Houston Christian University Athletics

2012 All-Great West Conference First Team

2011: Leaverton started all 31 matches for the Huskies as a junior…in 115 sets played, she led the team with 296 kills, averaging 2.57 per set…ranked second on the team with 276, averaging 2.40 per set…was third on the team with 24 service aces, averaging 0.21 per set…recorded 14 double-digit kill and 14 double-digit dig performances, including seven double-doubles…had a season-high 18 digs and added 12 digs against Texas-San Antonio (9/1)…posted 17 kills and 10 digs in a four-set victory over Utah Valley (10/15)…recorded a season-high 17 digs and had 10 kills against Sam Houston State (9/6).
 
2010: Appeared in all 30 matches, starting all but one, and played in 98 sets…led the team with 279 kills and 33 service aces and was second with 265 digs…had a team-leading nine double-doubles and 14 double-digit kill matches…ranked eighth in the Great West Conference with 2.85 kills per set and third with 0.34 service aces per set…also averaged 2.70 digs per set…had a season-high 18 kills and added 11 digs against Florida Atlantic (8/27)…had 17 kills and 10 digs against Bethune-Cookman (8/28)…had 11 kills and 16 digs against McNeese State (9/14)…recorded 16 kills and a season-high 18 digs against St. Thomas (10/19)…registered a season-high four aces three times.
 
2009: Selected to the All-Great West Conference Second Team…appeared in all 33 matches and played in 110 sets as a freshman…ranked second on the team with 272 kills and second with 280 digs and 36 service aces…averaged 2.47 kills and 2.55 digs per set…recorded 10 double-digit kill matches and six double-doubles…posted a season-high 16 kills against Nicholls State (8/29)…tied her season-high with 16 kills and had a career-high 17 digs at Texas-Pan American (11/13)…served up a career-high five aces at St. Thomas (10/6).
 
High School: Was a four-year letterwinner and three-year starter for coach John Turner at Pearland High School…earned District 23-5A MVP honors as a junior…selected as ESPN Rise Regional Athlete of the Week and Houston Chronicle Athlete of the Week…made the 2009 All-Star Team…earned Academic All-District and All-State honors in 2008.
 
Personal: Full name is Heather Ann Leaverton…born March 15, 1991, in San Diego, Calif. …daughter of Rhonda Leaverton…has one sister, Meghan (22)…majoring in biology.