Heather Gneiting - W Volleyball

Heather Gneiting

Middle Blocker #2

Class

Junior

Hometown

Pleasant Grove,

Utah

Last School

Pleasant Grove High School

Roster Years

2018-2019 | 2021

Personal

Served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Seattle, Washington in 2020
Parents are Tom and Kristin
Has two brothers and three sisters
Father played basketball at BYU (1984-87)

High School

Club

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2018

AVCA National Freshman of the Year, the first in program history
AVCA All-America Third Team
VolleyballMag.com All-America Fourth Team, All-Freshman Team
AVCA Pacific South Region Freshman of the Year
AVCA Pacific South All-Region
WCC Freshman of the Year
All-WCC First Team
All-WCC Freshman Team
NCAA Provo Regional Team
Helped the Cougars to a 31-2 record, the WCC title, an NCAA Final Four appearance and a No. 4 final ranking
Ranked No. 10 in the nation in blocks per set (1.50), No. 18 in total blocks (159) and No. 23 in hitting percentage (.380)
Led all freshmen nationally in blocks per set and hitting percentage, second in total blocks
Finished No. 8 in hitting percentage and blocks per set and No. 10 in total blocks and block assists in a single season in the BYU rally scoring era
Regular starter, playing in 106 sets with 225 kills, .380 hitting percentage, 18 aces and 159 blocks (7 solo)
Contributed 10 blocks vs. Stanford (8/31)
Set a career high with 13 kills, adding nine blocks at Portland (10/25)
Collected a career-high 12 blocks with seven kills vs. San Diego (11/2)
Earned WCC Player of the Week after garnering a team-high 11 kills and six blocks vs. Santa Clara (11/8) and 10 kills and six blocks vs. San Francisco (11/10)
Recorded 12 kills and a .688 percentage vs. Utah in the NCAA Second Round (12/1)
Had eight kills and seven blocks vs. Florida (12/7) and nine kills and four blocks vs. Texas (12/8) to be named to the Provo Regional Team

Sophmore Year 2019

AVCA Pacific South All-Region
All-WCC First Team
BYU Doterra Classic All-Tournament Team
Started in every match and played in every set on the year, totaling 226 kills, 16 assists, 20 aces, 54 digs and a team-high 138 blocks
Helped BYU to a 26-5 record and the second round of the NCAA Tournament
Hit .556 with 10 kills in the win at No. 2 Stanford (9/21)
Recorded a season-high eight blocks at Portland (9/28)
Had a season high 12 kills with no errors in a win against LMU (10/1), hitting .632, good for the eighth-best mark in a five-set match by a BYU player in the rally scoring era
Hit .727 (9/1/11) in a win against Saint Mary's (10/31)
Played with the U.S. Junior National Team and Collegiate National Team - Japan in the summer of 2019

Junior Year 2021

All-WCC First Team
Ranked No. 2 in the NCAA for hitting percentage (.500) the week of 9/20
Notched a season-high kill count of 12 against Loyola Marymount (10/14)
Had seven block assists against Weber State (9/2)
Held a .714 clip after killing 6 of her 7 attacks against Portland (10/7). She matched this clip with her 10 kills against Santa Clara (10/30).
Had double-digit kills five times this season

Senior Year

Graduate Year

Redshirt Year

Medical Redshirt Year