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UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER YELLOWJACKETS

2024 Field Hockey Roster

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24 Mara Heppard

24 Mara Heppard

  • Position:
    Midfield/Defense
  • Height:
    5-5
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Highschool:
    Penfield
  • Hometown:
    Rochester, NY

Summary

Biography

At UR 2024: One of UR's top contributors, serving as co-captain and playing a key role both offensively and defensively...NFHCA First-Team All-Region and First-Team All-Liberty League selection...Also named to the NFHCA DIII Senior Team...Started all 21 games, playing 1,312, the most among UR field players and a 62.48 minutes per game average...Scored one goal and dished out a team-high seven assists for nine total points on five shots (three on goal)...Made three defensive saves, tied for the 18th-most in a single season in program history, and helped spearhead a UR defense that allowed just 1.08 goals per game, a top-25 mark in DIII...Finished second in the Liberty League in assists and ranked third in defensive saves and assists per game...Graduated tied for 11th in games played (84), ranked 12th in defensive saves (7), 15th in minutes played (4,523) and tied for 15th in assists (17)...Scored a goal and notched a defensive save in a 3-0 win at Brockport on Sept. 5...Earned Liberty League Defensive Performer of the Week honors after helping UR to three-straight non-conference wins at Brockport, Denison and Kenyon, allowing just two goals while notching a score and an assist...Kept Marywood out of the back of the net with a defensive save in a 3-2 win on Sept. 14...Nabbed assists in back-to-back conference clashes at Union and vs. William Smith...Tallied assists in two-straight contests at Vassar and at No. 18 SUNY Geneseo, assisting on the game-winning vs. the Knights... Added another defensive save at the Brewers in the one-goal win...Recognized on the Liberty League All-Academic Team for the fourth-straight season.

At UR 2023: Senior co-captain started all 21 games for the Yellowjackets, patrolling key defensive midfield role...Notched one goal and two assists on offense, while contributing to UR's defense that ranked among the top-25 in Division III in save percentage, goals against average and shutouts...Held key roles on both offensive and defense penalty corners for Rochester...Named to NFHCA Division III Watchlist...Lone goal of the season came in UR's 2-0 victory over conference rival Union on Oct. 13...Played nearly 1,000 minutes during the season...Earned Lysle 'Spike' Garnish Scholar-Athlete Award during the fall...Liberty League All-Academic for third straight season...Fourth straight NFHCA National Academic Squad honor...CSC Academic All-District At-Large Team member...Named Sylvia Fabricant Award winner at the UR Athletics awards banquet in the spring, honoring outstanding sportsmanship...Recipient of the University of Rochester Student Life Athletic Leadership Award...Selected to Phi Beta Kappa.

At UR 2022: Junior again played a key role for the Yellowjackets being an all-around player in the midfielder...Earned All-Liberty League 2nd Team honors...Part of UR's offensive and defensive penalty corner units...Scored five goals and had two assists for 12 points during the season...Was second on the team with 1,327 minutes played (57.6 mpg)...Scored four goals in a three-game stretch in mid-September which included her first career multi-goal game against Hamilton on Sep. 13...Honored as a NFHCA Scholar of Distinction for the third year in a row...NFHCA National Academic Squad and Liberty League All-Academic team member...College Sports Communicators Academic All-District At-Large.

At UR 2021: Was outstanding in all aspects of the game as a sophomore, starting 18 games, while appearing in all 19 contests...Honorable Mention All-Liberty League following the season...Led all UR field players with 975 minutes played, including playing every minute across eight contests...Had six assists on the season and made four defensive saves...Was one of the teams primary penalty corner inserters...Ranked 52nd in Division III and 3rd in the Liberty League in defensive saves...Was nationally ranked in assists per game (0.33) and finished top-10 in the conference in total assists (6th)...Recorded a point in three straight games from Oct. 5 through Oct. 15, with two games being conference wins...Academically, earned NFHCA National Academic Squad and Scholar of Distinction recognition...Liberty League All-Academic.

At UR 2020: Honored by the NFHCA as a member of the National Academic Squad and named a Scholar of Distinction. 

HS: Attended Penfield HS...Played field hockey for four years with the Patriots...Named co-captain as a junior and senior...Was 2-time team MVP, earning the honor in 2017 and 2019...3-time 1st Team All-County and was Division 1 Co-Player of the Year as a senior...NYPHSAA All-State in senior season and was recipient of the NYSPHSAA Sportsmanship Award...All-State Tournament Team in 2019...Penfield won Section V title in 2019, reaching the state tournament...NYS Scholar Athlete...Vice President of the National Honor Society...Class Council Student Representative...Played club with Empire United Field Hockey.
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