Nebraska Wesleyan University Athletics

Heather Wubbels, a Norris High School graduate, was an accomplished point guard for the Plainswomen basketball team from 1989-93. A four-year letter winner, Wubbels led the team in assists every season she played and finished her career as Nebraska Wesleyan’s leader with 328 assists and 193 steals. She still ranks second on both all-time charts.

Her best statistical year was the 1990-91 season when she averaged 10.5 points and 3.9 per game. Her 103 assists as a sophomore established a single-season record at NWU. She also set a Nebraska Wesleyan single-game record with 15 free throws made in a 1991 game against Teikyo Westmar University.

In the final game of her career, Wubbels recorded a double-double with 14 points and 10 assists, which tied the team mark for assists in a single game. Wubbels was statistically consistent, averaging better than 9.5 points and 3.7 assists per game as both a junior and senior when she garnered All-NIAC honorable mentions. She also received honorable mention from the Omaha World-Herald as a junior.

In addition to her success on the basketball court, Wubbels was also a member of the Nebraska Wesleyan softball team in 1990 and 1991. On the NWU softball charts, she still ranks among the leaders in career sacrifice flies (fourth) and single-season putouts (seventh).