Heidi Sabatura Class: Junior Hometown: Lawrenceville, N.J. High School: Pennington School Height: 5-7 Position: Forward Experience: JR

Career Photo Gallery
Career Statistics
Career Highs

On Sabatura: Dominant scorer who does a terrific job of finishing chances in front of the net ... Has a tireless work ethic and can contribute on the front line and in the midfield ... Fearless player who is one of the rising stars in the BIG EAST Conference.

Awards: BIG EAST Rookie of the Year (2009) ... All-BIG EAST Second Team (2009, 2010) ... BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Aug. 23, 2010; Sept. 20, 2010) ... BIG EAST Rookie of the Week (Aug. 24, 2009; Sept. 7, 2009; Sept. 28, 2009) ... Villanova Classic All-Tournament Team (Sept. 17/19, 2010) ... Capital One Academic All-District 2 Second Team (2010) ... BIG EAST Academic All-Star (2009, 2010).

Career: Played in 39 games with 38 starts and has career totals of 14 goals, 13 assists and 41 points ... Has three career game-winning goals ... Attempted 74 shots (.189 shot percentage) and has 41 shots on goal (.554 shot-on-goal percentage) ... Owns four career multi-goal games.

BIG EAST Regular Season: Has played in 20 games with 19 starts versus conference opponents ... In BIG EAST play has five goals, five assists and 15 points, including two multi-goal games ... Has taken 33 shots (.152 shot percentage) and managed 20 shots on goal (.606 shot-on-goal percentage).

BIG EAST Championship: Played in a first round game against Connecticut and a quarterfinal contest at Marquette as a freshman in 2009 ... Tallied an assist in the contest against Connecticut and totaled five shots in the two games.

NCAA Tournament: Made her NCAA Tournament debut against Washington State in 2009, tallying two shots in the contest.

2010: One of six players on the team who started in all 19 games ... Led the team with eight assists and was second on the squad with seven goals, 22 points, two game-winning goals and 34 shots ... Ranked fourth in the BIG EAST Conference in assists per game and eighth in points per game ... Scored the first goal of a game once and had three game-tying goals ... In all six of her seven goals either tied the game or gave Villanova the lead ... Registered two goals against both Temple and Louisville ... Had two assists in a win over Wake Forest ... Had game-winning goals against Virginia Commonwealth and Monmouth, with the latter score coming in overtime ... Compiled a .206 shot percentage and a .647 shot-on-goal percentage for the season (34 shots, 22 shots on goal); BIG EAST: In 11 conference games tallied two goals, four assists and eight points ... Tallied 18 shots (.111 shot percentage) and had 12 shots on goal (.667 shot-on-goal percentage) ... Scored both Villanova goals at Louisville, with each goal tying the score before the Cardinals eventually won ... Tallied assists against Georgetown, Rutgers, Cincinnati and West Virginia.

2009: Played in 20 games with 19 starts ... Enjoyed a terrific freshman campaign with seven goals, five assists and 19 points to earn BIG EAST Rookie of the Year honors ... Became the first player in program history to win the award ... Ranked second on the team in goals scored and points and tied for second in assists ... Was among the BIG EAST leaders in every offensive category as well ... Contributed one game-winning goal, one game-tying goal and two unassisted tallies ... Attempted 40 shots (.175 shot percentage), of which 19 were on goal (.475 shot-on-goal percentage) ... Made her collegiate debut with two goals and one assist in the season opener against Temple ... Scored the game-winning goal in a 2-0 win over Delaware; BIG EAST: Played in nine regular season conference games with eight starts ... Scored three goals, had one assist and tallied seven points in league play ... The three goals were the high mark on the team and included two tallies against Seton Hall as well as one against Cincinnati ... Picked up an assist in a 1-1 tie against No. 17 Rutgers ... Attempted 15 shots (.200 shot percentage) and tallied eight shots on goal (.533 shot-on-goal percentage); Missed just one game after breaking a bone in her cheek during a collision with an opponent from Louisville; BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP: Picked up an assist against Connecticut just 26 seconds into a conference tournament first round game ... Started that contest, as well as a quarterfinal game at Marquette ... Tallied five shots in the two games, including two shots on goal; NCAA TOURNAMENT: Played 86 minutes and tallied two shots in the first round of the NCAA Tournament versus Washington State.

Club Team and ODP Experience: Plays for the FC Bucks Vipers along with fellow incoming freshmen Alexa Carugati and Carly Edgcomb ... Team on three consecutive state championships and two Region 1 titles ... Placed third in the national championship in 2008 and returned to the national championship in summer 2009 ... Team entered the national championship ranked second in the nation and first in the state and region.

Pennington School: Four-year starter and senior captain for a team that won four straight state championship from 2005-08 ... Named Player of the Year as a junior and received multiple all-area and All-Prep first and second team accolades ... Selected to the 2008 NSCAA/adidas All-America squad ... Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Born in Princeton, N.J. ... Younger of two children of Thomas and Gail Sabatura ... Has an older brother, Troy (24) ... Chose to attend Villanova because of the school's Nursing program and the soccer team ... Majoring in Nursing ... Hopes to become a nurse anesthetist.