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Heise Tabbed First Team All-American
3/17/2022 1:01:00 PM | Women's Hockey
The list of accolades continues to get longer for the forward from Lake City, Minn., as she becomes the first Gopher since Sydney Baldwin in 2018 to be named to the First Team.
MINNEAPOLIS – Just hours after being named a top-three finalist for the 2021 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, the nation's leading scorer from Lake City, Minn., was named First Team All-American by the American Hockey Coaches Association.
Heise is the first Gopher to be named an AHCA First Team All-American since Sydney Baldwin in 2018. Minnesota's top-line center is the 42nd All-American and 23rd First Team member in program history.
Minnesota's assistant captain led the nation in scoring during the regular season with 60 points and 26 goals in 34 games. Heise played in all situations for the Gophers, tallying five shorthanded goals – most in the nation and third most in a single season in program history. Minnesota's top-line center has had a senior year to remember, posting career-highs in points (64), goals (28), plus/minus rating (+42), shots (213), short-handed goals (5), and game-winning goals (6). Earlier this season, Heise surpassed the 100 and 150-career point and 50 career-goal milestones on her way to having the best offensive season by a Gopher since Dani Cameranesi (32g-34a) in 2015-16.
Heise finished her senior season with 160 career points (67g-93a) in 134 career games. She ranks 14th in program history in points, fifth in career shots on goal (624), and is tied for eighth in short-handed goals (5). This season she posted the second most shots by a Gopher in a single season (235), trailing only assistant coach Natalie Darwitz 270 in 2004-05.
Heise became the first Gopher to win WCHA Forward of the Month three times in a single season (Nov., Jan., Feb.) since the award debuted in 2016-17. She added a WCHA Forward award (Jan. 24), bringing her career totals to six WCHA weekly accolades and four WCHA monthly awards. Heise was also named 2022 WCHA Player of the Year, WCHA Offensive Player of the Year, and to the 2022 All-WCHA First Team.
Heise is the first Gopher to be named an AHCA First Team All-American since Sydney Baldwin in 2018. Minnesota's top-line center is the 42nd All-American and 23rd First Team member in program history.
Minnesota's assistant captain led the nation in scoring during the regular season with 60 points and 26 goals in 34 games. Heise played in all situations for the Gophers, tallying five shorthanded goals – most in the nation and third most in a single season in program history. Minnesota's top-line center has had a senior year to remember, posting career-highs in points (64), goals (28), plus/minus rating (+42), shots (213), short-handed goals (5), and game-winning goals (6). Earlier this season, Heise surpassed the 100 and 150-career point and 50 career-goal milestones on her way to having the best offensive season by a Gopher since Dani Cameranesi (32g-34a) in 2015-16.
Heise finished her senior season with 160 career points (67g-93a) in 134 career games. She ranks 14th in program history in points, fifth in career shots on goal (624), and is tied for eighth in short-handed goals (5). This season she posted the second most shots by a Gopher in a single season (235), trailing only assistant coach Natalie Darwitz 270 in 2004-05.
Heise became the first Gopher to win WCHA Forward of the Month three times in a single season (Nov., Jan., Feb.) since the award debuted in 2016-17. She added a WCHA Forward award (Jan. 24), bringing her career totals to six WCHA weekly accolades and four WCHA monthly awards. Heise was also named 2022 WCHA Player of the Year, WCHA Offensive Player of the Year, and to the 2022 All-WCHA First Team.
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