University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

Prior to UH

• Played three seasons of beach volleyball at Tulane.
• Helped lead the Green Wave to conference runner-up finishes in 2024 and ’25.
• Named Tulane Female Comeback Player of the Year after playing at the top of the order and rebounding from a redshirt 2024 campaign. 
• As a sophomore, won AVCA/CBVB National Collegiate Beach Volleyball Pair of the Week and was also twice named C-USA Pair of the Week with partner Samantha Mehlma.
• Named the Tulane Female Breakthrough Athlete of the Year as a sophomore.
• A conference all-academic honoree.
• Coached by former UH volleyball player Eyal Zimet at Tulane.
• Earned a spot on the Australian women’s indoor volleyball senior national team in 2023 and has appeared in over 30 international matches.

• A 2021 graduate of UC Senior Secondary College in Lake Ginninderra, Australia.
• One of 20 female students to train full-time with the Australian National Development Program for Indoor and Beach Volleyball at the Australian Institute of Sport, the Olympic Training Center in Australia.
• Previously played three years of indoor volleyball in the United States at New Albany High School in Ohio before completing school at UC Senior Secondary College.
• Named the 2020 Ohio Capital Conference MVP and the 2019 Ohio Capital Conference Offensive Player of the Year.
• A two-time first-team all-conference selection.
• Also twice selected to the all-district second team.
• Captured gold at the New South Wales U18 Junior Beach Championships as well as the Australian Capital Territory School’s Cup.
• Also earned bronze at the Australian U18 National Championships and silver at Australian Beach Volleyball School’s Cup.
• Named to the AVCA Phenom and JVA Beach watch lists.
• A member of the Key Club and an AP Scholar.

• Born in Boston, Mass.
• Pursuing a master in health policy and management.
• Has one sister.
• Parents are Douglas and Karen Heintzelman of League City, Texas.