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2023 Softball Roster

Isaiah J. Downing
Isaiah J. Downing
Isaiah J. Downing
Isaiah J. Downing
Isaiah J. Downing
Isaiah J. Downing
Isaiah J. Downing
Isaiah J. Downing
Isaiah J. Downing

17 Courtnie Heller

  • Position Catcher/Utility
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Thornton, Colo.
  • High School Horizon
  • Prev School Tyler JC
  • Major Criminal Justice (MCJ)

Biography

2023: D2CCA All-South Central Region Second Team … All-RMAC Second Team … RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … One of three Mountain Lions to start in all 51 games … Second on the team in hits (37) and RBI (32) … Slashed .306/.462/.512, recording seven doubles and six home runs … Led the team in walks drawn with 28 … Drove in a season high four runs, including a three-run home run, on April 1st against Colorado School of Mines.

2022: All-RMAC Honorable Mention… RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll… Starter in 27 of her 42 appearances… Had 20 hits in 70 at-bats for a .286 batting average… Hit two doubles and four homeruns… Drove in 13 runs and scored 20 times… Drew 16 walks… Went 2-for-3 with one homerun and two RBI against Black Hills St. on March 5… Recorded a .486 slugging percentage and a .924 OBP.

2021: Redshirt season

2020: Started 19 of 19 games played … Heller completes the season with a .993 OPS ... #17 had 49 at bats with 15 hits for the season, tallying eight runs, three of them home runs ... Heller had 58 catches and 51 putouts for the season.

PREVIOUS SCHOOL: Attended Tyler Junior College in 2018 ... Helped the Apache's to the 2017-18 regional tournament and to the NJCAA National Championships ... 2018 NJCAA Named to the Region XIV East Zone all-conference second team as a designated player ... Two-time Region XIV East Zone Player of the Week ... 4.0 GPA President's Academic List ... NJCAA All-Academic First Team ... Member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Horizon High School in 2017 ... Recorded a .388 batting average, a .506 on-base percentage with 70 RBIs for the Hawks ... 2014-2015 Front Range Softball-Honorable Mention ... 2015-2016 Front Range Softball 2nd Team ... 2015-2016 Academic All State Honorable Mention ... 2016-2017 All Conference Honorable Mention ... 2016-2017 Academic All State Honorable Mention ... 2015-2016 State Appearance ... 2015-2016 first time the program reaches the top 8 ... 2016-2017 Regional Appearance ... Helped the Special Olympics Hawks Basketball team

PERSONAL: Parents are Curtis and Lorie Heller

Statistics

Season:
2023

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

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Career Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2020Junior

    Catcher/Utility
    5'8"
    17
  • 17

    2021Redshirt Junior

    Catcher/Utility
    5'8"
    17
  • 17

    2022Redshirt Senior

    Catcher/Utility
    5'8"
    17
  • 17

    2023Redshirt Senior

    Catcher/Utility
    5'8"
    17