2013: NFHCA Division III National Academic Squad ... CAC All-Academic Team ... Team captain ... Started all 16 games ... Added a goal and two assists.
2012: NFHCA Division III National Academic Squad ... CAC All-Academic Team ... Iron Woman Award ... Saw action in 15 contests with 13 starts ... Scored twice on five shots on goal for a .714 shots on goal percentage.
2011: CAC All-Academic Team ... Iron Woman Award ... Started all 17 games ... Tied for sixth in scoring ... Added a goal and an assist ... Picked up first collegiate assist in a 6-1 win vs. Goucher.
2010: Played in 15 games with 10 starts ... Tallied three goals ... Scored first collegiate goal in a 4-1 win at Goucher.
Paint Branch HS: 2010 graduate ... two-sport athlete (field hockey, softball) ... Field Hockey: Played for Dan Feher ... honorable mention All-Met and first team All-Gazette as a senior ... 2008 first team All-Montgomery County ... two-time Gazette Player to Watch ... notched 22 points (4g, 14a) as a senior ... Softball: Coached by Nate Wiles ... 2009 Maryland 4A South Region and East Division Champions ... Maryland Distinguished Scholar ... Yearbook editor.
Personal: Rachel Eileen Heiss ... Plans to attend the Masters of Art in Teaching program at St. Mary's ... Dean's List (Fall '12, Spring '13) ... Chi Alpha Sigma student-athlete honor society (inducted 2013) ... SMCM 3.0 Club ... Residence Life Advisory Group ... Public Safety Advisory Board ... Women's lacrosse club team ... Born November 30, 1991 in Silver Spring, Md. ... Daughter of Joe and Eileen Heiss ... Has two younger brothers, Andrew and Kevin.
Why St. Mary's?: "Everyone I met was very nice and down to earth and the campus is beautiful."
Best SMCM Sports Moment(s): "The way I played in the York game (9/11/10) and beating No. 15 Johns Hopkins (9/4/10)!" ... "Playing Wesley in Fall 2011 and getting hit with the ball in the chest and knee in the first half but going back in and beating them 3-1 on our senior day." ... "Beating York in the 2012 CAC playoffs."
