The 5-foot-4 junior raced to the Division I individual state championship this past season with a time of 18:13.9. A 2013 First Team All-State selection, Heffernan earned 11th place at the Nike Cross Nationals Midwest Regional championships, crossing the
Heffernan has maintained a 4.43 GPA in the classroom.
A member of the National Honor Society, she has volunteered locally as a peer tutor and as a youth track and field camp counselor.
