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Nate Heise
- Position:
- Guard
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Lake City, Minn.
- High School:
- Lincoln HS
Bio
2023-24: MVC Honor Roll ... Third Team All-MVC ... MVC Scholar-Athlete Second Team ... MVC Player of the Week (12/18/23) ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District ... Appeared in and started 32 games ... Led UNI in scoring with 431 points, averaging a career-high 13.4 points per game and played a team-high 32.9 minutes a game ... Shot 46.2% from the floor (149-322), 35.6% from three-point range (47-132) and 72.8% from the free throw line (86-118) ... Pulled down a career-high 196 rebounds (6.1 per game) and led the Panthers with 78 assists (2.4 per game) and 18 blocks (0.5 per game) ... Scored a season-high 25 points against Prairie View A&M (12/12/23), recording six games with 20+ points ... Grabbed a career-high tying 11 rebounds at UIC (2/11/24) and dished out a career-best eight assists at Belmont (1/17/24) ... Recorded four double-doubles ... Became the 112th member of UNI's 500 career point club with a 20-point outing in the season-opener at North Texas.
2022-23: MVC Honor Roll ... Played in 2 games before a season-ending hand injury .. Scored a total of 24 points with 6 rebounds and 3 assists ... Shot 47% from the field (8-17), 16.7% from beyond the three-point arc (1-6) and 58.3% from the free throw line (7-12) ... Notched 14 points in season-opening win against Wartburg.
2021-22: MVC Second Team Scholar-Athlete... MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and Honor Roll.... Started all 32 games... scored 276 points, averaging 8.1 PPG... shot 45.1% FG, 35.5% from behind the arc, and 75.9% from the free throw line... 4.6 RPG... 40 assists... Team-high 34 steals... 11 blocks... Averaged 30.4 MPG... Scored career-high 19 points vs. Wyoming (12/23/21)... Career-high six field goals made four times this season... Recorded 12-point, 11-rebound double-double against Jackson State... Career-high 4 assists vs. Valparaiso.
2020-21: MVC All-Freshman Team...Started 21 games this season...scored 190 points, averaging 7.6 points per game, shot 40.0 percent from the field and 30.5 percent from beyond the arc, averaged 3.6 rebounds per contest with 90 total, and 16 blocks... Led the team in steals with 30 and dished out 33 assists...finished with a season high 9 rebounds against St. Ambrose (12/04/20)...recorded a season high 4 steals against Bradley (01/10/21)...scored a season high 18 points against Coe College (01/25/21) going 6-10 from the field...shot 66.7 percent from the field, knocking down 15 points against Valparaiso (02/14/21).
HIGH SCHOOL: Nate Heise is a 6'4 guard from Lincoln High School in Lake City, Minnesota. Under the direction of Head Coach Greg Berge, Heise led the Tigers to two state tournaments. Heise averaged 22 points, 6.7 rebounds and 4.5 assist per game during his junior campaign, earning Hiawathe Valley League Player of the Year honors while also being named to the 2018-19 All-State and All-Tournament Teams. As a senior Heise led the Tigers to a Conference championship while averaging 29 points per game, 7 rebounds per game and 5 assists per game. Heise was named the Hiawatha League Player of the Year for the second time and finished his career with a school record 2307 points.
PERSONAL: Nate is the son of Tony and Amy Heise, both former basketball players at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. His sister, Taylor, played ice hockey at the University of Minnesota, is a member of the U.S. women's national team and was the first pick in the 2023 PWHL Draft by Minnesota ... Brother, Ryan, plays basketball at Upper Iowa ... Majoring in Supply Chain Management.
2022-23: MVC Honor Roll ... Played in 2 games before a season-ending hand injury .. Scored a total of 24 points with 6 rebounds and 3 assists ... Shot 47% from the field (8-17), 16.7% from beyond the three-point arc (1-6) and 58.3% from the free throw line (7-12) ... Notched 14 points in season-opening win against Wartburg.
2021-22: MVC Second Team Scholar-Athlete... MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and Honor Roll.... Started all 32 games... scored 276 points, averaging 8.1 PPG... shot 45.1% FG, 35.5% from behind the arc, and 75.9% from the free throw line... 4.6 RPG... 40 assists... Team-high 34 steals... 11 blocks... Averaged 30.4 MPG... Scored career-high 19 points vs. Wyoming (12/23/21)... Career-high six field goals made four times this season... Recorded 12-point, 11-rebound double-double against Jackson State... Career-high 4 assists vs. Valparaiso.
2020-21: MVC All-Freshman Team...Started 21 games this season...scored 190 points, averaging 7.6 points per game, shot 40.0 percent from the field and 30.5 percent from beyond the arc, averaged 3.6 rebounds per contest with 90 total, and 16 blocks... Led the team in steals with 30 and dished out 33 assists...finished with a season high 9 rebounds against St. Ambrose (12/04/20)...recorded a season high 4 steals against Bradley (01/10/21)...scored a season high 18 points against Coe College (01/25/21) going 6-10 from the field...shot 66.7 percent from the field, knocking down 15 points against Valparaiso (02/14/21).
HIGH SCHOOL: Nate Heise is a 6'4 guard from Lincoln High School in Lake City, Minnesota. Under the direction of Head Coach Greg Berge, Heise led the Tigers to two state tournaments. Heise averaged 22 points, 6.7 rebounds and 4.5 assist per game during his junior campaign, earning Hiawathe Valley League Player of the Year honors while also being named to the 2018-19 All-State and All-Tournament Teams. As a senior Heise led the Tigers to a Conference championship while averaging 29 points per game, 7 rebounds per game and 5 assists per game. Heise was named the Hiawatha League Player of the Year for the second time and finished his career with a school record 2307 points.
PERSONAL: Nate is the son of Tony and Amy Heise, both former basketball players at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. His sister, Taylor, played ice hockey at the University of Minnesota, is a member of the U.S. women's national team and was the first pick in the 2023 PWHL Draft by Minnesota ... Brother, Ryan, plays basketball at Upper Iowa ... Majoring in Supply Chain Management.
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