Kara Heck

Position:
F
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Ocean City, N.J.
High School:
Eastern
Prev School:
Rutgers

AT RUTGERS (2024)
• Starter at forward in all 17 games, scoring six goals with two assists.
• Third on team in goals (one shy of lead) and third in points (14).
• Scored two goals in 2-1 win over No. 7 Ohio State in Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals (11/07).

AT BOSTON COLLEGE (2020-2023)
• Played in 37 games and scored 10 goals with three assists for 23 points.
• Saw action in just one game in her first two seasons at BC due to injury.
• Named Second Team All-ACC and First Team All-Northeast Region in 2023.

HIGH SCHOOL
• Ranked as a top-5 player nationally according to Max Field Hockey, scoring over 100 goals in three years of high school field hockey.
• Three-time NFHCA and Max Field Hockey All-American and was named the Max Field Hockey New Jersey Player of the Year as a junior in 2018.
• Three-time All-State and All-Conference selection, was three-time First Team All-South Jersey, a two-time Olympic Conference Field Hockey Player of the Year, three-time First Team All-Group 4 and the South Jersey Player of the Year in 2018.
• Helped Eastern Regional to a 26-0 record and the number one team ranking in the nation her junior year.
• Won four state, conference, and group championships. Making the Tournament of Champions finals all four years, winning in 2018.
• Named Female Athlete of the Year twice by the Courier Post and the Sun Newspaper.

PERSONAL
• Daughter of Roy and Kerry, Heck had nine family members play collegiate sports, including three in field hockey.
• Mother played field hockey at James Madison and her grandmother played at Cabrini.
• Father played basketball at Stockton State, where he is an assistant coach.
• Brother Jordan played basketball at Stockton and her brother Andrew played football at Ursinus.
• Uncle Andy played football at Wake Forest and in the CFL.
• Aunt, Kiley, played basketball at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and her grandfather played baseball at Slippery Rock.