4 Sam Heffer
Sam Heffer
  • Birth Date:
    06/06/1996
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Bethpage, N.Y.
  • High School:
    Plainedge
  • Position:
    Outside Hitter
  • Major:
    Marketing Communication and Advertising
  • m
    27
  • k/s
    1.66
  • h %
    .128
  • a/s
    0.13
  • b/s
    0.29
  • sa/s
    0.14
  • d/s
    0.78

Bio

2016 (Junior Year): All-CCC Academic Team

2015 (Sophomore Year): Appeared in 22 matches….totaled 25 digs, 17 kills, and 17 blocks (one solo)…had a season-high four kills against Norwich (9/5)…season-best five digs came against Lesley (9/12) and again vs. Eastern Connecticut (9/29)…totaled three block assists in a 3-1 win over Westfield State (10/2).

2014 (Freshman Year): Appeared in 18 matches and 36 sets during her first season with the program…totaled 19 kills and 27 digs…registered six kills and three digs in a 3-0 sweep at Curry (10/8).

High School: Won three varsity volleyball letters at Plainedge...served as a team captain...voted the squad's most valuable player...earned all-Class A honors as a senior...played club volleyball for Club Ace Long Island...also lettered twice in basketball...graduated in 2014.

Personal: Born Samantha Nicole Heffer on June 6, 1996 in Bethpage, N.Y....parents are Debbie and Joe...sister's name is Kelli...Favorites: movie--She's the Man; TV show--Grey's Anatomy; actor--Patrick Dempsey; athlete--Kerri Walsh; food--chicken parmesan; music group--Black Eyed Peas...enjoys playing video games and doing charity work... wants to get a MBA after graduation...in the WNE Business Honors Program...marketing communication/advertising major.

What I Like Best About WNE: "The small, friendly campus."

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 25 at Wentworth W, 3-0
Oct 27 at Keene St. W, 3-1
Oct 29 Gordon W, 3-2
Nov 1 Gordon W, 3-0
Nov 3 U. of New England W, 3-0
Nov 5 at Endicott L, 3-0
  Overall Conf
Matches 27 7
Sets 85 24
Kills 141 33
Kills per set 1.66 1.38
Errors 81 21
Total Attacks 468 125
Hitting Percentage .128 .096
Assists 11 1
Assists per set 0.13 0.04
Service Aces 12 6
Service Errors 13 4
Service Aces per set 0.14 0.25
Receptions 0 0
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 66 10
Digs per set 0.78 0.42
Block Solo 2 0
Block Assist 23 8
Block Total 25 8
Blocks per set 0.29 0.33
Block Errors 2 1
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 166.5 43.0
Points per set 2.0 1.8
Matches started 20 3
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 1 WPI L, 3-2 1 5 13 4 37 .243 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.0
Sep 3 at Mount Holyoke W, 3-0 1 3 3 3 12 .000 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 3 vs. St. Joseph (Conn.) W, 3-1 1 4 9 1 19 .421 1 0 2 0 0 4 0 3 0 3 0 10.5
Sep 6 Wheaton (Mass.) W, 3-1 1 4 7 3 19 .211 2 0 2 - 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Sep 10 Anna Maria W, 3-1 1 3 8 7 27 .037 1 2 1 - 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 11.0
Sep 10 Emerson W, 3-0 1 3 6 3 20 .150 1 1 0 0 0 6 0 3 1 3 0 8.5
Sep 10 Elms W, 3-0 1 2 2 4 10 -.200 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
Sep 14 at Amherst L, 3-0 - 2 4 1 6 .500 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 17 vs. Framingham St. L, 3-0 1 3 3 3 15 .000 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Sep 17 at Colby-Sawyer W, 3-2 - 3 6 3 11 .273 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Sep 20 at Curry W, 3-1 1 4 7 6 24 .042 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 8.0
Sep 21 Eastern Nazarene W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 at Roger Williams L, 3-0 - 1 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 1 at Eastern Conn. St. L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 vs. Smith L, 3-1 1 1 2 4 8 -.250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 4 Connecticut Col. W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 Nichols W, 3-0 1 3 4 3 17 .059 0 6 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.0
Oct 8 Mass.-Dartmouth W, 3-0 1 3 2 0 6 .333 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
Oct 8 Johnson & Wales (RI) L, 3-0 - 2 5 3 15 .133 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Oct 11 Salve Regina W, 3-2 - 3 8 2 25 .240 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 9.0
Oct 13 at Westfield St. W, 3-0 1 2 6 2 10 .400 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Oct 15 at Wheaton (Mass.) W, 3-1 1 4 7 0 24 .292 3 2 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 2 0 10.5
Oct 15 vs. Western Conn. St. L, 3-1 1 4 5 5 28 .000 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Oct 19 Endicott L, 3-2 1 5 4 4 18 .000 1 0 3 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 5.0
Oct 22 at U. of New England W, 3-1 - 3 4 2 17 .118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Oct 25 at Wentworth W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 27 at Keene St. W, 3-1 1 4 5 6 31 -.032 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Oct 29 Gordon W, 3-2 - 5 6 3 23 .130 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Nov 1 Gordon W, 3-0 1 3 5 4 16 .063 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Nov 3 U. of New England W, 3-0 1 3 7 1 10 .600 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Nov 5 at Endicott L, 3-0 1 3 3 3 19 .000 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2014-15 18 36 19 0.53 20 89 -.011 4 0.11 4 0.11 23 15 27 0.75 3 1 4 0.11 26.5 0.7
2015-16 22 51 17 0.33 17 101 .000 9 0.18 0 0.00 2 1 25 0.49 2 15 17 0.33 26.5 0.5
2016-17 27 85 141 1.66 81 468 .128 11 0.13 12 0.14 0 0 66 0.78 2 23 25 0.29 166.5 2.0
2017-18 29 94 204 2.17 108 621 .155 4 0.04 11 0.12 5 2 69 0.73 1 22 23 0.24 227.0 2.4
Total 96 266 381 1.43 226 1279 .121 28 0.11 27 0.10 30 18 187 0.70 8 61 69 0.26 446.5 1.7
    m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Event Total 27 85 141 1.66 81 468 .128 11 0.13 12 0.14 0 0 66 0.78 2 23 25 0.29 166.5 2.0
Conference 7 24 33 1.38 21 125 .096 1 0.04 6 0.25 0 0 10 0.42 0 8 8 0.33 43.0 1.8
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 13 44 77 1.75 41 243 .148 5 0.11 9 0.20 0 0 34 0.77 1 13 14 0.32 93.5 2.1
Away 10 29 45 1.55 27 155 .116 5 0.17 2 0.07 0 0 21 0.72 1 5 6 0.21 50.5 1.7
Neutral 4 12 19 1.58 13 70 .086 1 0.08 1 0.08 0 0 11 0.92 0 5 5 0.42 22.5 1.9
Result Wins 18 59 102 1.73 53 321 .153 10 0.17 11 0.19 0 0 49 0.83 2 19 21 0.36 124.5 2.1
Losses 9 26 39 1.50 28 147 .075 1 0.04 1 0.04 0 0 17 0.65 0 4 4 0.15 42.0 1.6
Month September 12 37 68 1.84 39 201 .144 7 0.19 4 0.11 0 0 30 0.81 1 12 13 0.35 79.0 2.1
October 12 39 58 1.49 34 222 .108 4 0.10 8 0.21 0 0 29 0.74 1 9 10 0.26 71.5 1.8
November 3 9 15 1.67 8 45 .156 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 7 0.78 0 2 2 0.22 16.0 1.8

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