University of Minnesota Athletics
2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster
Heyer, Mallory
Jersey Number 24
Mallory Heyer
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 6-1
- High School:
- Chaska High School
- Hometown:
- Chaska, Minn.
Bio
2024-25: JUNIOR SEASON
Was named Academic All-Big Ten… Led Minnesota in rebounds with 290 total, including 215 defensive and 75 offensive… Averaged 8.6 points and a team-best 8.1 rebounds on a .428 shooting clip… Was the only Gopher on the roster in 2024-25 to record seven double-doubles… Recorded back-to-back double-doubles twice this season, against Iowa (10 points, 10 rebounds) and Indiana (10 points, 13 rebounds)… Ended the season with consecutive double-doubles against Florida (13 points, 15 rebounds) and Belmont (18 points, 16 rebounds)… Started all 36 games, extending her consecutive start streak to 102, ranking fourth in Minnesota’s record book for consecutive games to start a career… Notched a career-high 15 rebounds against Florida in the WBIT Championship and reset it in the WBIT Championship against Belmont with 16 total, 15 of which were defensive… Logged a season-high 40 minutes against Missouri State, helping the Gophers hand the Grizzlies their first loss at home… Scored a season-high 20 points against Louisiana… Was named to the Big Easy Classic All-Tournament Team after scoring 24 points with 14 rebounds and two steals in two games… Scored 17 points at USC, going 5-for-7 from beyond the arc and 2-for-2 from the line.
2023-24: SOPHOMORE SEASON
Was named to the Big Ten's weekly honor roll once during the season (Jan. 15)...Averaged 9.5 points in her sophomore campaign and a team-best 8.6 rebounds per game...Averaged 34.1 minutes and shot 37.8 from the field...Scored 65 three-pointers, which ranked third on the team...Collected a career high 17 points in Minnesota's Big Ten Tournament loss to Michigan... Led the way with 15 points and 10 rebounds on the road against Nebraska, giving her 10 double doubles in her 60th career game... Finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds at Michigan State... Brought down 12 defensive rebounds against Michigan St., finished with 15 total and 18 points... Erupted for 21 points against Michigan, connecting on a career high six threes, including three in the third quarter... Grabbed four offensive rebounds against Maryland, marking the fifth time this year she's grabbed three or more in a game... Has started all 61 games of her career, which is the the fourth-longest to start a career at Minnesota... Grabbed seven offensive rebounds against Grambling... Made four threes against Stony Brook on her way to a season high 17 points with 11 coming in the second half... Registered a double double against NDSU, tying her career high with 11 defensive rebounds on her way to a 12-point 12-rebound performance.
2022-23: FRESHMAN SEASON
As a true freshman was one of two Gophers to play and start all 30 games during the season... Averaged 10.4 points, 7.1 rebounds, 1.2 assists per game while shooting 45.1 percent from the floor, 30.3 percent from three and 70.8 percent from the free throw line... During Big Ten play averaged 10.6 points, 8.1 rebounds, 1.3 assists while shooting 41.9 percent from the field, 26.3 percent from three and 70.3 percent from the charity stripe... Posted five double doubles during her first college season, which was the second most on the team... Was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Nov. 21... Posted the most double doubles by a freshman since Destiny Pitts posted six in 2017-18... Made her Gopher debut against Western Illinois (11/7), scored eight points and had eight rebounds... Scored seven of her 12 points in the fourth quarter against Lehigh (11/13) to help the Gophers come from behind and win 101-99... Secured her first collegiate double double against Presbyterian (11/20) with a game-high 19 points and 10 rebounds and a season high four assists... Notched a double double in her Big Ten debut against Penn State (12/3) with 18 points and 11 rebounds in a win... Scored 11 of her 17 points in the fourth quarter against Kentucky (12/7) including the first eight points of the quarter... Brought down nine rebounds against then No. 16/13 Iowa... Had 19 points against Chicago State (12/12), added nine rebounds and was +44 in +/- in 26 minutes... Registered a massive double double of 15 points and 12 rebounds against then No. 3/3 Ohio State (1/5)... Posted two straight double doubles by putting up 13 points and 14 rebounds against Wisconsin (1/8) on the road... Had 16 points and eight boards against then-No. 4/5 Indiana (2/1), which included eight in the fourth quarter... Scored 25 of her career high 28 points in the second half against Wisconsin (2/11) and added career highs in rebounds (15) and threes made (5)... Her 28 points against Wisconsin tied her for the third-most points by a freshman in any game in program history... Posted the third most defensive rebounds in a single season by a freshman in program history with 150, passing the likes of Rachel Banham (148), Janel McCarville (147) and Ashely Ellis-Milan (132)... Posted double figure scoring efforts in 15 of her 30 games... Led the team in scoring in seven different games and led the team in rebounding in nine different contests.
HIGH SCHOOL
A four-star recruit, the No. 55 player overall in the country and the No. 11 forward according to ESPN ... Averaged 19.4 points and 9.2 rebounds per game during her senior season at Chaska... Averaged over 18 points, 9.2 rebounds, 1.4 blocks and 1.2 steals per game in high school while shooting 57 percent from the floor and 30 percent from three... Scored 2,289 points for Chaska High School in 129 varsity games (17.7 career points per game) from 2018-2022... A two-sport athlete, playing volleyball and basketball.. Was named the Star Tribune Basketball Metro Player of the Year in 2022... Earned three All-Metro honors in volleyball, reached 1,000 kills, was a two-time captain and was a six-time letter winner throughout her high school career ... Led her volleyball team to a 2AAAA Section runner-up finish in 2019... Three-time All-State selection by the MGBCA... Four-time Metro West All-Conference... Two-time Metro West Conference Player of the Year... Was the 2020-21 Max Preps Minnesota Player of the Year... Reached 1,000 points scored in 2019... Was a team captain for 2020-21 and 2021-22 season... Three-time Star Tribune All Metro honoree, twice on the first team and once on the second team... Won a Class AAAA State championship in 2020-21... 2019-20 Section runner-up in basketball... Was on the Dean's List from 2018-21 and was an academic letter winner in 2020-22... A member of the National Honor Society from 2020-22... Played with the Minnesota Fury 2022 UAA in Chanhassen Minn... Won the 2020 Minnesota State Championship with the Minnesota Fury and finished runner-up at the UAA 2021 Nationals... Chose Minnesota over Iowa State, Utah, Iowa and Wisconsin.
PERSONAL
Child of Sarah and Rigg Heyer... Has two siblings in Aubrey and Natalie... Intends to major in Sports Medicine... Non-basketball interests include volleyball, shopping and listening to music... Parents both played sports at St. Cloud State with her mother playing volleyball and her dad playing football.
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Was named Academic All-Big Ten… Led Minnesota in rebounds with 290 total, including 215 defensive and 75 offensive… Averaged 8.6 points and a team-best 8.1 rebounds on a .428 shooting clip… Was the only Gopher on the roster in 2024-25 to record seven double-doubles… Recorded back-to-back double-doubles twice this season, against Iowa (10 points, 10 rebounds) and Indiana (10 points, 13 rebounds)… Ended the season with consecutive double-doubles against Florida (13 points, 15 rebounds) and Belmont (18 points, 16 rebounds)… Started all 36 games, extending her consecutive start streak to 102, ranking fourth in Minnesota’s record book for consecutive games to start a career… Notched a career-high 15 rebounds against Florida in the WBIT Championship and reset it in the WBIT Championship against Belmont with 16 total, 15 of which were defensive… Logged a season-high 40 minutes against Missouri State, helping the Gophers hand the Grizzlies their first loss at home… Scored a season-high 20 points against Louisiana… Was named to the Big Easy Classic All-Tournament Team after scoring 24 points with 14 rebounds and two steals in two games… Scored 17 points at USC, going 5-for-7 from beyond the arc and 2-for-2 from the line.
2023-24: SOPHOMORE SEASON
Was named to the Big Ten's weekly honor roll once during the season (Jan. 15)...Averaged 9.5 points in her sophomore campaign and a team-best 8.6 rebounds per game...Averaged 34.1 minutes and shot 37.8 from the field...Scored 65 three-pointers, which ranked third on the team...Collected a career high 17 points in Minnesota's Big Ten Tournament loss to Michigan... Led the way with 15 points and 10 rebounds on the road against Nebraska, giving her 10 double doubles in her 60th career game... Finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds at Michigan State... Brought down 12 defensive rebounds against Michigan St., finished with 15 total and 18 points... Erupted for 21 points against Michigan, connecting on a career high six threes, including three in the third quarter... Grabbed four offensive rebounds against Maryland, marking the fifth time this year she's grabbed three or more in a game... Has started all 61 games of her career, which is the the fourth-longest to start a career at Minnesota... Grabbed seven offensive rebounds against Grambling... Made four threes against Stony Brook on her way to a season high 17 points with 11 coming in the second half... Registered a double double against NDSU, tying her career high with 11 defensive rebounds on her way to a 12-point 12-rebound performance.
2022-23: FRESHMAN SEASON
As a true freshman was one of two Gophers to play and start all 30 games during the season... Averaged 10.4 points, 7.1 rebounds, 1.2 assists per game while shooting 45.1 percent from the floor, 30.3 percent from three and 70.8 percent from the free throw line... During Big Ten play averaged 10.6 points, 8.1 rebounds, 1.3 assists while shooting 41.9 percent from the field, 26.3 percent from three and 70.3 percent from the charity stripe... Posted five double doubles during her first college season, which was the second most on the team... Was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Nov. 21... Posted the most double doubles by a freshman since Destiny Pitts posted six in 2017-18... Made her Gopher debut against Western Illinois (11/7), scored eight points and had eight rebounds... Scored seven of her 12 points in the fourth quarter against Lehigh (11/13) to help the Gophers come from behind and win 101-99... Secured her first collegiate double double against Presbyterian (11/20) with a game-high 19 points and 10 rebounds and a season high four assists... Notched a double double in her Big Ten debut against Penn State (12/3) with 18 points and 11 rebounds in a win... Scored 11 of her 17 points in the fourth quarter against Kentucky (12/7) including the first eight points of the quarter... Brought down nine rebounds against then No. 16/13 Iowa... Had 19 points against Chicago State (12/12), added nine rebounds and was +44 in +/- in 26 minutes... Registered a massive double double of 15 points and 12 rebounds against then No. 3/3 Ohio State (1/5)... Posted two straight double doubles by putting up 13 points and 14 rebounds against Wisconsin (1/8) on the road... Had 16 points and eight boards against then-No. 4/5 Indiana (2/1), which included eight in the fourth quarter... Scored 25 of her career high 28 points in the second half against Wisconsin (2/11) and added career highs in rebounds (15) and threes made (5)... Her 28 points against Wisconsin tied her for the third-most points by a freshman in any game in program history... Posted the third most defensive rebounds in a single season by a freshman in program history with 150, passing the likes of Rachel Banham (148), Janel McCarville (147) and Ashely Ellis-Milan (132)... Posted double figure scoring efforts in 15 of her 30 games... Led the team in scoring in seven different games and led the team in rebounding in nine different contests.
HIGH SCHOOL
A four-star recruit, the No. 55 player overall in the country and the No. 11 forward according to ESPN ... Averaged 19.4 points and 9.2 rebounds per game during her senior season at Chaska... Averaged over 18 points, 9.2 rebounds, 1.4 blocks and 1.2 steals per game in high school while shooting 57 percent from the floor and 30 percent from three... Scored 2,289 points for Chaska High School in 129 varsity games (17.7 career points per game) from 2018-2022... A two-sport athlete, playing volleyball and basketball.. Was named the Star Tribune Basketball Metro Player of the Year in 2022... Earned three All-Metro honors in volleyball, reached 1,000 kills, was a two-time captain and was a six-time letter winner throughout her high school career ... Led her volleyball team to a 2AAAA Section runner-up finish in 2019... Three-time All-State selection by the MGBCA... Four-time Metro West All-Conference... Two-time Metro West Conference Player of the Year... Was the 2020-21 Max Preps Minnesota Player of the Year... Reached 1,000 points scored in 2019... Was a team captain for 2020-21 and 2021-22 season... Three-time Star Tribune All Metro honoree, twice on the first team and once on the second team... Won a Class AAAA State championship in 2020-21... 2019-20 Section runner-up in basketball... Was on the Dean's List from 2018-21 and was an academic letter winner in 2020-22... A member of the National Honor Society from 2020-22... Played with the Minnesota Fury 2022 UAA in Chanhassen Minn... Won the 2020 Minnesota State Championship with the Minnesota Fury and finished runner-up at the UAA 2021 Nationals... Chose Minnesota over Iowa State, Utah, Iowa and Wisconsin.
PERSONAL
Child of Sarah and Rigg Heyer... Has two siblings in Aubrey and Natalie... Intends to major in Sports Medicine... Non-basketball interests include volleyball, shopping and listening to music... Parents both played sports at St. Cloud State with her mother playing volleyball and her dad playing football.
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