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2012-13 Women's Basketball Roster

25 Samantha Heck

  • Position Forward/Center
  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool North Callaway
  • Hometown Auxvasse, Mo.

Biography

2012-13: All-Missouri Valley Conference Second Team selection…MVC Player of the Week (3/11)…Became just the fourth player in program history to score 1,300 points and grab 700 rebounds…Finished her career ranked in the top 10 in Evansville’s career record book for blocks (4th-83), rebounds (5th-745), field goals (6th-505) and points (7th-1,331)…Finished the season with a 91.3% free throw percentage, the second-best single-season performance in program history…Posted six double-doubles on the season, including two in the last three games of the season…Led the Aces in scoring (14.6 ppg), field goal percentage (49.1%) and blocks (24) and finished second on the squad in rebounding (7.9 rpg)…Scored in double figures 23 times, including a career-high 29 points and 16 rebounds in the MVC Tournament vs. Southern Illinois (3/14)...Surpassed the 20-point mark on six occasions…Finished a perfect 10-for-10 from the free throw line vs. Bradley (3/3)…Dished out a season-high six assists at Creighton (3/7)…Scored her 1,000th point at Eastern Illinois (12/4).

2011-12: One of two-players this season to start all 30 games … Led the team in nearly every statistical category, including points (13.3 ppg), rebounds (7.2 rpg), field goal percentage (.434), field goals made (149), three-point field goals made (33), free throws made (69), free throw percentage (.767), and minutes played (31.8 mpg) … Ranked ninth in the MVC in scoring and eighth in rebounding average … Recorded four double-doubles in conference play … Logged 10 points and 10 rebounds vs. Wichita State (1/19) … Scored a career-high 21 points and 11 rebounds at Wichita State (2/19), and recorded 10 points and 10 boards in UE’s following game at SIU (2/26), marking the first time a UE player tallied back-to-back double-doubles since 2008 … Reached double figure points 24 times, including a 14-game streak midseason … Scored a career-high 21 points three times in this year.

2010-11: Played in all 30 games with 26 starts, including 14 in Missouri Valley Conference contests…Averaged 26.8 minutes per game…Led the team with 4.9 rebounds per game…Finished second on the squad with 9.3 points per game…Recorded two double-doubles…Tallied a career-high16 points and a team season-high 12 rebounds against Saint Louis (12/22), which marked UE’s first double-double since the 2009 season…Scored 14 points, 10 rebounds, an assist and two steals vs. Illinois State (1/29)…Reached double figure points 14 times…Was selected to Colorado University’s Omni Hotels Classic All-Tournament team and broke the tournament’s field goal percentage record (43.3%) and single-game field goal percentage record (7-for-7 vs. Eastern Washington, 11/27)…Tallied a career-high seven assists in UE’s season-opening win over Bowling Green (11/12).

2009-10: Played in all 30 games as a freshman with 20 starts at center...Became the first freshman at UE since former all-MVC standout Rebekah Parker in 2004-05 to record over 200 points and 100 rebounds in their rookie season...Posted the eighth-best freshman rebounding total in UE history with 145 rebounds...Also posted the 13th-highest point total by a freshman at UE with 214 points...Ranked second on the team in both categories at 7.1 points and 4.8 rebounds per game...Also ranked second on the team with 15 blocked shots...Led UE in field goal percentage at 41.9 percent...Ranked 20th in the MVC in rebounding...Led UE’s freshman class with 11 double-figure scoring games, including posting six double-figure games in UE’s final 11 games...Averaged a team-best 9.0 points and 4.3 rebounds per game over the final 11 games of the regular-season on 45.9 percent shooting from the field (39-for-85)...Led UE with a season-high 15 points, eight rebounds and three assists vs. Missouri State (1/30)...Also had 14 points vs. Indiana State (2/20) while chipping in 13 points each against Northern Iowa (2/7) and Wichita State (2/26)...Led UE in scoring five different times as a freshman, including scoring 10 points at Drake (2/11)...Had 14 points on 7-of-9 shooting at Murray State in her first career start in non-conference play (11/21)...Shot 42.6 percent from the floor, 30.0 percent from three-point range, and a team-best 79.2 percent from the free throw line in MVC play.

At North Callaway:  One of Missouri’s top players during her four-year high school career...Compiled over 2,000 career points, 1,200 rebounds, and nearly 500 assists over her high school career for the North Callaway Thunderbirds in central Missouri, despite playing in just over 100 career games...Led the state of Missouri in rebounding as a senior with an average of 13.9 rebounds per game...A three-time first team all-Missouri selection, while also garnering second team all-state honors as a freshman...Once scored 40 points in a game against Tipton High School as a sophomore...Also recorded a 20-point, 14-rebound, and 10-steal triple-double against South Callaway as a senior...Also excelled in cross country and track for the Thunderbirds...Earned all-state honors three times in cross country by finishing among Missouri’s top 20 at the state meet...Also earned all-conference and all-district honors for the mile and 800-meter race in track...Lettered four years in all three sports for North Callaway.

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Historical Player Information

  • 25

    2009-2010Freshman

    Forward/Center
    6'2"
    25
  • 25

    2010-2011Sophomore

    Forward/Center
    6'2"
    25
  • 25

    2011-2012Junior

    Forward/Center
    6'2"
    25
  • 25

    2012-13 Senior

    Forward/Center
    6'2"
    25
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