2024 Lacrosse Roster

Sam Jordan

14 Hannah Heller

  • Position D
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Graduate Student
  • High School West Babylon
  • Hometown Babylon, N.Y.

Biography

HONORS
2024 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll 
One-time AAC Defender of the Week

FIFTH YEAR SENIOR SEASON (2024)
  • Appeared in all 23 games, making 18 starts
  • Added up 3 goals, 2 assists, 15 ground balls, 12 caused turnovers and 23 draw controls
  • Recorded her first ground ball and draw control as a Gator in her first game against Loyola on 2/10
  • Dished out her first assist of the season on 3/13 vs. Princeton, while scoring her first goal on 3/30 at Vanderbilt
  • Won three or more draw controls in five of the last six games including her 100th career draw control on 5/4 against James Madison
At UMass Amherst 
Senior Season (2023)
  • Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team
  • IWLCA Northeast All-Region Second Team
  • Two-time A10 Defensive Player of the Week
  • Led a defense that finished 11th in the nation in scoring defense, allowing just 8.95 goals per game
  • Finished the season with 55 draw controls, 38 groundballs, 25 caused turnovers, nine goals and five assists
  • Tied her career-high with two goals twice on the year
  • Registered a season-high four groundballs on three different occasions
  • Forced a career-high six caused turnovers against La Salle on March 22
  • Posted a career-high eight draw controls against La Salle on March 22
Junior Season (2022)
  • Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team
  • Played in 18 games with 17 starts
  • Tallied five points with two goals and three assists
  • Gave possession to the Minutewomen by winning 29 draw controls and forcing 23 turnovers
  • Picked up 32 groundballs
  • Forced three turnovers in three separate games
  • Recorded five draw controls in games against Richmond (4/10) and St. Joseph’s (5/1)
  • Had a season-high six groundballs to go with three caused turnovers and three draw controls in a win over Davidson (4/28)
Sophomore Season (2021)
  • Saw action in 16 games making one start
  • Recorded two goals and one assist on the season
  • Added 13 groundballs and 16 caused turnovers
  • Had a career-high four caused turnovers in a win over Saint Bonaventure (4/23)
  • Collected three ground balls on two occasions
  • In a victory over Duquesne (4/18) had two goals, two ground balls and two caused turnovers
  • Started and had three groundballs and one caused turnover in the NCAA first round matchup against Temple
Freshman Season (2020)
  • During the shortened 2020 COVID-19 season, saw action in four of the five games
  • Finished the shortened season with one goal, one groundball and one caused turnover
  • Scored the first goal of her collegiate career against Boston College in the season opener
  • Recorded the groundball and draw control against Dartmouth on Feb. 15
Prior to UMass   
  • Played at West Babylon Senior High School
  • No. 10 recruit in the nation
  • Member of the Under Armour All-Long Island Team
  • Named Second-Team All-America in 2019
  • Earned a spot at the Under Armour All-America Senior Game
  • Selected to the 2019 U19 USA Training Team
  • Scored 29 goals and added 23 assists as a senior
  • Finished career with 126 goals and 45 assists
  • Academic All-County selection
  • Also played soccer and ran track, winning the state title in the 4x4 relay in 2017
  • Her father, Michael, played football at Penn State
CAREER STATS
Season GP-GS G A Pts Shots Shot % SOG SOG% GB DC TO CT
2020* 4-0 1 0 1 4 .250 2 .500 1 1 3 0
2021* 16-1 2 1 3 10 .200 5 .500 13 2 8 16
2022* 18-17 2 3 5 10 ..200 4 .400 32 29 6 23
2023* 19-19 9 5 14 19 .474 13 .684 38 55 8 25
2024 23-19 3 2 5 9 .333 7 .778 15 23 5 12
TOTAL 23-19 3 2 5 9 .333 7 .778 15 23 5 12
All * 80-56 17 11 28 52 .327 31 .600 99 120 30 76

CAREER HIGHS
Goals........................................................................................ 2, 3x, last vs. St. Bonaventure (3/25/23)
Assists..................................................................................... 2, at Holy Cross (3/1/23)
Points……………………………………………………………………........ 2, 6x, last vs. James Madison (4/13/23)
Shots........................................................................................ 3, 2x, last at Loyola (2/10/24)
Ground Balls……………………………………………………........................ .6, vs. Davidson (4/28/22)
Draw Controls……………………………………………………………………...... .8 vs. La Salle  (3/22/23)
Caused Turnovers……………………………………………………. 6 vs. La Salle (3/22/23)

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