Bio

2020 at Taylor: Started each of TU’s three contests prior to season being cancelled for COVID-19 … Tallied two assists, six shots, two shots on goal, 21 ground balls, two caused turnovers and 22 faceoff wins with a 53.7 percentage … Rated 14th in the NAIA and fourth in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference during shortened season with 7.0 ground balls per outing … Tied for team lead in assists … Held outright team lead in faceoff wins and faceoff percentage … Second on roster in ground balls … Gathered at least five ground balls in all three games … Had nine ground balls in TU’s 9-3 win on March 7 at Mount Vernon Nazarene … Named to WHAC Champions of Character Team.

2019 at Taylor: Wasted no time making impact during freshman season … Started all 10 matches for TU with six goals, nine assists, 61 ground balls and 141 faceoff victories … Also added 15 points, 15 shots, 13 shots on goal and three caused turnovers … Ranked seventh among all WHAC performers with a 53.4 faceoff percentage and 6.1 ground balls per contest … Led the Purple and Gold in starts and faceoff wins … Rated second on club in assists and ground balls … Notched seven-of-nine assists in five home games … Bumped faceoff percentage to 60.8 in home games and pushed that mark to 73.6 in Taylor wins … Scooped at least seven ground balls in five-of-10 games … Opened season with back-to-back five-point efforts in wins over Lindenwood and Clarke … Set career-highs of four goals and 12 ground balls in 26-1 win at Lindenwood on March 2 and added career-high of four assists in a 16-11 win over Clarke on March 8 in program’s first-ever home contest.

Prep: Two-sport athlete at Fishers High … Competed in lacrosse for Chad Taylor … Earned Iron Man Award for wrestling … Named a two-time Academic All-Indiana standout in the classroom.

Personal: Son of Steve and Dana Heiniger … Brother of former TU men’s cross country student-athlete Colton Heiniger … Majoring in engineering.