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2026 Women's Water Polo Roster

3 Heidi Heffelfinger

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lafayette, Calif.
  • High School Acalanes
  • Position UT

Biography

Junior (2025)
Scored a goal and an assist against LIU (Feb. 1)… Scored a goal against Indiana (Feb. 2)… Scored four goals and added three assists against Redlands (Feb. 2)… Dished out two assists against UC San Diego (Feb. 8)… Scored a goal and added an assist against LIU (Feb. 9)… Tallied two goals and three assists against Saint Francis (Feb. 22)… Scored four goals and added an assist against Bucknell (Feb. 22)… Scored twice against Michigan (Feb. 23)… Netted four goals against CBU (Mar. 1)… Scored two goals, added an assist, drew an ejection, and recorded a steal against Mercyhurst (Mar. 1)… Drew an ejection and recorded a steal against Brown (Mar. 2)… Added two assists and a steal against Wagner (Mar. 2)… Scored a goal, added an assist, and recorded a steal against Brown (Mar. 8)… Scored two goals, added an assist, and recorded a steal against Marist (Mar. 8)… Recorded a steal against USC (Mar. 15)… Scored two goals against UC San Diego (Mar. 15)… Scored three goals and recorded a steal against Michigan (Mar. 16)… Scored a goal, recorded a steal, and drew an ejection against Indiana (Mar. 16)… Scored two goals and added an assist against San Jose State (Mar. 21)… Scored a goal against Stanford (Mar. 22)… Scored three goals and dished out two assists against Santa Clara (Mar. 23)… Scored a goal against Mercyhurst (Mar. 29)… Scored two goals, dished out an assist, drew four ejections, and recorded a steal against Princeton (Mar. 29)… Scored four goals, added an assist, drew an ejection, and recorded three steals against Mercyhurst in the CWPA Playoffs Round 1 (Apr. 25)… Scored four goals, added an assist, drew an ejection and recorded three steals against Mercyhurst in the CWPA first round (Apr. 25)... Dished out an assist and drew an ejection in the CWPA Semifinal against Michigan (Apr. 26)... Scored once and drew an ejection in the CWPA Championship against Princeton (Apr. 26). 

Sophomore (2024)
Added three goals and an assist in the win over Villanova…Finished the season second on the team in assists with 31…. Recorded 47 points in her sophomore season.

First-year (2023)
Scored 31 goals and added 26 assists…Opened her Crimson career with a four-goal performance against Cal State East Bay(Jan.28)… Registered a six-goal game against La Salle at the Bruno Classic (Feb.4)… Netted a hat-trick against Redlands (Mar.4)… Scored a goal in the upset win over ASU (Mar.11)… Scored twice and added five assists in the win over Salem (Mar.12)… Added a pair of goals against Saint Francis (Apr.2).

Before Harvard
Four-year letterwinner in water polo and swimming at Acalanes High School in Diablo Athletic League… Diablo All-League Second Team (2019)… Helped team to 59 consecutive victories from 2018-20… Open Division NCS Champion (2018, 2019)… D1 CIF Champions (2019)… Diablo All-League First Team (2021)… Acalanes HS Most Outstanding Player Award (2021)… Member of 680 Drivers Water Polo Club including 2018 Barcelona travel team and Diablo Alliance Water Polo Australia Travel Team (2018)… 680 Drivers 2021 Junior Olympics Third Place Finisher… NCS President's List and Scholar Athlete (2018-2021)… USA Water Polo Academic All-American (2018-2021)… AP Scholar Award (2020)… California Scholarship Federation (2018-2022)… 16-year member of Girls Scouts of America…Rancho Colorados Lead junior swim team coach (2019-21)...great great great uncle, Pudge (Yale 1892), became first professional American football player… great grandfather, Dink Templeton (Stanford 1916) won Olympic gold for USA in rugby at 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium… Father, Warren, played rugby at Yale… Sister Mary Beth plays collegiate water polo at UC Santa Barbara.

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2023First-Year

    Utility
    6'0"
    18
  • 13

    2024Sophomore

    Utility
    6'0"
    13
  • 3

    2025Junior

    Utility
    6'0"
    3
  • 3

    2026Senior

    Utility
    6'0"
    3