SMSU Athletics

2020: Academic All-NSIC ... played in nine games with eight starts ... batted .385 with 10 hits and tied for the team lead with two home runs ... also led the team with 10 RBIs ... recorded three hits, including two home runs and a double and finished with seven RBIs vs. Mount Marty (3/6) ... scored three runs vs. Mount Marty ... had two hits with three RBIs vs. Bemidji State (3/9) ... also had two hits vs. Concordia-St. Paul (3/8) ... finished the season reaching base in eight straight games.

2019: Started all 38 games ... hit .222 with a team-high seven home runs ... second on the team with 20 RBIs ... recorded six multi hit games ... finished with five multi RBI games ... had three hits vs. Sioux Falls (3/27) and three hits at Upper Iowa (4/1) ... drove in three runs at Minot State (4/20) and vs. Minnesota Duluth (4/24) ... tied for sixth in the NSIC with seven home runs.

2018: Academic All-NSIC ... named team MVP ... started all 40 games in right field ... batted a team-high .349 with a team-high 19 doubles ... the 19 doubles ranks second in team single-season history ... second on the team with 31 RBIs ... scored 35 runs, ranking second on the team ... paced the team with 17 multi-hit games ... had season-high four hits with two doubles and a home run vs. Bemidji State (5/4) ... second on the team with seven multi-RBI games ... had five RBIs vs. Sioux Falls (3/27) ... had a 10-game hitting streak during the season, tying for the longest on the team.

2017: Played in 25 games with 22 starts ... batted .258 with two doubles and one home run ... cracked first career home run vs. Minnesota Crookston (5/5) ... season-high three hits vs. Bemidji State (4/28) ... had four multi-hit games.

High School: 2016 graduate of Mankato West HS ... played for coach Ethan Anderson ... two-time all-city, two-time all-conference and two-time all-section ... selected in to play in Play Ball Minnesota All-Star Series ... second most doubles in program history ... batted .398 with 11 doubles and four triples as a senior ... two-time letter winner in baseball and hockey.

Personal: Born Dec. 15, 1997 ... son of Chris and Michelle Heichel ... management major.