Naval Academy Athletics

•    At Navy: Enters the fall second on the depth chart ... has earned one varsity letter.

•    2025: Member of Navy’s PAT/FG unit, he has saw action in every game ... part of an offensive unit that allowed QB Blake Horvath to record a school-record 469 yards of total offense (399 pass, 130 rush), while Eli Heidenreich caught 3 touchdown passes and became the first player in program history to top 200 yards receiving with 243 yards on the day ... Heidenreich also broke the school record for career touchdowns, while tying the program record with is 3 receiving TDs ... made his collegiate debut in the Mids’ season opener against VMI ... allowed the Mids to amass 556 yards of total offense, including 464 yards on the ground ... helped pave the way for backup QB Braxton Woodson to rush for 180 yards on just 7 carries, the most yards rushing in 7 carries or less since LSU’s Clyde Edwards-Helaire ran for 188 yards on 6 carries against Arkansas on Nov. 23, 2019.

•    2024: Did not see any varsity action.

•    High School / Personal:  A 2023 graduate of Brookfield High School in Brookfield, Ohio, Heater attended the Naval Academy Prep School during the 2023-24 academic year ... attended Ursuline High School in Youngstown, Ohio his freshman and sophomore years before transferring to Brookfield HS ... two-sport athlete who earned letters in baseball (3) and football (3) ... two-time (Jr, Sr) Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association Div. VI All-Ohio, Div. I Northeast Inland All-District, All-County and All-Conference selection in football ... also served as a football team captain his junior and senior years ... led Brookfield HS to the Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference Championship his senior year ... guided Ursuline HS to the Steel Valley Conference Championship as a sophomore ... uncle, Eric Wolford, is a 1994 graduate of Kansas State where he was a four-year starter at offensive guard on the football team ... has been coaching in the college ranks since 1995 (Kansas State GA), including a five-year stint as head coach at Youngstown State (2010-14) ... after coaching at Alabama for two seasons, he is now the offensive line coach at Kentucky ... uncle, Mark Wolford, is a graduate of Mount Union where he was a member of the football team ... son of Robert and Linda Heater ... majoring in political science.