2014: Named to the All-Big South First Team and NCCSIA All-State First Team ... Led the team with 377 kills (3.75 kills/set) ... Collected 288 digs (2.53 digs/set) to place second on the team ... Finished her career fifth all-time in kills with 1,341 ... Opened the season with 15 kills, nine blocks and eight digs against Furman (8/29) ... Tallied 1,000th career kill with 15 kills against North Florida ... Named Big South Player of the Week on Sept. 2 after becoming the ninth player in school history to reach 1,000 career kills while hitting .303 with 3.08 kills per set, 14 blocks, 20 digs and three aces and was named to the Duke Invitational All-Tournament Team ... Posted four-straight double-doubles against Eastern Washington, Western Carolina, Elon and Charlotte ... Hit .400 with 20 kills and 11 digs against Charlotte (9/12) ... Hit .414 with 14 kills in win over UNCG (9/16) ... Posted a double-double with 20 kills and 11 digs while hitting .341 in win over Sam Houston State (9/20) ... Recorded seventh double-double of the season with 12 kills and 18 digs at Campbell (9/26) ... Hit .375 with 15 kills, nine digs and five blocks in win over Charleston Southern (10/4) ... Earned eighth double-double with 16 kills and 10 digs at Radford (10/10) ... Posted her ninth double-double of the year at Liberty (10/11) with 18 kills and 18 digs ... Had nine kills and 14 digs at Presbyterian (10/18) ... Recorded a career-high 28 kills to go along with 12 digs, two aces and two blocks against Campbell (10/24) ... Named Big South Player of the Week on Nov. 3 after posting 32 kills, 15 digs, four blocks, and a .380 attack percentage in two matches against UNC Asheville (10/31) and Gardner-Webb (11/1) ... Led Panthers with 13 kills in win over Liberty (11/7) ... Hit .405 with 16 kills and 14 digs for 11th double-double of the year against Radford (11/8) ... Had 12 kills and nine digs against Charleston Southern (11/14) ... Posted eight kills and 13 digs in the season finale against Coastal Carolina (11/15) ... Tallied 23 kills and 19 digs in two three-set matches against Liberty and Coastal Carolina (11/20 - 11/21) ... Millis Scholar-Athlete.
2013: Named All-Big South second team for second consecutive season ... Selected to the Big South All-Tournament team after posting 3.83 kills per set, 1.50 digs per set and 1.33 blocks per set ... Played in all 31 matches for HPU, tallying 361 kills and 236 digs on the year ... Opened the season with 20 kills against Florida International (8/30) ... Set a then career-high with 10 digs against South Carolina (8/31) ... Finished match with a double-double of 12 kills and 10 digs ... Named to Gamecock Invitational All-Tournament (8/31) ... Had a double-double with 14 kills and 12 digs in five-set win over Elon (9/10) ... Recorded 21 kills against Oral Roberts (9/14) ... Posted 40 kills and 20 digs at the Georgia Southern Volleyball Tournament (9/14) ... Had 10 kills and a .444 attack percentage in win over North Carolina A&T at the HPU Classic (9/20) ... Tied career-best with three aces against Campbell (9/27) ... Recorded a double-double with 16 kills and career-high 20 digs in five-set win at Coastal Carolina (10/4) ... Had her second consecutive double-double by tying her career-best with 22 kills and adding 14 digs in win over Charleston Southern (10/5) ... Posted another double-double with 22 kills, which tied her career-high, and 11 digs to go with three blocks and an ace against Radford (10/11) ... Had her fourth consecutive match with a double-double in sweep of Liberty with 15 kills and 10 digs (10/12) ... Named Big South Conference Player of the Week after recording double-doubles in both of HPU's matches (10/14) ... Recorded another double-double with 15 kills and 13 digs along with four blocks against Presbyterian (10/19) ... Posted double-double with 13 kills and 15 digs in four-set win over Campbell (10/25) ... Matched her career-best with three aces to go along with 18 kills and seven digs in four-set win over Gardner-Webb (11/2) ... Had a double-double with 16 digs and 15 kills in win at Liberty (11/8) ... Tallied a double-double with 17 kills and 10 digs in back-to-back matches against Charleston Southern and Coastal Carolina (11/15-16) ... Had 11 kills and a career-best six blocks in the Panthers' quarterfinals win over Winthrop at the Big South Tournament ... Millis Scholar-Athlete.
2012: Named All-Big South second team and NCCSIA All-State ... Seventh in the Big South with 2.8 kills per set ... Also had 47 blocks including 12 solo blocks ... Named to the War Eagle Invitational All-Tournament team after she posted 2.83 kills per set and hit .306 in three games ... Recorded a career-high 17 kills in win over Virginia Tech (9/8) ... Hit .440 with 14 kills in win at N.C. A&T (9/23) ... Posted double-digit kills in final 10 matches of the season ... Tallied career-high 22 kills against Liberty (11/2) ... Big South Presidential Honor Roll and Millis Scholar-Athlete.
2011: Appeared in all 30 matches with 12 starts, recording 275 kills and 55 digs for her rookie season ... Made Big South All-Freshman Team ... Had eight kills and one dig in collegiate debut against Indiana (8/26) ... Made first career start against Cleveland State (8/27) and put down 11 kills with two digs and one block ... Set a career-high with 13 kills and three blocks in win over Navy (9/3), hitting .259 in the match ... Recorded team-high 11 kills with a .381 hitting percentage, three digs and a solo block in win over Charlotte (9/16) ... Was named to the Black and Gold Challenge All-Tournament team for 11-kill performance over Charlotte ... Had 10 kills vs. Campbell (9/23) ... Recorded 12 kills and three digs vs. UMES (9/24) ... Had eight kills, career-high six digs and a solo block in a 3-0 win over Charleston Southern (9/30) ... Led the team with 11 kills in a 3-0 win against Liberty (10/7) ... Tied career-high and led the team with 13 kills in five-set win over Presbyterian College (10/14) ... Broke her career-high with 16 kills and added four blocks in a 5 set loss against Campbell (10/18) ... Hit .579 with 11 kills and no errors at Gardner-Webb (10/28) ... Had 13 kills along with five digs at Liberty (11/5) ... Recorded 14 kills and two blocks to help HPU come up with a 3-1 win vs. NCCU (11/08) ... Put in 15 kills and two blocks in a 3-1 win vs. Charleston Southern (11/12) ... On November 14th earned Big South Freshman of the Week after helping HPU come up with three consecutive wins against NCCU, Coastal, and Charleston Southern ... Millis Scholar-Athlete.
Prep: Played for Peotone High School and the Chicago Ultimate Volleyball Club. ... With 394 kills in her senior season she set the Peotone record and earned All-Conference honors for the third time in her career ... Also earned All-Area accolades in her final three seasons ... Helped Peotone to a 29-8 record in 2010, setting the school record for wins and making it to the sectional finals ... As part of the Chicago Ultimate club team, Heldt was a Junior Olympic All-Tournament team selection in 2008 when the team earned a fifth place finish ... Was also named to the 2010-11 Under Armour Girls’ High School All-American Watch List.
Personal: Majoring in Graphic Design and Digital Imaging ... Daughter of Keith and Lisa Heldt ... Has a brother, Alex ... Born Kristin Nicole Heldt on Dec. 7, 1992.
Career Highs...
Kills: 28 vs. Campbell (10/24/14)
Digs: 20 vs. Coastal Carolina (10/4/13)
Blocks: 9 at Furman (8/29/14)
Aces: 3, three times, last vs. Gardner-Webb (11/2/13)
