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Player Profiles – Returning Lettermen
#00 William Heather Forward • 6’11” 225 R-Sr. • Auckland, New Zealand • Rosmini College
CAREER HONORS
2022-2023:
NABC Honors Court
Spring Lone Star Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll 2021-2022:
Fall Lone Star Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll Spring Lone Star Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll 2020-2021:
Honorable Mention All-Lone Star Conference 2019-2020:
Fall Lone Star Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2022-2023 (REDSHIRT SENIOR)
Saw action in 20 games ... Scored a season-high nine points at Colorado Christian (11/11) going 4-6 from the field ... Recorded a season-high five rebounds and dished out seven assists in a win against Dallas Christian (12/7).
2021-2022 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
2019-2020 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN)
Played in 23 games and averaged 4.7 points per game ... Made his Patriot debut in the season opener at Colorado Christian (11/8) ... Helped key DBU to an overtime win at Angelo State (12/7) with a season-high 17-point performance ... Grabbed a season-most eight rebounds versus Dallas Christian (12/10).
2018-2019 (FRESHMAN)
Took a redshirt season in his first year at DBU.
HIGH SCHOOL
Three-year letterman at Rosmini
College ... Coached by Matthew Lacey ... Key member of the Rosmini College Premier Basketball team that won
the Secondary Schools National Championship in New
Zealand ... Selected for the
New Zealand 3x3 team that
attended the FIBA U18 3x3 Championships in Chengdu,
China, where they finished fourth.
PERSONAL
Born on October 6, 1999 ... Parents are Simon Heather and Makiakama Tuaputa ... Earned his Bachelor’s degree in Sports Management and is currently pursuing an MBA ... Favorite Bible verse is Philippians 4:13.
Saw action in 10 games and made nine starts before being lost for the season to injury ... Averaged 9.4 points per game ... Led DBU to an upset of No. 4 Colorado Mesa (11/12) in the season opener after scoring a career-high 21 points ... Drained a career-high five three-pointers as part of a 19-point performance against Texas A&M-Commerce (12/9).
2020-2021 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE)
Garnered Honorable Mention All-Lone Star Conference honors ... Led DBU with a .638 field goal percentage, which ranked tied for second-best in a single- season in school history ... His 27 blocks were the most in the LSC and tied for the sixth-most in a single-season in school history ... His 1.2 blocks per game was tied for the fourth-highest average in the league ... Ranked 10th in the LSC in assists (63) and his 2.9 assists per game was tied for 16th-best in the conference ... Averaged 10.1 points per game and 3.0 rebounds per game ... Pulled down a season-best six rebounds at West Texas A&M (1/8) ... Dished out a season-high eight assists at Oklahoma Christian (1/14) ... Registered a career-best three blocks at UT Permian Basin (1/30) ... Went 9-for-9 and scored a career-high 19 points in a win over A&M-Commerce (2/6).
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