HIGH SCHOOL: Was a four-year letterwinner at Hamburg (Pa.) High School...helped lead the Hawks to the state semifinals as a junior and was selected as the 2007 Berks County Player of the Year...a three-time Pennsylvania All-State First Team member and earned three consecutive mentions to the All-Berks County Team...also lettered in swimming and track and field.

PERSONAL: Rayell Erin Heistand...parents are Diane and Cliff Heistand...biology major...born May 16, 1990 in Reading, Pa.