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Jersey Number 3
Molly Heard
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Pisgah, Ala.
- High School:
- Pisgah
- Major:
- Civil Engineering
Pronunciation
CAREER ACCOLADES
- All-ASUN Third Team (2025-26)
- ASUN All-Freshman Team (2022-23)
- 1x Tennessee Sports Writers Association Player of the Week (Nov. 26, 2024)
2025-26 (SENIOR)
- Finished second in program history in blocks (97), third in career points (1,379), field goals made (504) and steals (162), and fourth in free throws made (240) at the time of her graduation
- Became 12th player in program’s Division I history and 31st in all-time’s program history to score 1,000 career points
- Earned All-ASUN Third Team honors
- Started and appeared in all 30 games and led the team with 441 points (14.7), 153 field goals made and 98 free throws made to earn Third Team All-ASUN honors
- Shot 44% from the field and 72.1% from the charity stripe
- Led the team with 70 assists and 65 steals, and also led the team with 52 offensive rebounds; added 171 total rebounds and 22 blocks on the season
- Finished fourth in ASUN in scoring per game and ninth in total points
- Led team in scoring 13 times
- 65 steals in 2025-26 finished as third-best in program’s Division I history
- In conference play, finished third in scoring (15.4) and led the ASUN in field goal percentage (46.3%)
- Scored a season-high 28 points and hit a season-high four 3-pointers vs. Queens (2/14) (8-for-19 FG, 4-for-7 on 3-pointers, 8-for-10 FT)
- Also made four triples vs. Bellarmine (2/25)
- Handed out a season-high five assists in three games: vs. Sewanee (11/6); at Belmont on (11/19) and at Austin Peay on (3/3)
- Pulled down a season-high 12 rebounds at Samford (12/18)
- Collected a season-high five steals at Austin Peay (1/17)
2024-25 (JUNIOR)
- Played and started in all 32 games for her junior campaign
- Finished 11th in the ASUN in scoring (13.1), scoring 419 total points
- Totaled 23 of 32 games with double figures in the scoring column (third-most on the team) and 26 games with nine points or more
- Finished season with 10 straight games with 10 points or more
- Named TSWA Player of the Week (11/26) after posting her first career 30-point game with 32 against Evansville (11/23) on 10-of-19 shooting and 8-of-11 from the charity stripe, adding seven rebounds and three steals
- Shot 43.5% from the field, fifth-best in the ASUN, and 31% from 3-point range
- Totaled 143 rebounds, including two 10-rebound performances
- Recorded her first two career double-doubles with 12 points, 10 rebounds vs. Eastern Kentucky (1/4) and 11 points, 10 rebounds vs. Austin Peay (2/22)
- Swatted away 31 opposing shots, averaging 0.97 per game (fifth in ASUN)
- Added 118 assists and 39 steals
2023-24 (SOPHOMORE)
- Appeared in 29 games with 28 starts in her second season with the program
- Averaged 10.4 points per game while shooting 41.5% (108-of-260) from the floor
- Also averaged 4.0 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game
- Scored in double figures 16 times, including a season-high 21 points against Eastern Kentucky (3/2)
- Brought down 117 rebounds overall, including a career-high 11 rebounds against Johnson (Tenn.) (12/10)
- Reached 500 career points in the Bisons' second matchup with Eastern Kentucky (3/2)
- Second on the team in steals with 33 total
2022-23 (FRESHMAN)
- Earned ASUN All-Freshman Team honors during her first season with the Bisons
- Played in 30 games for Lipscomb off the bench
- Averaged 7.2 points per game while leading the team in blocked shots (28)
- Reached double-figure scoring in nine games, including a season-high 24 points in a win over Tennessee Wesleyan (12/19)
- Hit a season-high four three-pointers in a win over Western Kentucky (11/29)
- Collected a season-high eight rebounds in a win over Bellarmine (2/4)
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played under Coach Carey Ellison at Pisgah High School
- 5x State Champion
- Pisgah's All-Time Leading Scorer
- 3x State MVP
- 4x All-State
- 4x All-Region
- Played in Alabama North-South All-Star Game
- Competed in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game
- Also played Softball and Volleyball
- All A-Honor Roll
- National English Honor Society
- Member of Mu Alpha Theta
PERSONAL
- Daughter of Chrystal Heard and Rickey Heard
- Has two brothers, Cole and Drew
- Has two dogs named Sophie and Daisy
- Planned major is Civil Engineers
- She chose Lipscomb because she loves the people here
- Lists hunting and fishing as favorite hobbies
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