Milwaukee Athletics

PRONUNCIATION: HEG-er

Career Notes
Graduates as one of the most accomplished divers in Horizon League history ... graduates with all three diving records to his name ... was named Horizon League Diver of the Year sophomore, junior and senior seasons, making him the first league diver to earn that award three-straight years ... won the league three-meter title each of final three seasons ... was crowned league champ on one-meter sophomore and senior seasons ... owns 19 of the top-20 scores ever posted in UWM history on one and three-meter combined ... won an incredible 51 events during his time at Milwaukee and broke at least one school record each year ... was named Horizon League Diver of the Week an incredible 23 times during his career.

2014-15 
Capped an incredible four-year career at the NCAA Zone D Diving Championships ... finished 13th on platform, 15th on three-meter and 17th on one-meter at Zones ... won both diving titles at the Horizon League Championships and was named the Horizon League Diver of the Year for the third-straight year - first league diver ever to earn that distinction ... three-meter league title was third-straight ... broke the school three-meter record on final dive at the league meet, setting new standard to 379.85 ... was named league diver of the week after all but one week of competition on the year ... named diver of the week after sweeping both boards against Oakland Oct. 10 ... repeated that feat following meets against Grand Valley State (Oct. 18), the All Wisconsin Invite (Oct. 25), Wright State (Oct. 31) and UIC (Nov. 8) ... took sixth on three-meter, seventh on platform and 11th on one-meter at the Iowa Hawkeye Invitational, earning league diver of the week honors ... was named league diver of the week after finished second on both boards at Northwestern (Jan. 16) and sweeping both boards against Chicago (Jan. 17) ... won three of four boards against IUPUI/Ball State (Jan. 23) and at the UIC Diving Invite (Jan. 24) to again earn league diver of the week accolades ... swept both boards against Green Bay Jan. 30 ... broke the school three-meter record, won both boards and was named league diver of the week after a meet at Wisconsin Feb. 6 ... in all, won 21 of 29 competitions as a senior, posting an incredible 28 NCAA Zone-qualifying Scores along the way. 

2013-14 
Had an incredible junior campaign, capped by finishing 13th on platform, 18th on one-meter and 36th on three-meter at the NCAA Zone D Diving Championships ... repeated as the Horizon League Diver of the Meet at the league championships ... earned second-straight league title on the three-meter board and finished runner-up on the one-meter at the Horizon League Championships ... was named Horizon League Diver of the Week after breaking the UWM three-meter record and winning both boards with NCAA Zone-qualifying scores at the season-opening meet against Grand Valley State Oct. 19 ... repeated as league diver of the week one week later after winning both boards at Wright State Oct. 26 ... named league diver of the week Nov. 5 after winning both boards in convincing fashion at UIC ... again named Horizon League Diver of the Week after breaking the Panther platform record with a second-place finish, taking third on the one-meter and ninth on the three-meter at the Iowa Hawkeye Invitational Dec. 6-8 ... earned league diver of the week honors after winning both boards against IUPUI and at Chicago, breaking the school one-meter record at Chicago Jan. 18 ... repeated as league diver of the week after winning both boards at the UIC Diving Invite Jan. 25 ... was league diver of the week Feb. 4 after sweeping both boards against Green Bay ... capped the regular season by being named league diver of the week after winning the three-meter and finishing runner-up on the one-meter against Wisconsin Feb. 7 ... in all, named league diver of the week after all eight weeks competing on the year, taking first a whopping 17 times and broke all three diving records on the year ... earned team MVP and Diver of the Year awards.

2012-13 
Continued to raise the bar by breaking his own school record on the three-meter board with a first-place finish at the Horizon League Championships, setting the new standard at 362.80 points ... also took the top spot on one-meter and was named Diver of the Meet at the league championships ... at the NCAA Zone D Diving Championships, placed 13th on platform, 20th on one-meter and 21st on three-meter ... posted seven NCAA Zone Scores on the season despite battling injury ... won all three boards and was named diver of the week in season debut at Wisconsin ... finished fourth on the one-meter and 11th on three-meter next time out and again was named league diver of the week at Iowa Hawkeye Invitational ... in all, won six times on the season and was runner-up an additional four times.

2011-12 
Burst onto the scene as a freshman, taking third on the three-meter and sixth on the one-meter board at the Horizon League Championships to help the team to its third-straight title ... posted NCAA Zone scores on both boards at the league meet ... took first on both boards in collegiate debut to help UWM to its first win over Wisconsin in program history in season-opener Oct. 7 ... won the three-meter and was third on the one-meter against Grand Valley State Oct. 15 ... was named Horizon League Diver of the Week after recorded three wins and adding a second-place finish in wins over Ball State and Wright State Oct. 28-29 ... repeated as Horizon League Diver of the Week after topping the field on the three-meter and finishing runner-up on the one-meter at UIC Nov. 5 ... finished seventh on the three-meter and eighth on the one-meter at the Iowa Hawkeye Invitational Dec. 2-4 ... also dove from the platform once on the season at the Hawkeye Invite, taking ninth ... earned Horizon League Diver of the Week honors after posting NCAA Zone scores with a pair of second-place finishes on both boards, broking the UWM record on the three-meter that had stood for nearly 20 years ... broke his own school record with a second-place finish on the three-meter and took fourth on the one-meter in a big win over Green Bay Feb. 4 ... in all, tallied 18 top-five performances as a freshman, including eight wins.

High School 
Placed fifth at the Illinois state meet as a senior ... was an All-American diver and was the NIC-10 conference champion.

Personal 
Son of Karl and Ute Heger ... full name is Karl Jakob Heger Jr ... chose UWM because he really liked the facilities and the campus ... both his dad (Missouri) and brother (UIC) were college divers ... lists placing fifth at state meet and being named a high school All-American as most memorable sports experiences ... career goals include winning a Horizon League Championship ... born June 7, 1993.