Ducks Add Minnesota-Transfer Heyer
11/13/25 | Women's Basketball
Heyer to join Ducks this winter, redshirt 2025-26 season.
EUGENE, Ore. – Oregon has added three-year starter and Minnesota-transfer forward Mallory Heyer to its 2025-26 roster, head women's basketball coach Kelly Graves announced Thursday.
The 6-foot-1 Heyer will join the team later this winter and plans to utilize a redshirt season in 2025-26. With one year of eligibility remaining, Heyer will practice and participate in team activities before joining the Ducks on the court in 2026-27.
Heyer, a native of Chaska, Minn., has started every game in her collegiate career over three seasons, averaging 9.5 points, 8.0 rebounds, and 1.1 assists per game over 102 career games. She has produced 19 double-doubles, including a team-leading seven during the 2024-25 season.
As a junior, Heyer led Minnesota in rebounding at 8.1 per game (290 total rebounds) while averaging 8.6 points and shooting 42.8 percent from the floor. Heyer turned in back-to-back double-doubles to help the Golden Gophers win the 2025 WBIT title, including 18 points and a career-high 16 rebounds in the championship game against Belmont.
In her career, Heyer has 52 career games in double figures, eclipsing the 20-point plateau three times. She dropped a career-best 28 points as a freshman against Wisconsin on Feb. 11, 2023.
Heyer was a four-star recruit and the No. 55 player in her class out of Chaska High School, according to ESPN.com.
Mallory Heyer | Senior, 6-1, Forward, Chaska, Minn. (Minnesota)
Played three seasons at Minnesota, starting all 102 games in her career … Averaged 9.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game over her three season with the Golden Gophers, carding 19 double-doubles … Led the Gophers with seven double-doubles in 2024-25, while helping her team win the 2025 WBIT championship … As a junior, she averaged 8.6 points and 8.0 rebounds while shooting 42.3 percent from the floor … Averaged 9.5 points and 8.6 rebounds as a sophomore while producing seven double-doubles … Averaged a career-best 10.4 points a game as a freshman, with a career-high 28 points coming against Wisconsin on Feb. 11, 2023 … Has scored in double figures 52 times in her career while turning in three 20-point efforts … Earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades as a junior and was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week in 2022-23 … Was a four-star recruit and the 55th-ranked player in her class out of Chaska High School, according to ESPN.com.
Graves on Heyer: Mallory is an experienced, front-court presence who has been consistent her entire career. She is a highly skilled rebounder who can score in the post and off the dribble and even stretch the defense and knock down the three. She will certainly bolster our front court next season, and will have the opportunity to practice and learn our system after she arrives in Eugene later this winter. We are really excited to add her to our mix of talent we have coming in next season.
The 6-foot-1 Heyer will join the team later this winter and plans to utilize a redshirt season in 2025-26. With one year of eligibility remaining, Heyer will practice and participate in team activities before joining the Ducks on the court in 2026-27.
Heyer, a native of Chaska, Minn., has started every game in her collegiate career over three seasons, averaging 9.5 points, 8.0 rebounds, and 1.1 assists per game over 102 career games. She has produced 19 double-doubles, including a team-leading seven during the 2024-25 season.
As a junior, Heyer led Minnesota in rebounding at 8.1 per game (290 total rebounds) while averaging 8.6 points and shooting 42.8 percent from the floor. Heyer turned in back-to-back double-doubles to help the Golden Gophers win the 2025 WBIT title, including 18 points and a career-high 16 rebounds in the championship game against Belmont.
In her career, Heyer has 52 career games in double figures, eclipsing the 20-point plateau three times. She dropped a career-best 28 points as a freshman against Wisconsin on Feb. 11, 2023.
Heyer was a four-star recruit and the No. 55 player in her class out of Chaska High School, according to ESPN.com.
Mallory Heyer | Senior, 6-1, Forward, Chaska, Minn. (Minnesota)
Played three seasons at Minnesota, starting all 102 games in her career … Averaged 9.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game over her three season with the Golden Gophers, carding 19 double-doubles … Led the Gophers with seven double-doubles in 2024-25, while helping her team win the 2025 WBIT championship … As a junior, she averaged 8.6 points and 8.0 rebounds while shooting 42.3 percent from the floor … Averaged 9.5 points and 8.6 rebounds as a sophomore while producing seven double-doubles … Averaged a career-best 10.4 points a game as a freshman, with a career-high 28 points coming against Wisconsin on Feb. 11, 2023 … Has scored in double figures 52 times in her career while turning in three 20-point efforts … Earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades as a junior and was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week in 2022-23 … Was a four-star recruit and the 55th-ranked player in her class out of Chaska High School, according to ESPN.com.
Graves on Heyer: Mallory is an experienced, front-court presence who has been consistent her entire career. She is a highly skilled rebounder who can score in the post and off the dribble and even stretch the defense and knock down the three. She will certainly bolster our front court next season, and will have the opportunity to practice and learn our system after she arrives in Eugene later this winter. We are really excited to add her to our mix of talent we have coming in next season.
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