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Danielle Heintz

Position:
Goalie
Height:
5-6
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Brewster, N.Y.
High School:
Brewster High School
Major:
Professional MS-Mechanical Engineering and Graduate Certificate-Leadership Management

Awards:

2024 Pac-12 All-Tournament Team
2024 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll

Career High:
Shots Faced: 43 vs. Northwestern (2/22/24)
Saves: 11 vs. Northwestern (2/22/24)
Goals Allowed: 19 vs. Northwestern (2/22/24)
Minutes: 60:00 (17x)
Ground Balls: 6 at USC (4/21/24)

Cumulative Career Stats:
Shots Faced: 658
Saves: 170
Save %: .351
Goals Allowed: 315
GA/AVG: 11.35
Minutes: 1664:41
Ground Balls: 55

2025 (GRADUATE):

Started in two of the four games played for the Buffs
Reached a season-high five saves against USC (2/16/2025) and UC Davis (4/20/2025)
Tallied 14 saves and four ground balls

2024 (SENIOR):

Played and started in all 19 games for CU
Totaled 104 saves (.353 SV%), including a career-high 11-save game at Northwestern (Feb. 22)
Tied for fifth in the Pac-12 for ground balls per game with 2.00
Recorded a career-high six groundballs at USC (April 21)
Gave up 10 or fewer goals in 11 of the 19 games played during 2024, and allowed five or fewer goals on four different occasions
Led the Buffs to a 13-6 record, including a 2-1 postseason record (Pac-12 Tournament)
Ranked first on the squad with 38 groundballs, and forced six turnovers in her senior campaign

2023 (JUNIOR):

Split time in the net in five games – at Vanderbilt (Feb. 10), at Louisville (Feb. 12), against Cal (Mar. 19), at USC (Mar. 24) and at Cal (April 23)
Played all 60 minutes in four games – against SDSU (April 7), against USC (April 16), against Arizona State (April 16) and at Stanford (April 21)
Reached a season-high 10 saves at Stanford (April 21) and recorded a season-high four groundballs at Cal (April 23)
Finished the season with 52 saves (.406 SV%), 13 ground balls and caused one turnover

2022 (SOPHOMORE):

Made collegiate debut in matchup against Arizona State (Mar. 13), seeing 15 minutes of relief duty.

2021 (FRESHMAN):

Did not play.

MAJOR:

Mechanical Engineering

HIGH SCHOOL:

Graduated from Brewster High School in 2020.
Earned four letters on the lacrosse team and three as a member of the field hockey team.
Recorded 572 career saves. Her high school team finished the 2019 season with a 12-6 record after finishing 17-5 in 2018. The 2018 team won the section and regional championships and advanced to the state semifinals.
The biggest moment in her high school career was winning the sectional championships for the first time in school history.
She was a three-time all-league selection in addition to all-section her sophomore and junior seasons.
Following the 2019 campaign, she earned All-America honors.
Also played midfield on the field hockey team. Was named all-league, all-elite, all-section and all-state following her senior season on the field hockey team.
Member of the honor roll all four years.
Played club for Cobra Kai (2015-19).

WHY CU?

Chose CU because of the atmosphere.

PERSONAL:

Born in Brewster, N.Y.
Enjoys hiking, snowboarding and snowmobiling.
Favorite food is pasta.
Favorite movie is Hacksaw Ridge.
Her brother, Kevin, played football for the University of New England (2017-2021).
Was a member of the NJROTC.
Cousin, Nick, plays football and lacrosse for Maritime College (2022-present)