Paint Branch HS: 2010 graduate ... two-sport athlete (field hockey, softball) ... FIELD HOCKEY: Played for Dan Feher ... honorable mention All-Met and first team All-Gazette as a senior ... 2008 first team All-Montgomery County ... two-time Gazette Player to Watch ... notched 22 points (4g, 14a) as a senior ... SOFTBALL: Coached by Nate Wiles ... 2009 Maryland 4A South Region and East Division Champions ... Maryland Distinguished Scholar ... Yearbook editor.

Personal: Rachel Eileen Heiss ... born November 30, 1991 in Silver Spring, Md. ... daughter of Joe and Eileen Heiss ... has two younger brothers named Andrew and Kevin.

Why St. Mary's?: "Everyone I met was very nice and down to earth and the campus is beautiful."