Beloit College

“Trinkie” Heller was the major force in pioneering women’s intercollegiate basketball at Beloit College.  An aggressive pointmaker and rebounder, she led the Buccaneers to 45 victories in 66 games, two WIC-WAC divisional titles and four conference tournaments.  Heller became the first Beloit woman – and the eighth player – to score 1,000 points; her total of 1,153 is fifth on the all-time list.  In addition to being both team MVP and co-captain all four years, she was an all conference and all-tournament choice as a junior and senior, the first two times this recognition was ever accorded.  After leaving Beloit and spending seven years as a department store manager, she enrolled in Washington University’s law school, from which she expects to receive her degree in May.  Heller now is an avid cyclist who started racing in 1987.  Her accomplishments on wheels rival those on the hardcourt: a member of the Spirits of St. Louis team, two-time recipient of a best all-around rider award and a 1988 Olympic trials participant, she is a 12-time Missouri events champion and four-time national master’s titlist, including a record-setting master’s pursuit performance in San Diego last year.