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Heintschel Nominated by MAC for NCAA Woman of the Year
August 17, 2018 | Soccer
MUNCIE, Ind. – Former Ball State University soccer player Alyssa Heintschel was nominated by the Mid-American Conference for the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year award, the NCAA announced on Thursday (Aug. 16) afternoon.
Heintschel joined the Cardinals in the fall of 2014 as a freshman and played her senior season in 2017 before graduating from Ball State.
The former Cardinal goalkeeper was a standout both on the field and in the classroom throughout her BSU career. Heintschel was named an Academic All-American as both a junior and senior. Majoring in pre-med, she graduated with a 4.0 grade point average and will begin medical school at Oakland University this fall.
Heintschel also received a postgraduate scholarship from the NCAA. The NCAA awards up to 175 such scholarships each year, and Heintschel was one of just 29 Division I athletes who participated in a fall sport to win the scholarship.
Other accolades won by Heintschel include the MAC Medal of Excellence, Senior CLASS Award First Team, Academic All-Mac and Academic All-District.
On the field, Heintschel appeared in 12 matches for Ball State as a senior. She gave up only eight goals while racking up 47 saves. The goalkeeper finished the year with a record of 6-4-1.
Heintschel is one of 154 to make it to the stage of conference nominees after 581 female student-athletes were originally nominated. She is one of 58 Division I nominees remaining. The NCAA will narrow the list of candidates to 30 in early October, with 10 nominees to be selected from each division. Those 30 will be honored at a banquet held in Indianapolis on Oct. 28 where the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year award winner will be announced.
For more information on the NCAA Woman of the Year award, visit http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/conferences-name-2018-ncaa-woman-year-nominees.
For all the latest on Ball State Soccer, follow @BallStateSoccer on social media and visit www.BallStateSports.com.
Heintschel joined the Cardinals in the fall of 2014 as a freshman and played her senior season in 2017 before graduating from Ball State.
The former Cardinal goalkeeper was a standout both on the field and in the classroom throughout her BSU career. Heintschel was named an Academic All-American as both a junior and senior. Majoring in pre-med, she graduated with a 4.0 grade point average and will begin medical school at Oakland University this fall.
Heintschel also received a postgraduate scholarship from the NCAA. The NCAA awards up to 175 such scholarships each year, and Heintschel was one of just 29 Division I athletes who participated in a fall sport to win the scholarship.
Other accolades won by Heintschel include the MAC Medal of Excellence, Senior CLASS Award First Team, Academic All-Mac and Academic All-District.
On the field, Heintschel appeared in 12 matches for Ball State as a senior. She gave up only eight goals while racking up 47 saves. The goalkeeper finished the year with a record of 6-4-1.
Heintschel is one of 154 to make it to the stage of conference nominees after 581 female student-athletes were originally nominated. She is one of 58 Division I nominees remaining. The NCAA will narrow the list of candidates to 30 in early October, with 10 nominees to be selected from each division. Those 30 will be honored at a banquet held in Indianapolis on Oct. 28 where the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year award winner will be announced.
For more information on the NCAA Woman of the Year award, visit http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/conferences-name-2018-ncaa-woman-year-nominees.
For all the latest on Ball State Soccer, follow @BallStateSoccer on social media and visit www.BallStateSports.com.
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