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Heather Blough

Heather Blough

  • Class Year:
    1995
  • Induction Year:
    2005
  • Role/Sport(s) Played:
    Volleyball
  • Club Team:
    Student-Athlete

A three-time American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) First-Team All-American, Heather Blough was a four-year starter for the women’s volleyball team at setter. She graduated as the program’s all-time leader in career assists and held the record until 2004, 10 years after she graduated from the program. She owns two of the top-10 single-season-assist totals in blue and gold history and her 13.31 assist-per-game average in 1994 ranks as the fourth-best mark in NCAA Division III women’s volleyball history. She is fifth all time in NCAA Division III history in career assists, and had the highest career assists-per-game average in NCAA Division III annals until the mark was bested in 2004. She holds the Juniata record for assists in a match with 93, which ranks fourth in NCAA Division III history and led NCAA Division III in assists in 1994. She helped Juniata reach the NCAA Division III National Semifinals in 1991, 1993 and 1994, and guided Juniata to a runner-up finish in the 1993 championship. She was picked as the team’s most valuable player in 1992 and 1994 and also captured All-Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) honors in 1993 and 1994. Blough was inducted in the Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1999. She has served as an assistant coach/associate head coach for the Juniata College women’s volleyball program since 1996. She assisted in directing the team to its first NCAA Championship in 2004.