NCAA Championships Doubles Qualifier

2023 All-American

Two-time First Team All-Big Ten

Rankings History

Career-High Singles Ranking: 22 (Feb. 7, 2024) 
Career-High Doubles Ranking: 3 (Feb. 7, 2024; with Karlis Ozolins) 

Senior: 2023-24

• Played eight matches in the fall, earning a 5-3 record
• Has mostly played doubles with Karlis Ozolins, earning a 20-5 record
• Won the ITA Midwest Doubles Championship with Ozolins
• Received a preseason doubles ranking of No. 4 with Ozolins  
• Was the clinching match when Illinois upset No. 8 Duke at home
• Ranked No. 5 in the country in doubles with Ozolins 
• Defeated No. 8 Colten Smith 6-2, 7-6 (3) in the No. 1 spot

Junior: 2022-23

• Academic All-Big Ten
• Played in three tournaments in the fall
• Competed in 28 matches in the spring
• Plays doubles primarily with Karlis Ozolins
• Reached career-high ITA doubles ranking 23 with Karlis Ozolins after Elite Eight run in the NCAA Doubles Championship
• Had three top-100 doubles wins with Ozolins
  • No. 16 Tadeas Paroulek/Zsombor Velcz of Baylor 6-3
  • No.26 Sebastian Dominko/Connor Fu of Notre Dame, 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (8) 
  • No. 42 Edoardo Graziani/Kevin Zhu of Penn, 6-4, 6-2
• Went 5-3 in the No. 3 singles spot
• He and Ozolins went 14-4 overall, 8-3 in the No. 1 spot and 4-0 in the No. 2 spot

Sophomore: 2021-22

• Voted unanimous First Team All-Big Ten
• Undefeated in Big Ten play (8-0) including 5-0 at No.1 singles
• Two-time Big Ten Athlete of the Week (4/5 and 4/19)
• Reached career-high ITA singles ranking 65 (4/20)
• Reached career-high ITA doubles ranking 35 with Lucas Horve (3/9)
• Had victories over four Top-100 players this season
  • #86 Jake Fearnley (TCU), #61 Hilderbrand (UCF), #66 Andrew Fenty (Michigan), #39 Steven Forman (Northwestern)
• Upset No.19 Lah/Bass 7-6 (11-9) in match against No.4 Baylor

2020-21: Freshman

• Battled back to give JJ Tracy his first lost of the season in the Big Ten Championship match
• Clinched Illinois 4-3 win at Northwestern
• Went 3-0 at No. 4 Singles
• Ended the season on a nine-match win streak

High School/Club

• Blue Chip athlete
• No. 1 recruit in both Minnesota and the Plains Region according to the Tennis Recruiting Network 
• Ranked No. 17 nationally, he has posted a 29-19 record, including 6-2 against five-star recruits and 5-1 against four-star prospects
• Helped lead Mounds View High School to the Minnesota state championship in 2015

Personal

• Born May 15, 2003
• Parents are Tim and Marni Heck
• Pursing his bachelor's in advertising 
• Chose Illinois because "When I visited I really liked the campus and team. It’s a great school academically and for my tennis game."