Sam Heffer

4 Sam Heffer

Birth Date:

06/06/1996
Height:

5-10
Year:

Sr.
Hometown:

Bethpage, N.Y.
High School:

Plainedge
Position:

Outside Hitter
Major:

Marketing Communication and Advertising

m

29
k/s

2.17
h %

.155
a/s

0.04
b/s

0.24
sa/s

0.12
d/s

0.73

Bio

Career Highs:

Kills: 13 (9/1/16 vs. WPI, 9/14/17 at WPI)
Digs: 9 (9/20/17 at Eastern Nazarene)
Service Aces: 4 (9/16/17 at Framingham State)

2017 (Senior Year): Named CCC Senior Scholar Athlete...appeared in 29 matches, averaging 2.17 kills per set (94 total sets)...posted seven 10+ kill efforts, matching a career-high of 13 at WPI (9/14)...registered a career-high nine digs at Eastern Nazarene (9/20).

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 21	U. of New England	W, 3-0
Oct 24	at Nichols	W, 3-0
Oct 26	at Johnson & Wales (RI)	L, 3-0
Oct 28	Curry	W, 3-0
Oct 28	Keene St.	W, 3-0
Oct 31	at Wentworth	L, 3-2

	Overall	Conf
Matches	29	9
Sets	94	28
Kills	204	49
Kills per set	2.17	1.75
Errors	108	35
Total Attacks	621	194
Hitting Percentage	.155	.072
Assists	4	2
Assists per set	0.04	0.07
Service Aces	11	1
Service Errors	15	1
Service Aces per set	0.12	0.04
Receptions	5	1
Reception Errors	2	1
Digs	69	25
Digs per set	0.73	0.89
Block Solo	1	0
Block Assist	22	7
Block Total	23	7
Blocks per set	0.24	0.25
Block Errors	1	0
Ball Handling Errors	0	0
Points	227.0	53.5
Points per set	2.4	1.9
Matches started	21	7

Date	Opponent	Score	ms	s	k	e	ta	pct	a	sa	se	r	re	digs	bs	ba	be	tot	bhe	pts
Sep 1	at UC Santa Cruz	L, 3-1	1	4	3	7	21	-.190	1	0	0	-	1	3	0	1	1	1	0	3.5
Sep 1	vs. Elmhurst	L, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 2	vs. Southwestern (Tex.)	L, 3-0	-	3	8	2	18	.333	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8.0
Sep 2	vs. Mills	W, 3-0	1	3	7	2	15	.333	0	0	0	-	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	7.0
Sep 6	at Connecticut Col.	L, 3-0	-	3	5	2	10	.300	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0
Sep 8	vs. Amherst	L, 3-0	1	3	10	4	25	.240	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	11.0
Sep 9	vs. Gallaudet	W, 3-1	-	4	11	4	31	.226	0	2	1	-	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	14.0
Sep 9	vs. Suffolk	W, 3-1	1	4	6	3	18	.167	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	6.5
Sep 14	at WPI	L, 3-2	1	5	13	4	36	.250	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	13.5
Sep 16	at Framingham St.	W, 3-0	1	2	6	2	10	.400	0	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	11.0
Sep 16	vs. Colby-Sawyer	W, 3-0	1	3	9	4	22	.227	0	1	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	10.0
Sep 19	Elms	W, 3-0	1	2	3	4	12	-.083	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4.0
Sep 20	at Eastern Nazarene	W, 3-0	1	3	5	0	19	.263	1	1	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	6.0
Sep 23	Wentworth	L, 3-1	1	2	4	5	19	-.053	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	4.5
Sep 26	at Gordon	W, 3-1	-	4	8	6	24	.083	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	9.0
Sep 28	at Wellesley	L, 3-0	1	3	10	5	19	.263	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0
Sep 30	Eastern Conn. St.	W, 3-1	-	4	9	3	31	.194	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	3	0	3	0	10.5
Sep 30	Westfield St.	W, 3-0	-	3	4	5	21	-.048	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	4.5
Oct 4	Roger Williams	L, 3-1	1	4	9	6	39	.077	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	9.5
Oct 11	at Endicott	L, 3-0	-	3	4	2	18	.111	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.0
Oct 12	Mount Holyoke	W, 3-1	-	4	11	5	30	.200	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	11.0
Oct 14	at Wheaton (Mass.)	L, 3-1	1	4	6	5	21	.048	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0
Oct 14	vs. Mass.-Dartmouth	W, 3-0	1	3	12	3	23	.391	0	2	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	14.0
Oct 18	at Salve Regina	L, 3-0	1	3	2	9	20	-.350	1	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	2.0
Oct 21	U. of New England	W, 3-0	1	3	4	1	13	.231	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	4.5
Oct 24	at Nichols	W, 3-0	1	3	5	2	15	.200	0	0	0	-	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.0
Oct 26	at Johnson & Wales (RI)	L, 3-0	1	3	6	1	17	.294	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	6.5
Oct 28	Curry	W, 3-0	1	3	8	4	27	.148	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	2	0	9.0
Oct 28	Keene St.	W, 3-0	1	3	10	1	16	.563	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	3	0	11.5
Oct 31	at Wentworth	L, 3-2	1	3	6	7	31	-.032	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6.0

	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	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
	Conference	9	28	49	1.75	35	194	.072	2	0.07	1	0.04	1	1	25	0.89	0	7	7	0.25	53.5	1.9
	Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location	Home	9	28	62	2.21	34	208	.135	0	0.00	1	0.04	0	0	25	0.89	0	12	12	0.43	69.0	2.5
	Away	13	43	79	1.84	52	261	.103	4	0.09	5	0.12	3	2	25	0.58	1	5	6	0.14	87.5	2.0
	Neutral	7	23	63	2.74	22	152	.270	0	0.00	5	0.22	2	0	19	0.83	0	5	5	0.22	70.5	3.1
Result	Wins	16	51	118	2.31	49	327	.211	1	0.02	11	0.22	1	0	51	1.00	1	15	16	0.31	137.5	2.7
Result	Losses	13	43	86	2.00	59	294	.092	3	0.07	0	0.00	4	2	18	0.42	0	7	7	0.16	89.5	2.1
Month	September	17	55	121	2.20	62	351	.168	2	0.04	9	0.16	2	1	47	0.85	1	14	15	0.27	138.0	2.5
Month	October	12	39	83	2.13	46	270	.137	2	0.05	2	0.05	3	1	22	0.56	0	8	8	0.21	89.0	2.3