2024-25 Women's Beach Volleyball Roster
Emily Heintzelman
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- UCSSC Lake Ginninderra, Australia
- Hometown:
- Sydney, Australia
2024 (Fall)
Placed second at AVCA South Central Qualifiers to secure a bid to the AVCA National Championships ... Placed 37th nationally.
2024 (Spring)
Redshirted due to injury.
2023
Green Globe Award for Female Breakthrough Athlete of the Year 2023 … #1 National Pair of the Week for D1 Beach Volleyball on March 12th … CUSA Pair of the Week on March 15th … CUSA Pair of the Week on April 26th ... All-Academic First Team … Selected to Australian Women’s National Indoor Volleyball Team in May 2023 … Represented Australia playing Indoor Volleyball in Thailand (2023), Vietnam (2023), Indonesia (2023), China (2024), New Zealand (2024) … Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll 2021-2022; 2022-2023 … 2023-2024 … Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal: 2021-2022; 2022-2023; 2023-2024 … Medical redshirt in Spring 2024 … 2024 C-USA Runner-Up … Made Dean’s List for every semester (2022-23, 2023-24)
High School
Was selected as one of 20 female students to train full-time with the Australian National Development Program for Indoor and Beach Volleyball at the Australian Institute of Sport, the Olympic Training Center in Australia … She left the United States midway through Grade 11 and completed high school studies in Australia during 2021 … MVP at High School (2019, 2020) … All Conference 1st Team (2019, 2020) ... All District 2nd Team (2019, 2020) … All Conference Honorable Mention (2018) … Was on State Champion Netball team … National Champion on NSW State team … UCSSC Lake Ginninderra State and National Champion … AP Scholar Award … Key Club Member … OHSVCA Outstanding Academic Achievement (USA HS: 2018, 2019, 2020).
Personal
Daughter of Karen and Doug Heintzelman … Has older sister Kaitlyn … From Sydney, Australia … Majoring in Exercise Science with a minor in Public Health and Health & Wellness … Enjoys cooking, traveling, and is learning to crochet … One thing nobody knows about her “My permanent address is in Australia and that’s where my car is. So, most of my driving has been on the left side of the road. My Australian friends & family would argue that’s the correct side! Haha!” … Favorite athletes are Kerri Pottharst and Kerri Walsh Jennings, as they as they embody excellence, perseverance, and success in her sport, and continue to give back to aspiring youth in the beach community after their own retirements from competition … Would like to work in healthcare as physical therapist or in public health … Plans to play pro volleyball in Europe after college … Working towards representing Australia in the 2032 Brisbane Olympics … Made the Australian Women’s National team in 2023.
