Ryleigh Heck

Ryleigh Heck

  • 2

    GOLD

  • 2

    SILVER

  • 2

    BRONZE

Athlete Bio#

Ryleigh Heck

Age

20

Hometown

Ocean City, NJ

Education

Eastern Regional High School (2022), University of North Carolina

World Championship Experience
  • Gold - 2024 Indoor Pan American Cup (Calgary, Canada)
  • Gold - 2023 Junior Pan American Championship (St. Michael, Barbados)
  • Gold - 2021 Indoor Pan American Cup (Spring City, Pa.)
  • Silver - 2024 Junior Pan American Championship (Surrey, Canada)
  • Silver - 2019 Croatia Cup (Sventi Ivan Zelina, Croatia)
  • Bronze - 2022 Uniphar 5-Nations Tournament (Dublin, Ireland)
  • 10th - 2023 FIH Hockey Women's Junior World Cup (Santiago, Chile), Named Player of the Match against Canada on December 5
  • Canceled - 2022 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup (Liège, Belgium)
  • 2024 Junior Pan American Championship (Surrey, Canada)
Career Highlights
  • 2025: Named to the U.S. Women's National Team (January)
  • 2024: At UNC, named to Preseason All-ACC Team, NFHCA Division I Watchlist, ACC Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 24), NFHCA Division I Offensive National Player of the Week (Sept. 25), ACC Regular Season Champion, First-Team All-ACC, ACC Offensive Player of the Year, ACC Champion, All-ACC Tournament Team, All-NCAA Tournament Team, NFHCA All-South Region First Team, NFHCA Division I South Region Player of the Year, NFHCA First Team All-American, Honda Sports Award Finalist, All-ACC Academic Team
  • 2024: Named to the U.S. Women's National Indoor Team (August)
  • 2023: At UNC, named to Preseason All-ACC Team, ACC Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 17), First-Team All-ACC, ACC Champion, ACC All-Tournament Team, ACC All-Tournament MVP, All-NCAA Tournament Team, NCAA Division I National Champion, NFHCA All-South Region First Team, NFHCA Division I South Region Player of the Year, Division I First-Team All-American, NFHCA Division I National Player of the Year, Honda Sports Award Finalist, Honda Sports Award Winner
  • 2023: Named to the U.S. Women's National Team (June), Senior Nexus Championship, U-21 Junior Women's National Team Selection Camp
  • 2023: Named to the U.S. U-21 Women's National Team (January)
  • 2022: At UNC, ACC Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 18), NFHCA Division I Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 19, Nov. 10), First-Team All-ACC, ACC Freshman of the Year, ACC All-Tournament Team, All-NCAA Tournament Team, NCAA Division I National Champion, NFHCA All-South Region First Team, NFHCA Division I Second-Team All-American
  • 2022: Named to the U.S. Women's National Team (July), USA TODAY Field Hockey Player of the Year
  • 2022: Named to the U.S. U-21 Women's National Team (January)
  • 2022: USA TODAY Nominee for National Player of the Year
  • 2021: Named to the U.S. Women's National Indoor Team
  • 2020: Named to the U.S. U-16 Women's National Team
  • 2019: Named to the U.S. U-16 Women's National Team, Germany Tour
  • 2019: Named to the Junior U.S. Women's National Indoor Team

WC Eagles

 

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