#34 Anna Heikenen

Senior ... 5-11 ... Forward ... Edina, Minn. (Edina)

2005-2006: Became the 5th Blazer basketball player to be selected to the Kodak/WBCA All-American first team ... named to the D3hoops.com All-American second team ... chosen to the D3hoops.com All-West Region first team ... named the MIAC Player of the Year ... selected to the All-MIAC team for the third consecutive year ... MIAC Basketball Player of the Week (March 22, 2006) ... Blazer Athlete of the Week (March 23, 2006) ... started all 25 games she played in and averaged 29.2 minutes per game ... scored 455 total points averaging 18.2 points per game (both second in MIAC) ... scored 20 or more points in eight games ... shot .480 from the field (ninth in MIAC) ... shot over .500 from the field in 13 games ... grabbed 173 total rebounds averaging 6.9 per game (seventh in MIAC) ... collected a total of 90 offensive rebounds averaging 3.6 per game (first in MIAC)... completed five double-doubles ... tied her career-high of 35 points in the season opener against Ohio Northern (Nov. 18, 2005) ... made 115 free throws (third in MIAC) and shot .757 from the line on the season (seventh in MIAC) ... broke the all-time CSB record for most career free throws made against Gustavus Adolphus (Feb. 18, 2006) and finished her career with 379 free throws made ... moved up to fifth on the Blazers all-time scoring list against Concordia-Moorhead (Jan. 21, 2006) and ended her career with 1,515 points.

2004-2005: Became the 16th Blazer Basketball player to score 1,000 points in her career (Feb. 23, 2005) against Concordia-Moorhead ... named to the D3hoops.com All-American fourth team ... selected to the D3hoops.com All-West Region team ... was an All-MIAC selection for the second consecutive year ... named MIAC basketball player of the week (Feb. 28, 2005) ... Blazer Athlete of the Week during the week of (Dec. 9, 2004) ... started all 29 games averaging 25.8 minutes per game for CSB ... scored 514 points making her the first Saint Ben's basketball player to score 500 points in a season ... shot .524 from the field (fifth in MIAC) ... had 19 games where she shot over .500 from the field ... averaged 17.7 points per game (second in MIAC) ... collected 217 totla rebounds averaging 7.5 per game (seventh in MIAC) ... had seven games where she had 10 rebounds or more ... compiled seven double-doubles on the season with the last one coming against Carleton in the MIAC Playoff Championship game (Feb. 26, 2005) where she scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds helping the Blazers win 77-74 ... had a career high 35 points against Hamline (Feb. 12, 2005) ...  shot .738 from the free-throw line (11th in MIAC) ... in six playoff games she averaged 19.6 points and 7.3 rebounds per game while shooting .521 from the field and .800 from the free-throw line ... had a team best 39 steals ... led the MIAC with 105 offensive rebounds.

2003-2004: Selected to the All-MIAC team in her first season as a Blazer … started in all of the Blazers 26 games … played 14 games of 25 or more minutes … played in led the team with an average of 16.7 ppg … scored 20 pts or more in seven different games and 15 points or more in 17 games … scored in double figures in 24 games … had two double-doubles St. Catherine (Jan. 7, 2004 -- 10 rebounds and 16 points) and Bethel (Jan. 10, 2004 – 11 rebounds an 12 points) … scored a season-best 33 points against Concordia-Moorhead (Dec. 8, 2003) … had 18 games of over .500 field goal percentage … made all free-throws in 10 different games … averaged 5.2 rpg … season-best 11 rebounds against Bethel (Jan. 10, 2004) … had a team-best 34 steals … recorded 7 steals against Concordia-Moorhead (Jan. 28, 2004).

2002-2003: Transferred from NCAA Division II Winona State after first semester of her first year … appeared in 17 games for the Blazers … averaged 6.7 points per game in the 17 games she played in … dropped in a season 17 points at Macalester on 7-for-11 shooting … she also grabbed a season-high seven rebounds against Carleton … in the last four games of the season she averaged 11.2 points per game … shot 42 free throws in 17 games.

High School: A 2002 graduate of Edina High School, Heikenen was coached by Jenny Johnson … state scholar athlete (2002) … MGBCA All-State … Minnesota All-Star (2002) … Ms. Minnesota Basketball nominee (2002) … Led her team to the state tournament her senior season … Sun Newspaper All-Metro (2002) … Classic Lake All-Conference (2001, 2002) … team MVP (2002) … team Captain (2002).

Personal: Daughter of Becky and Chuck Heikenen of Edina … hobbies include reading, spending time with family and friends … majoring in elementary education.

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College of Saint Benedict
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