Kenny Heitz

Who was Kenny Heitz?

Kenneth R. "Kenny" Heitz was an American basketball player and attorney. He won three collegiate national championships at UCLA from 1967 to 1969, one of the first players in NCAA history to do so.

Heitz was a 6'3" guard/forward who played at Ernest Righetti High School in Santa Maria, California. At Righetti, Heitz earned honors as a high school All-American and was California Interscholastic Federation Player of the Year in his senior season. He graduated with honors in May of 1965.

He went to UCLA in 1965 as a part of a legendary recruiting class of head coach John Wooden. Along with classmates Lew Alcindor, Lynn Shackelford and Lucius Allen, Heitz played on UCLA teams that went 88-2 over three years and was the first school to capture three consecutive national championships.

As a senior in 1968-69, Heitz started for the Bruins. He averaged 6.5 points per game and was named an Academic All-American. For his college career, Heitz averaged 6.0 points and 2.3 rebounds per game.

Following graduation, Heitz was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the fifth round of the 1969 NBA Draft. He participated in the Bucks' summer training camp, but he never played professional basketball. He instead went to Harvard Law School and graduated in 1972.