CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Career: Holds program record with 0.44 goals per game...Tied for first with 0.73 points per game (106 games played)…Tops the program charts with 18 power-play goals…Became first Nittany Lion to win CHA Rookie of the Year in 2017-18…Ranks second all-time with 47 goals…Placed fourth all-time with 77 career points…Tops Penn State scoring list with 11 game-winning goals...Became 27th Nittany Lion to play in 100 career games (2/8/20 vs. Robert Morris).
Season: 2019-20: Scored 13 goals to become just the second Nittany Lion (Laura Bowman, ’17) to have three seasons with double-digit totals…Posted 23 points to become third Nittany Lion (Bowman & Amy Petersen, '17) to have three seasons with 20 or more points. 2018-19: Became just the third Nittany Lion to be named to the All-CHA First Team…Scored 15 goals, good for fifth on Penn State’s single-season list. 2017-18: Set the Penn State single-season goals record with 19…Named program's first-ever CHA Rookie of the Year…Established Penn State’s single-season power-play goals record with 10.
Game: Became second Nittany Lion (Bowman) to have multiple career hat tricks with second vs. RIT (3/6/2020)…Scored first hat trick in PSU postseason history vs. RIT (3/6/2020)…Posted first hat trick to tie program single-game goal record vs. Lindenwood, 2/24/18. Tied program standard with two power play goals in a game two different times (2/24/18 vs. Lindenwood & 2/10/18 at Merrimack)…Ranks second in program history with three points in a game (2/24/18 vs. Lindenwood).
2019-20 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Became second Nittany Lion to garner CHA Player of the Month honors (Bowman) after earning award for December…Named CHA Player of the Week for the third time in career 12/9…Selected to CHA All-Tournament Team.
Season: Named an alternate captain…Played in all 36 games, including 100th career game 2/8 against Robert Morris…Scored team-leading 13 goals with four scored on the power play…Added eight assists for 21 points…Had four multipoint games…Scored four goals in three-game stretch 12/6/-1/3 and again in a two-game span 2/29-3/6.
Rankings: Tied for seventh in CHA with 13 goals…Ranked tied for fourth in CHA with four game-winning scores.
RPI (10/11): Moved into fourth all-time on career scoring list (58) with her second goal of the season. at Providence (10/19): Scored a goal in a 2-2 tie. RIT (12/6-7): Set program record for career power-play goals scored (15) with her marker in 3-0 win in game one…Scored two goals in the third period to secure win in game two. Robert Morris (2/8): Moved into second on the career goal-scoring list with her 43rd in her 100th career game. vs. RIT (3/6): Became first Nittany Lion to record postseason hat trick in 4-1 CHA Tournament first-round win.
2018-19 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Invited to 2019 U22 USA Hockey Women's National Festival...Became just the third Nittany Lion to be named to All-CHA first team…Chosen CHA Player of the Week (11/27).
Season: Named an alternate captain…Played in all 36 games…Led the Nittany Lions with 28 points and 15 goals…Had a team-best seven multi-point games…Ranked second on team with 13 assists…Scored a goal in 13 games...Had a goal in three-straight games (11/20-30).
Rankings: Tied for third in CHA in scoring with 28 points…Ranked third in CHA with 15 goals scored…Tied for second in CHA with four game-winning scores…Finished fourth in CHA with 13 power-play points…Tied for ninth in CHA with 13 assists.
at No. 5 Colgate (9/28-29): Had four points (2G, 2A) in season-opening series…Scored goal and two assists in 4-2 win in game two. Providence (10/20): Scored two goals in 5-3 win. at Mercyhurst (10/27): Had another three-point effort with a goal and two assists. at RPI (11/16): Scored game-winning goal and added an assist in 4-0 shutout. RIT (11/20-21): Scored both game-winning goals with 14 total shots in series sweep. Lindenwood (1/21): Netted both goals in a 2-1 win…Tied program record with 14th career power-play goal, also game-winner. vs. RIT (3/6): Scored goal and assist in CHA Tournament first-round victory.
2017-18 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards: Invited to 2018 U22 USA Hockey Women's National Festival...Named program’s first ever CHA Rookie of the Year…Chosen to All-CHA second team…Named to CHA All-Rookie Team…Earned CHA Rookie of the Month accolades three times (September/October, December, & February)…Selected CHA Rookie of the Week four times...Tabbed CHA Player of the Week (12/4).
Season: Played in all 36 games…Led team with 28 points and 19 goals…Paced team with 15 power-play points and four game-winning goals…Had points in 21 of 36 games played…Finished second on the team with 131 shots on goal…Produced a five-game point streak (10/20-11/3)…Scored 10 goals in the final seven games of the season (2/10-3/2).
Rankings: Tied for NCAA lead and paced CHA with 10 power-play goals…Ranked second in CHA with 19 goals scored…Surpassed all CHA freshmen with 28 points…Ranked third in CHA with four game-winning goals.
Union (10/6): Recorded first career point on an assist in a 3-1 win. at Merrimack (10/20-21): Scored first career goal (10/20)...Registered another goal in 4-3 win in game two (10/21). Robert Morris (10/28-29): Had first multi-point game with a goal and two assists (10/28). Finished series with three points (1G, 2A). at RIT (12/1): Had first multi-goal game with two scores in a 5-0 win. at Mercyhurst (2/10): Scored twice, both on the power play, in a 3-3 comeback tie. RIT (2/16-17): Scored three goals in the series. Lindenwood (2/24): Tied Penn State single-game high and scored programs' seventh hat trick with three goals in 6-0 win…Tallied two scores on power play to become first Nittany Lion with multiple two power-play goal games. vs. Lindenwood (3/1): Scored game-winning goal late in the third period in CHA Tournament first round victory. vs. Robert Morris (3/2): Added another postseason goal in semifinal.
PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Won two gold medals with the U.S. Women’s U18 National Team at the 2016 and 2017 IIHF U18 Women’s World Championships...Named the USA’s top forward at the 2017 IIHF Under 18 World Championships...Participated in the U18 USA Hockey Women's National Festival in 2016...Attended Wayzata High School and was a four-year letterwinner...Captained high school team during senior year in 2016-17...Selected as an All-Minnesota honoree in 2016-17...Named four-time All-Lake Conference honoree...Minnesota Ms. Hockey Semifinalist in 2016-17...Recorded 20 points on 11 goals and nine assists in 19 games as a senior...Netted 41 points on 20 goals and 21 assists in 25 games during 2015-16...Recorded 35 points on 13 goals and 22 assists in 2014-15.
PERSONAL
Full name is Natalie Kathleen Heising...Parents are Patrick and Stacey Heising...Has an older brother, Chase, and a younger sister, Brynn..Studying chemical engineering...Born June 14, 1999, in Maple Grove, Minnesota.