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Jersey Number 34
Tess Heal
- Position:
- Guard
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Melbourne, Australia
- High School:
- Lowther Hall
- Prev School:
- Stanford/Santa Clara
HEAL'S TROPHY CASE
• 2025-26 All-Big 12 Third Team
• Two-time All-West Coast Conference (WCC) First Team (2023 and 2024)
• 2023 WCC Newcomer of the Year
• Six-time WCC Player of the Week
• 2023 WCC All-Freshman Team
• Conference-record 12-time WCC Freshman of the Week
• 2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
• 2024 WCC All-Academic Team (2024)
SENIOR (2025-26)
Made her K-State debut in the starting lineup against Omaha (11/3) and notched seven points, two rebounds, two blocks and two steals... Tallied seven points and five rebounds against Lamar (11/10)... Registered 10 points, seven rebounds and two assists against South Dakota (11/13)... Surpassed the career 1,500-point mark with 15 points against Texas A&M (11/16)... Second player to transfer to K-State and reach the career 1,500-point total (Gabby Gregory)... Carded 11 points and nine rebounds against Troy (11/18)... Notched 11 points, five rebounds and two assists against Ole Miss (12/7)... Paced the Wildcats with 17 points on 5-of-9 shooting including 3-of-6 from beyond the arc and added four steals, two assists and two rebounds against Cincinnati (12/31)... Led K-State with 16 points and added four rebounds and three steals against West Virginia (1/4)... Registered a season-high 31 points on 9-of-16 shooting, including 2-of-4 from long range, 11-of-12 from the foul line, five rebounds and two steals at Houston (1/7)... Scored a school record for any quarter with 21 points in the fourth quarter against the Cougars... Carded a game-high 25 points on 11-of-13 shooting against Utah (1/10)... Paced the Wildcats with 12 points at Texas Tech (1/17) and added four rebounds, three steals and two assists... Recorded 15 points on 4-of-5 shooting from the floor and 5-of-6 from the foul line and added four assists and four steals against Houston (1/21)... Notched 18 points, nine rebounds, three assists, a block and a steal in 40 minutes of action at Arizona (2/4)... Tallied 11 points and seven rebounds against BYU (2/7)... Notched 16 points and five rebounds against Oklahoma State (2/10)... Carded 19 points on 7-of-11 shooting including 3-of-4 from long range, four rebounds and two assists at UCF (2/18)... Registered 19 points on 6-of-14 shooting and 7-of-8 from the foul line, a season-high seven assists and four rebounds against Kansas (2/21)... Notched 12 points and three rebounds at Baylor (2/23)... Carded 16 points on 5-of-11 shooting, while pocketing four steals and three assists against Iowa State (3/1)... Carded 10 points, three rebounds and two assists against Texas Tech (3/5)... Made game-winning free throw with 1.3 seconds left to defeat Oklahoma State (3/6) in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament; had three points, five rebounds, two assists and three steals... Tallied 10 points and four rebounds against TCU (3/7).
2024-25 (STANFORD)
Played in 30 games with eight starts... Logged 646 minutes (21.5 mpg) of action... Tallied 239 points (8.0 ppg) on a field goal percentage of .503 (85-of-169) including a .493 (34-of-69) three-point percentage... Shot .875 (35-of-40) from the free throw line... Hauled in 60 rebounds (2.0 rpg)... Dished out 35 assists (1.2 apg)... Pocketed 14 steals and blocked eight shots... Scored in double figures in 11 games including a season-high 24 at Wake Forest (1/26/25).
2022-24 (SANTA CLARA)
Two-time All-West Coast Conference (WCC) First Team (2023 and 2024)... 2023 WCC Newcomer of the Year... Six-time WCC Player of the Week... 2023 WCC All-Freshman Team... Conference-record 12-time WCC Freshman of the Week...
2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District... 2024 WCC All-Academic Team (2024)... Averaged 18.6 points on 47.2 percent shooting... Pulled in 4.0 rebounds per game... Handed out 4.5 assists in 32.2 minutes per game... One of only three players, along with Iowa's Caitlin Clark and Wofford's Rachael Rose, to shoot at least 45.0 percent and average 18 points, four rebounds and four assists over the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons... Departed Santa Clara as the program's 11th-leading scorer all-time (1,225), second in scoring average (18.6), fifth in free throws made (332), second in free throw percentage (.867) and 10th in assists (296).
BASKETBALL AUSTRALIA
Averaged 7.8 points, 3.8 rebounds and 4.0 assists in six games at the FIBA U19 World Cup in Madrid, Spain in July 2023... Helped Australia to a gold-medal finish at the FIBA U18 Asian Championship, Division A in Bengaluru, India in September 2022... Averaged 7.0 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists in five games.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Played for Victoria Metro at U18 2021 Grand Final of the Australian Junior Championships... Scored 25 points with 10 rebounds and five assists... Captained the team at three Junior National Championships... Won two gold medals and one silver... Went to inaugural Junior NBA Championships in 2018 to represent Asia-Pacific and came in fourth overall... Part of Victorian National Performance Program for three years... An all-star performance helped her team win a Division I Youth Championship in 2019.
PERSONAL
Family of Australian basketball royalty... Niece of Australian Men's Basketball legend, Shane Heal... Cousin of Shyla Heal, who was the eighth selection in the 2021 WNBA Draft by the Chicago Sky.
• 2025-26 All-Big 12 Third Team
• Two-time All-West Coast Conference (WCC) First Team (2023 and 2024)
• 2023 WCC Newcomer of the Year
• Six-time WCC Player of the Week
• 2023 WCC All-Freshman Team
• Conference-record 12-time WCC Freshman of the Week
• 2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
• 2024 WCC All-Academic Team (2024)
SENIOR (2025-26)
Made her K-State debut in the starting lineup against Omaha (11/3) and notched seven points, two rebounds, two blocks and two steals... Tallied seven points and five rebounds against Lamar (11/10)... Registered 10 points, seven rebounds and two assists against South Dakota (11/13)... Surpassed the career 1,500-point mark with 15 points against Texas A&M (11/16)... Second player to transfer to K-State and reach the career 1,500-point total (Gabby Gregory)... Carded 11 points and nine rebounds against Troy (11/18)... Notched 11 points, five rebounds and two assists against Ole Miss (12/7)... Paced the Wildcats with 17 points on 5-of-9 shooting including 3-of-6 from beyond the arc and added four steals, two assists and two rebounds against Cincinnati (12/31)... Led K-State with 16 points and added four rebounds and three steals against West Virginia (1/4)... Registered a season-high 31 points on 9-of-16 shooting, including 2-of-4 from long range, 11-of-12 from the foul line, five rebounds and two steals at Houston (1/7)... Scored a school record for any quarter with 21 points in the fourth quarter against the Cougars... Carded a game-high 25 points on 11-of-13 shooting against Utah (1/10)... Paced the Wildcats with 12 points at Texas Tech (1/17) and added four rebounds, three steals and two assists... Recorded 15 points on 4-of-5 shooting from the floor and 5-of-6 from the foul line and added four assists and four steals against Houston (1/21)... Notched 18 points, nine rebounds, three assists, a block and a steal in 40 minutes of action at Arizona (2/4)... Tallied 11 points and seven rebounds against BYU (2/7)... Notched 16 points and five rebounds against Oklahoma State (2/10)... Carded 19 points on 7-of-11 shooting including 3-of-4 from long range, four rebounds and two assists at UCF (2/18)... Registered 19 points on 6-of-14 shooting and 7-of-8 from the foul line, a season-high seven assists and four rebounds against Kansas (2/21)... Notched 12 points and three rebounds at Baylor (2/23)... Carded 16 points on 5-of-11 shooting, while pocketing four steals and three assists against Iowa State (3/1)... Carded 10 points, three rebounds and two assists against Texas Tech (3/5)... Made game-winning free throw with 1.3 seconds left to defeat Oklahoma State (3/6) in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament; had three points, five rebounds, two assists and three steals... Tallied 10 points and four rebounds against TCU (3/7).
2024-25 (STANFORD)
Played in 30 games with eight starts... Logged 646 minutes (21.5 mpg) of action... Tallied 239 points (8.0 ppg) on a field goal percentage of .503 (85-of-169) including a .493 (34-of-69) three-point percentage... Shot .875 (35-of-40) from the free throw line... Hauled in 60 rebounds (2.0 rpg)... Dished out 35 assists (1.2 apg)... Pocketed 14 steals and blocked eight shots... Scored in double figures in 11 games including a season-high 24 at Wake Forest (1/26/25).
2022-24 (SANTA CLARA)
Two-time All-West Coast Conference (WCC) First Team (2023 and 2024)... 2023 WCC Newcomer of the Year... Six-time WCC Player of the Week... 2023 WCC All-Freshman Team... Conference-record 12-time WCC Freshman of the Week...
2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District... 2024 WCC All-Academic Team (2024)... Averaged 18.6 points on 47.2 percent shooting... Pulled in 4.0 rebounds per game... Handed out 4.5 assists in 32.2 minutes per game... One of only three players, along with Iowa's Caitlin Clark and Wofford's Rachael Rose, to shoot at least 45.0 percent and average 18 points, four rebounds and four assists over the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons... Departed Santa Clara as the program's 11th-leading scorer all-time (1,225), second in scoring average (18.6), fifth in free throws made (332), second in free throw percentage (.867) and 10th in assists (296).
BASKETBALL AUSTRALIA
Averaged 7.8 points, 3.8 rebounds and 4.0 assists in six games at the FIBA U19 World Cup in Madrid, Spain in July 2023... Helped Australia to a gold-medal finish at the FIBA U18 Asian Championship, Division A in Bengaluru, India in September 2022... Averaged 7.0 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists in five games.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Played for Victoria Metro at U18 2021 Grand Final of the Australian Junior Championships... Scored 25 points with 10 rebounds and five assists... Captained the team at three Junior National Championships... Won two gold medals and one silver... Went to inaugural Junior NBA Championships in 2018 to represent Asia-Pacific and came in fourth overall... Part of Victorian National Performance Program for three years... An all-star performance helped her team win a Division I Youth Championship in 2019.
PERSONAL
Family of Australian basketball royalty... Niece of Australian Men's Basketball legend, Shane Heal... Cousin of Shyla Heal, who was the eighth selection in the 2021 WNBA Draft by the Chicago Sky.
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