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Ciera Hecht
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Position
5'10''
Height
Graduate Student
Class
Prosper, Texas
Hometown
Prosper HS
High School
Texas A&M
Previous School
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Ciera “CiCi” Hecht
2023
- Transferred to UVA from Texas A&M in the summer
AT TEXAS A&M (2019-22)
2021
- Appeared in 23 matches, earning 12 starts, and covering 69 sets
- Finished the season with 60 kills, 156 digs, 10 assists, eight blocks and four service aces
- Logged a pair of double-doubles against Georgia (Oct. 8) and Ole Miss (Oct. 13)
- Recorded a career-high 15 kills and 22 digs against Ole Miss (Oct. 13)
- Turned in double-digit dig figures in six matches
- Tallied a career-high four blocks against Georgia (Oct. 7)
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
2020
- Saw action in 12 matches, earning eight starts, in the shortened season
- Logged double-digit digs four times and double-digit kills once
- Finished second on the team with 14 services aces
- Tied a Texas A&M record with eight aces against Alabama (March 5)
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
2019
- Appeared in eight matches and 10 sets as a true freshman
- Finished her rookie season with three kills, six digs and two blocks
HIGH SCHOOL
- Two-time all-state performer at Prosper High School
- 2018 Under Armour All-America Honorable Mention selection
- Earned PrepVolleyball.com High School All-American Highest Honorable Mention distinction
- Recorded match-winning kill to win 2017 UIL 5A state championship in fifth set
- 2017 UIL 5A Tournament MVP
- Named the District 14-5A Defensive Player of the Year as a sophomore
- Four-time academic all-district honoree
CLUB
- Played club for Texas Advantage Volleyball Club (2018-19), Texas Image (2017-18) and LoneStar Volleyball club (2010-2017)
- USAV GJNC 18 Open gold medalist (2019)
- USAV GJNC 18 Open All-Tournament Team (2019)
- Two-time Tour of Texas gold medalist (2017, 19)
- NEQ gold medalist (2019)
- Far Western Open gold medalist (2017)
- Three-time Lonestar Classic Open gold medalist (2014-16)
PERSONAL
- Daughter of Steve and Laura Hecht, both of whom played sports at Oral Roberts University
- Father, Steve, played baseball and was drafted in the fifth round of the 1987 MLB Draft by the San Francisco Giants
- Steve played in the minor leagues for eight years and won silver at 1987 Pan American Games with United States
- Mother, Laura, played volleyball and basketball for the Golden Eagles
- Has one sibling, Cole, who was a member of the University of Texas’s baseball team in 2014
- Graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political science from Texas A&M in spring 2023
- Pursuing a master’s degree in Higher Education