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Heather McGuire:
 
Heather Hughes McGuire
United States  
 
Vital Statistics
 

Photo: Ed Chan
Birth Date June 22, 1986 (37 years old)
Home Town Fallbrook, CA
Resides Fallbrook, CA
Height 6'2"
College Loyola Marymount
  Best Finish Winnings
United States 1st (3 times) $77,125
   AVP 2nd $53,150
   AVP Young Guns 1st $500
   NVL 3rd (2 times) $3,675
   Pro Beach 3rd $14,175
   USAV IDQ 1st $0
   Wide Open 1st $5,625
International 4th (2 times) $27,888
   FIVB 4th $24,488
   FIVB C&S 4th $3,400
Pan American 4th $0
   PAN AM 4th $0
NORCECA 1st (4 times) $11,175
   NORCECA 1st (4 times) $11,175
Overall 1st (7 times) $116,188
Amateur -- Money Not Accepted   $116,188
 
Bio Bits

2013: McGuire formed a partnership on the AVP with Lane Carico and in the season opener the duo advanced from the qualifier to finish fifth, one of three such finishes on the year. McGuire played an FIVB event with Kaitlin Nielsen, and the duo placed fourth in Russia after losing matches only to Russian teams. She also played one FIVB event with Morgan Miller and three with Carico, getting a best of ninth.
2012: McGuire and Day competed in four FIVB tournaments, then in the season finale in Thailand Day partnered with Summer Ross and played in her first FIVB main draw, as the pair placed 17th. McGuire and Day won one Norceca event together. Domestically McGuire and Day finished 13th in their only AVP event, and won one other domestic tournament.
2011: McGuire and Day played in 10 domestic events on three tours, with a best of third on each tour. The duo also won the USA IDQ in Playa del Rey. Internationally the duo finished fourth in an FIVB Challenger as well as in the Pan American Games. They placed second in a Norceca event and competed in two FIVB events.
2010: McGuire teamed with Alicia Zamparelli for one AVP qualifier. McGuire and Day played in an AVP Young Guns event, winning in Hermosa Beach. Internationally, McGuire played in one FIVB Challenger event with Michelle Moriarty, advancing from the qualifier and finishing seventh. McGuire and Moriarty also placed fourth in a Norceca event.
2009: McGuire did not compete.
2008: McGuire and Day played one qualifier together but did not advance to the main draw,
2007: Making her pro beach volleyball debut in Long Beach in July 2007 while still in college, McGuire and her partner Emily Day established an AVP record for the lowest-seeded team to advance from the qualifier (seeded 54th) as well as for the youngest team to do so (combined age just over 41 years).

College: An opposite hitter at LMU, McGuire received all-West Coast Conference honors each of her first three seasons, including first-team selections as a sophomore and junior. After her sophomore season she was named the school's co-Female Athlete of the Year. After three seasons she already ranked third in career aces. In high school McGuire was twice an all-state player. She was an alternate on the USA Junior National Team and an A-2 team member.

Personal:
Formerly Heather Hughes, McGuire has an older sister, Kristen, who played college volleyball at Cornell, and a younger brother, Taylor, who played college volleyball at the University of Pacific. Her father, Bill, played volleyball at El Camino College and Long Beach State while her mother, Lori, was a tennis player at Cal-Santa Barbara. In November 2014 she married fellow volleyball player Andy McGuire.
 
 
 
Awards
 
 
Career Summary
 
United States
Season Assoc Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 9th Money Points Rank 13th 17th 25th 29th 33rd 41st CQ
2007 AVP 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $250.00 26.0 160th 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2008 AVP 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00 12.0 159th 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2010 AVP 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00 41.0 200th 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2010 AVP Young Guns 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $500.00 95.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 Pro Beach 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 $7,300.00 612.0   1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 NVL 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 $2,750.00 1,180.0   0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2011 USAV IDQ 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 $0.00 0.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 Wide Open 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 $5,625.00 0.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 AVP 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $750.00 101.3 27th 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 Pro Beach 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 $6,875.00 675.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season Assoc Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 9th Money Points Rank 13th 17th 25th 29th 33rd 41st CQ
2012 NVL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $625.00 200.0   1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 Wide Open 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00     0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013 AVP 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 $12,375.00 1,010.0 16th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013 NVL 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 $300.00 144.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2014 AVP 6 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 $15,600.00 1,205.0 14th 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015 AVP 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 $10,500.00 945.0 20th 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 AVP 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 $12,675.00 1,444.0 17th 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
2019 AVP 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,000.00 384.0 103rd 1 0 1 0 2 0 0
Total
(Rank)
  56
(139th)
3
(65th)
2 6 0 10 0 10 8 $77,125.00
(93rd)
8,074.3   9 2 2 1 2 1 0
 
International
Season Assoc Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 9th Money Points Rank 13th 17th 25th 29th 33rd 41st CQ
2010 FIVB C&S 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $600.00 20.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 FIVB C&S 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 $1,250.00 35.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 FIVB 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00 9.0 239th 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
2012 FIVB C&S 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $550.00 16.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 FIVB 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,400.00 89.0 143rd 0 1 0 0 1 1 2
2013 FIVB C&S 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 $1,000.00 48.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013 FIVB 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 $7,650.00 560.0 104th 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
2014 FIVB 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 $10,287.50 590.0 93rd 0 2 2 0 2 0 0
2015 FIVB 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $4,150.00 490.0 93rd 0 1 2 0 4 0 3
2016 FIVB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $1,000.00 120.0 171st 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total
(Rank)
  35
(398th)
0 0 0 2 2 0 1 4 $27,887.50
(375th)
1,977.0   0 5 4 0 9 2 6
 
 
Pan American
Season Assoc Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 9th Money Points Rank 13th 17th 25th 29th 33rd 41st CQ
2011 PAN AM 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 $0.00     0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total
(Rank)
  1
(35th)
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 $0.00     0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 
NORCECA
Season Assoc Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 9th Money Points Rank 13th 17th 25th 29th 33rd 41st CQ
2010 NORCECA 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 $250.00 70.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 NORCECA 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 $500.00 90.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 NORCECA 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 $1,100.00 180.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013 NORCECA 6 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 $5,850.00 460.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2014 NORCECA 4 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 $2,900.00 100.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015 NORCECA 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 $575.00 0.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total
(Rank)
  15
(53rd)
4
(13th)
3 5 2 0 1 0 0 $11,175.00
(8th)
900.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 
Overall
Total
(Rank)
  107
(180th)
7
(89th)
5 11 5 12 1 11 12 $116,187.50
(240th)
10,951.3   9 7 6 1 11 3 6
 
Red denotes ranked 1st
 
Victory List
 
Victory Date Assoc Location Partner Seed Winnings
1 7/18/2010 AVP Young Guns Hermosa Beach Emily Capers 6 $500
2 7/10/2011 USAV IDQ Playa del Rey Emily Capers 2  
3 8/12/2012 Wide Open Seaside Emily Capers    
4 9/30/2012 NORCECA Chula Vista Emily Capers 5 $850
5 10/6/2013 NORCECA San Diego Lane Carico 2 $1,500
6 10/13/2013 NORCECA Pigeon Point Lane Carico 1 $1,500
7 5/4/2014 NORCECA Guatemala City Christal Engle 11 $1,500
 

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