Shauna Heffernan

Shauna Heffernan preparing to hit the ball.

Shauna Heffernan awaits a serve in doubles.

Photo by: Boise State University

Shauna Heffernan plays for Team Ireland at the Billie Jean King Cup.

2021 ITA Academic Honors for the Boise State women's tennis team.

Heffernan on Team Ireland at the Billie Jean King Cup.

Boise State women's tennis Top-20 ITA Mountain Region ranking.

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Claremorris, Ireland
Height:
5-6
Major:
Kinesiology

HONORS & AWARDS

All-Mountain West, Doubles (2021)
2x College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2023, 2024)
4x ITA Scholar-Athlete (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
3x Academic All-Mountain West (2021, 2023, 2024)
4x Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)

2023-24 | SENIOR SEASON

HONORS: College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
OVERALL: Posted a 14-17 record in singles play and a 22-13 mark in doubles.
FALL: Went 6-7 in singles play and 11-7 in doubles during the fall tournaments…won the top flight of the Blue Draw in the Barb Chander Classic (Sept. 22-24) with partner Pauline Ernstberger, going 2-0 in singles…qualified for the Pre-Qualifying Doubles Draw with Pauline Ernstberger in the ITA All-American Championships (Sept. 28-Oct. 8)…reached the quarterfinals of the Pre-Qualifying Draw, the best finish in that draw from a Bronco duo at the event since 2008…made it to the round of 32 in the main singles draw of the ITA Mountain Region Championships (Oct. 18-22).
SPRING SINGLES: Went 8-10 in duals…posted a record of 2-3 at the No. 3 spot and 6-7 at the No. 4 spot.
SPRING DOUBLES: Went 11-6 in duals…played at the No. 1 and No. 2 spot with marks of 5-0 and 6-6, respectively.

2022-23 | JUNIOR SEASON

HONORS: College Sports Communicators Academic All-District...ITA Scholar-Athlete.
OVERALL: Finished the year 16-18 in singles and 24-10 in doubles on the year...
FALL: Went 9-5 in fall singles matches while posting a 8-6 record in fall doubles matches...won the Orange Flight of the Barb Chandler Classic with Ana Conde Vendrell (Sept. 23-25).
SPRING SINGLES: Went 7-13 in spring singles matches...logged wins at courts 3-6 over the course of the season.
SPRING DOUBLES: Played with Pauline Ernstberger, posting a 16-4 record while primarily playing on court three...the duo won the fourth-most No. 3 doubles matches in a single season in program history (14) while posting the third-best win percentage on that court (.778).

2021-22 | SOPHOMORE SEASON

HONORS: ITA Scholar-Athlete…Mountain West Scholar Athlete.
OVERALL: Finished the year 7-7 in singles across all competitions…went 17-9 overall in doubles.
FALL: Went 4-5 in fall singles matches…finished 5-4 in fall singles play…won the second-flight doubles title at the ISU Fall Invite (Sept. 17-19).went 2-1 in both doubles and singles at the Long Beach State Winter Invitational (Jan. 21-23).
SPRING SINGLES: Went 3-2 in spring singles play, with all matches being played at the No. 6 position.
SPRING DOUBLES: Went 11-3 in doubles at the No. 2 position alongside Holly Stewart…11-3 (.786) was the best record amongst Bronco doubles pairs on the season.

2020-21 | FRESHMAN SEASON

HONORS: All-Mountain West, Doubles ... ITA Scholar-Athlete ... Academic All-Mountain West ... Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (3.5 or better cumulative GPA).
OVERALL: Went 6-8 overall in singles play as a true freshman … tallied a 11-5 mark in doubles.
FALL: There was no fall season in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
SPRING SINGLES: Went 6-8 overall splitting time between the two through five positions ... won five in a row from Feb. 21 through March 27 collecting wins over Dixie State's (6-0, 6-1) and College of Idaho's (6-0, 6-0) No. 4 athlete, and Weber State (6-4, 6-1), Montana State (6-0, 6-1) and Air Force's (6-2, 6-3) No. 5 player.
SPRING DOUBLES: Was a solid 11-5 in doubles play, all at the No. 1 position paired with Joana Baptista … the duo defeated Utah's top pair 6-3 and went 5-3 in conference action with wins over Air Force (6-3), New Mexico (6-2), San Diego State (7-6(3)), Utah State (6-2) and Nevada (6-3).

PRIOR TO BOISE STATE

A native of Claremorris, Ireland ... held the number one national ranking in her age group for singles and doubles while also being a two-time U18 National Indoor Champion ... won the National Spring Championship U18 title ... won two ITF titles, the J4 in Tunisia and J5 in Cairo ... won the Capital Inn Reykjavik Open U16 tournament in Iceland while she was a U14 ... selected to the Ireland Fed Cup Team, a prestigious honor in Irish prep tennis.