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Career Honors:
2022 All-Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (First Team)
2024 All-Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (Honorable Mention)
2023 All-MAWPC Tournament (Second Team)
2022 All-MAWPC Tournament (Second Team)
MAWPC Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 8, 2022)
 
2024 (Senior): Named Honorable Mention Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) … Played in all 32 games during the season, closing out the year with 63 points on 47 goals and 16 assists with 23 ejections drawn and 21 steals … Scored goals in 23 games during the season with 13 multi-goal performances, including eight hat tricks … Recorded a season-high four goals against Occidental (Navy Open), Concordia (Rare Air Challenge), and Wagner, while also notching hat tricks against Salem (Navy Open), Biola (Rare Air Challenge), UC Merced (Brown / Harvard Invitational), #13 San Jose State (Brown / Harvard Invite), and Wagner … Credited with assists in 11 games with multiple helpers in four games … Registered a season-high two assists against Gannon (Navy Open), Concordia (Rare Air Challenge), #9 Fordham, and George Washington (MAWPC Tournament), while adding helpers versus #7 Pacific (Princeton Invitational), Air Force (Rare Air Challenge), Cal Lutheran (Rare Air Challenge), #2 Fordham, Wagner, Johns Hopkins, and Mount St. Mary’s (MAWPC Tournament).
 
2023 (Junior): Named Second Team All-Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference Tournament … Played in 26 of 27 games during the season … Finished the year with 29 points, tallying 20 goals and nine assists, while adding 14 ejections drawn and 11 steals … Notched six multi-goal performances with a hat trick at Johns Hopkins (3 goals) and multiple scores against #19 Santa Clara (Princeton Invitational), Chapman (Princeton Invitational), Mount St. Mary’s (Salem Invitational), George Washington, and #15 Fordham (MAWPC Tournament) … Had multiple assists in three games, notching a pair of helpers against Cal State Fullerton (Triton Invitational), #1 Cal, and #19 Santa Clara (Princeton Invitational).
 
2022 (Sophomore): Named First Team All-Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference and Second Team All-MAWPC Tournament … Played in 25 of 31 games during the season … Finished the year with 74 points on a team-high 56 goals and 18 assists … Registered multiple goals in 15 games, including hat tricks in nine contests … Notched a season-best seven points twice during the season, tallying season-high six goals with an assist against Gannon, while posting a season-best five assists to go along with a pair of goals against McKendree … Also added hat tricks against Mount St. Mary’s (5 goals), Cal Lutheran (4), St. Francis Brooklyn (4), #19 George Washington (4), Wagner (3 – 2x, including MAWPC Tournament), Johns Hopkins (3), and Mercyhurst (3 – MAWPC Tournament) … Also posted multiple scores against Biola (Navy Open), Salem, #17 Fordham, Johns Hopkins, and Bucknell … In addition to a season-high five assists vs. McKendree, credited with multiple helpers against Santa Clara (Princeton Invitational) and Johns Hopkins (MAWPC Tournament) … Defensively, finished the year with 20 steals and 14 ejections drawn … Named MAWPC Offensive Player of the Week on Nov. 8.
 
2021 (Freshman): Played in 28 of Navy’s 29 games during the season … Scored 12 goals with five assists for 17 points in rookie campaign … Recorded goals in 10 games with a season-high two goals against #9 UC Davis at the Navy Open and Gannon at the Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference Tournament … Also netted goals against Iona (Navy Open), Brown (Princeton Invitational), Johns Hopkins, Bucknell, Wagner, Mount St. Mary’s, George Washington (MAWPC Tournament), #18 Fordham (MAWPC Tournament) … Notched assists in four games with a season-high two helpers against Biola at the Gary Troyer Tournament.
 
High School / Personal: Graduated from Sacred Heart Prep after beginning high school career at Menlo-Atherton High School … Named Team MVP as a junior, as well as First Team All-League as a sophomore and junior at Menlo-Atherton … Won the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Central Coast Section (CCS) Division I Championship during junior year … Played club water polo with Stanford Club … Son of the late Kevin Heller and Lesley Heller … Father Kevin (’83), uncle John Heller (’84), and aunt Carol Ann Redfield (’88) all swam at Army, while cousin Maggie Redfield (’20) also attended West Point.
 
Career Statistics

Year	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	Hat Tricks	Steals	KOD
2021	28	12	5	17	0	6	13
2022	25	56	18	74	9	20	14
2023	26	20	9	29	1	11	14
2024	32	47	16	63	8	21	23
Totals	111	135	48	183	18	58	64

 
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