May 18, 2007
SEATTLE, Wash. - Seattle University head women's basketball coach Dan Kriley has announced that Tatiana Heck of Mountlake Terrace, Wash., has signed a National Letter of Intent to join the Redhawk basketball program beginning in the 2007-08 academic year.
Heck, a two-year captain and four-year starter for Mountlake Terrace High School, averaged 13.3 points per game during her high school career. She led the Hawks to three appearances in the 4A district playoffs and earned First Team All-WESCO honors three times as well as Second Team All-Area recognition twice.
The 6'1" forward averaged a double-double (double figures in points and rebounds) in each of the last two seasons, posting 15 points and 12 rebounds per game as a junior and 14.6 points and 11.8 rebounds per contest during her senior year. She scored a career-high 27 points during her junior season and earned 20 or more rebounds in three games during her career, including 23 boards in one game during the 2005-06 campaign.
"I am very excited to have a player of Tatiana's strength and ability in our program at SU," Kriley said. "She will bring a major inside presence to our roster. There is no doubt that Tatiana will have an immediate impact on the GNAC."
Heck joins transfers Alysse Carlson, Chelsie Morrison, and Emily Mothershed as newcomers to the Seattle University women's basketball program for next season. Eight players from the 2006-07 roster are expected to return after helping the Redhawks post an 18-9 overall record, the program's best record in 14 years.
Seattle University is a Jesuit institution located in the First Hill section of Seattle, Wash. Presently a member of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference in NCAA Division II, the school's Board of Trustees recently voted to begin the process by which the Redhawk athletic department will become a member of NCAA Division I by the 2009-2010 academic year.