Richmond Athletics Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 2012
- Class:
- 2002
Heather Rice's name is prominent not only in the Richmond field hockey record book, but in the annals of two NCAA Division I conferences. Rice ushered out the Spiders' Colonial Athletic Association era by being named Third Team All-American and First Team All-CAA as a junior in 2000, when she scored 19 goals and garnered 51 points. Her goal total was seventh best in Division I and third highest in the highly competitive Colonial Athletic Association. As a senior in 2001, she introduced herself to the Atlantic 10 by being named A-10 Offensive Player of the Year, scoring 29 goals - second on UR's single-season list. She was the first of six straight Spiders to win the A-10 Offensive Player of the Year Award. She was ranked among the top 20 players nationally in both goals and points.
Rice was second on Richmond's career points list (133), along the way placing in the Top 10 in seven categories, including most goals in a career (61). She earned All South Region All-American First Team honors in 2000, All-South Region All-American Second Team honors in 1999 and 2001 and All-State honors in 2000 and 2001. She was also All-CAA First Team in 1999 and 2000 and a First Team All American in Strength and Conditioning. Following her senior season of field hockey, she joined the women's basketball team for the 2001-02 campaign, appearing in 23 games, making one start. She scored a career high eight points against Duquesne.
