Rayell Heistand

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Hamburg, Pa

Career Highlights

2010 All-BIG EAST First Team

2010 All-America Second Team

2010 All-Mideast Region

2009 All-BIG EAST First Team

2010
Started on the Husky backline in all 22 contests ... Fifth on the squad with five goals, fourth with five assists and sixth with 15 points ... Anchored a UConn backline that finished third nationally in goals against average ... Honored as a Second Team All-American by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association. Also earned a spot on the NFHCA All-Mideast Region Team ... Selected as a First Team All-BIG EAST honoree in a vote by the league coaches ... Connecticut was 8-0 on the season when Heistand recorded at least one point ... Second on the team with three game-winning goals. Netted the game-winning penalty stroke in Connecticut[apos]s NCAA First Round victory over American University on November 13.

2009
Appeared in all 22 games, starting each contest...recorded her first collegiate goal against Fairfield (8/30) and her second in the regular season finale vs. Villanova (10/31)...set a career-high with four points.

2008
Started all 21 games as a true freshman...will enter sophomore season as a key back/midfield option for the Huskies...competed for the 2008 U.S. Junior World Cup Team this summer.

High School
Was a four-year letterwinner at Hamburg (Pa.) High School...helped lead the Hawks to the state semifinals as a junior and was selected as the 2007 Berks County Player of the Year...a three-time Pennsylvania All-State First Team member and earned three consecutive mentions to the All-Berks County Team...also lettered in swimming and track and field.

Personal
Rayell Erin Heistand...parents are Diane and Cliff Heistand...biology major...born May 16, 1990 in Reading, Pa.