiate, 2021 NCAA Stanford Regional, 2021 NCAA Championships, 2022 Lamkin Invitational, 2022 Gunrock Invitational, 2024 NCAA Cle Elum Regional)
  • Top-10 Finishes: 13
  • Top-20 Finishes: 15
  • Rounds at Par or Better: 43/77
  • Rounds in the 60s: 19/77
  • Low round: -9 (Twice, Most Recently: 2022 Gunrock Invitational 1st Round, 63)
  • Low tournament: -18 (2022 Gunrock Invitational, 198) *School Record*
  • Best finish: 1st (Nine Times)

As A Senior (2023-24) • NCAA Team Champion, Pac-12 Team Champion

  • Golfweek Third Team All-American
  • WGCA Honorable Mention All-American
  • Scoring average: 72.53
  • Rounds: 19
  • Total Strokes: 1,378
  • Rounds at Par or Better: 11/19
  • Rounds in the 60s: 1/19
  • Low round: -7 (NCAA Cle Elum Regional 2nd Round, 65)
  • Low tournament: -8 (NCAA Cle Elum Regional, 208)
  • Best finish: 1st (NCAA Cle Elum Regional)
  • Tied for 7th at the Pac-12 Championship (71-70-71=212, -4)
  • Beat No. 8 Auburn in the NCAA Quarterfinals, 4&3
  • Lost to No. 4 USC in the NCAA Semifinals, 2&1
  • Beat No. 6 UCLA in the NCAA Championship Finals as the clinching point, 4&3

As A Junior (2022-23)

  • Scoring average: 72.70
  • Rounds: 10
  • Total Strokes: 727
  • Top-10 Finishes: 1
  • Top-20 Finishes: 2
  • Rounds at Par or Better: 5/10
  • Rounds in the 60s: 1/10
  • Low round: -5 (2022 Stephens Cup 3rd Round, 67)
  • Low tournament: -5 (2022 Stephens Cup, 211)
  • Best finish: Tied for 3rd (2022 Stephens Cup)

As A Sophomore (2021-22) • NCAA Team Champion

  • Golfweek Third Team All-American 
  • All-Pac-12 First Team
  • WGCA All-American Scholar
  • Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
  • Scoring average: 72.65
  • Rounds: 23
  • Total Strokes: 1,671
  • Wins: 2 (2022 Lamkin Invitational, 2022 Gunrock Invitational)
  • Top-10 Finishes: 2
  • Top-20 Finishes: 2
  • Rounds at Par or Better: 7/23
  • Rounds in the 60s: 2/23
  • Low round: -9 (2022 Gunrock Invitational 1st Round, 63)
  • Low tournament: -18 (2022 Gunrock Invitational, 198) *School Record*
  • Best finish: 1st (Twice)
  • Tied for 38th at the Windy City Collegiate (72-81-76=229, +13)
  • Tied for 10th at the Stanford Intercollegiate (69-70-72=211, -2)
  • 1st at the Lamkin Invitational (70-73-68=211, -5)
  • 1st at the Gunrock Invitational (63-68-67=198, -18)
  • Tied for 33rd at the Juli Inkster Invitational (76-75-73=224, +8)
  • Tied for 56th at the Ping/ASU Invitational (79-73-75=227, +11)
  • No score/subbed at NCAA Stanford Regional (75-x-x=75, +4)
  • Tied for 31st at the NCAA Championships (76-72-70-78=296, +8)
  • Won her quarterfinal match vs. No. 8 Georgia, 2up
  • Lost her semifinal match vs. No. 5 Auburn, 1up
  • Lost her championship match vs. No. 2 Oregon, 3&2
  • Helped Team USA to victory at Spirit International with teammate Rose Zhang
  • T27th at 2022 Augusta National Women's Amateur
  • Helped Team USA to 15.5-4.5 win in 2022 Curtis Cup (June 10-12) at Merion 
  • Played for Team USA in Arnold Palmer Cup (July 1-3) in Geneva, Switzerland
  • Low amateur at 2022 Evian Championship (July 21-24)
  • Represented Team USA at World Amateur Team Championship (Aug. 24-27)

As A Freshman (2021) • NCAA Individual Champion

  • NCAA Individual Champion, the first in school history
  • WGCA Player of the Year
  • ANNIKA Award winner
  • Honda Sport Award for Golf winner
  • Pac-12 Golfer of the Year
  • WGCA Freshman of the Year
  • Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year
  • WGCA First Team All-American 
  • Golfweek First Team All-American
  • All-Pac-12 First Team 
  • WGCA All-American Scholar
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Pac-12 Golfer of the Month (April)
  • Became the third woman to sweep the postseason in NCAA history (conference, regionals, nationals)
  • Scoring average: 69.72
  • Rounds: 25
  • Total Strokes: 1,743
  • Wins: 6 (school record for single season)
  • Top-10 Finishes: 8
  • Top-20 Finishes: 9
  • Rounds at Par or Better: 20/25
  • Rounds in the 60s: 15/25
  • Low round: -9 (2021 Fresno State Classic 3rd Round, 63)
  • Low tournament: -16 (2021 Fresno State Classic, 200)
  • Best finish: 1st (Six Times; Most Recently: 2021 NCAA Championships)
  • Tied for 6th at the Stanford Dual (79-71=150, +8)
  • 1st at the Gunrock Invitational (67-68-70=205, -11)
  • Tied for 11th at the Juli Inkster Invitational (72-73-77=222, +6)
  • Tied for 2nd at the Ping/ASU Invitational (67-73-72=212, -4)
  • 1st at the Fresno State Classic (69-68-63=200, -16)
  • 1st at the Pac-12 Championships (68-69-69=206, -7)
  • 1st at the U.S. Open Collegiate Invitational (67, -5)
  • 1st at the NCAA Stanford Regional (68-67-67=202, -11)
  • 1st at NCAA Championships (69-67-70-74=280, -8)
  • Won, 3&2, vs. Arizona's Therese Warner in the NCAA Championships Quarterfinal
  • Tied for 3rd at the Augusta National Women's Amateur
  • Competed in the U.S. Women's Open, making the cut and finishing tied for 35th
  • Competed in the LPGA's MEDIHEAL Championship, June 10-13
  • Earned an exemption into the 2021 Marathon Classic, July 8-11
  • Represented Team USA at the 2021 Curtis Cup


Prior To Stanford

  • Graduate of St. Agnes Academy in Memphis, Tenn.
  • Five-time AJGA Rolex All-American
  • Two-time USA Today high school Golfer of the Year
  • 2020 U.S. Women's Amateur medalist
  • 2019 LPGA ANA Inspiration competitor
  • 2019 Junior Solheim Cup champion with Team USA
  • 2018 LPGA Evian Championship's youngest competitor at age 16; made the cut and finished T44, lowest amateur
  • 2018 Junior Ryder Cup champion with Team USA
  • 2018 AJGA Polo Golf Junior Classic champion
  • 2018 Kathy Whitworth Invitational champion
  • 2017 Rolex Junior Player of the Year
  • 2017 U.S. Women's Open's youngest competitor at age 15; made the cut and finished T33
  • 2017 AJGA Rolex Junior Girls champion
  • 2017 Junior Solheim Cup champion with Team USA
  • 2016 Bubba Conlee Invitational champion
  • Has played multiple events with fellow classmate Sadie Engelman, winning the 2018 Greenwood Cup as partners and making it to the semifinals of the 2019 USGA Women's Four-Ball Championship
  • Thirteen Top-5 finishes in AJGA Invitationals
  • Five-year varsity golfer who played on the team from eighth grade on
  • Five-time state champions as a team
  • Four-time state champion as an individual
  • Four-time individual regional champion
  • Memphis Commercial Appeal's Female Golfer of the Year (2017-19)
  • Memphis Commercial Appeal's Female Athlete of the Year (2019)


Personal

  • Daughter of Robert and Stacy Heck
  • Has two sisters - Abby and Anna
  • Father played football at Rhodes College
  • Sister, Abby, was a golfer at Notre Dame
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