Heater was M.I.A. from the summer circuit last year while recovering from an injury to her right ankle. This year she will play for the Cal Storm, the same club team fellow Oregonian Michelle Jenkins (USC signee) played for last summer.

Heater will travel with the storm to the Boo Williams Invitational in April but will not play. She is taking the next month or two to rehab her ankle and regain top conditioning before hitting the hardwood full speed, something she didn’t do after her sophomore year when injured the ankle originally. She jumped right into club ball and never gave the ankle time to rest. According to her father, the doctors think rest and rehabilitation will keep her off the surgeon’s table.

Heather made unofficial visits to Cal and Stanford last weekend and previously made unofficial visits to Oregon and Utah. Her former club coach, Anthony Levrets, is an assistant at Utah.

Heater wanted to get out of Oregon but still be close enough that her family could see her play. Berkeley is a five-to-six-hour drive from the family’s home in Ashland, Oregon and Oregon State are even closer and driving to Seattle to watch her play is also feasible.

With Heather and Stallworth the Bears have two versatile frontcourt players that are yet to reach their full potential. Heater expects to make considerable strides this summer where playing with the Storm at some of the nation’s biggest tournaments she’ll be tested against some of the top players in the country.

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Chris Hansen is the National Director of Scouting for Women’s Basketball at HoopGurlz.com. He leads the panel that evaluates and ranks girl's basketball prospects nationally for HoopGurlz. Chris has been involved in the women’s basketball community since 1998 as a coach, trainer, evaluator and reporter. He can be reached at chris@hoopgurlz.com.