2010-11: Back to complete her final year with the Nanooks, Tilicki again represented her team as a member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee; she started out her season strong, having one of the few first place finishes of the Nanooks in the 500 Freestyle with a time of 5:29.35 in the dual meet versus the University of Nebraska Omaha in October; Tilicki then suffered a few injuries that benched her during the middle of the season; after working hard to recover, Tilicki rejoined her fellow teammates for the PCSC Championships in February; she helped the Nanooks to their 5th place Conference finish, their highest ever, by finishing 19th in the 200 Freestyle with a 2:02.53 and her 8th place finish in the 1650 Freestyle with a season best time of 18:20.66; her finish in the mile landed Tilicki All-Conference Honors; was recognized for Academic Honors by the Athletic Department.
2009-10: Tilicki yet again served on the Student Athlete Advisory Committee; the start of her season was a little slow, with swims of 5:26.02 in the 500 Freestyle and 18:42.95 in the 1650 Freestyle at the Toshiba Classic Invitational in November; despite the slow start, Tilicki came to compete at the PCSC Championships in February; she helped the 800 Freestyle Relay to their 5th place finish with a time of 7:48.52, just off the Varsity Record; in the 500 Freestyle Tilicki had a lifetime best time of 5:15.22 and scoring points for the Nanooks by finishing 18th; she also had her highest individual Conference finish ever with her 16th place finish in the 1650 Freestyle with a lifetime best time of 18:13.66; was recognized for Academic Honors by the Athletic Department.
2008-09: Returning to the Nanooks for her second season, Tilicki focused on the distance freestyle events and was selected by her teammates to serve on the Student Athlete Advisory Committee; during a dual meet against Shippensburg University, Tilicki swam a lifetime best in the 1000 Freestyle with a 10:55.87; achieved two lifetime bests in the 500 Freestyle with a 5:28.16 and the 1650 Freestyle with an 18:28.12, as well as a season best time in the 200 Freestyle with her 1:58.41 finish in November during the Nike Cup Invitational; at the same meet Tilicki was a part of the 800 Freestyle Relay that broke their previous Varsity Record, dropping it to a 7:55.26 and finishing with a 12 place; at the PCSC Championships in February, Tilicki scored points for the Nanooks with her 24th place finish in the 200 Freestyle with a 2:01.23 and her 19th place finish in the 1650 with a 18:30.44 as well as helping the 800 Freestyle Relay crush the Varsity Record yet again with a new time of 7:47.03; recognized for Academic Honors by the Athletic Department.
2007-08: Tilicki joined the Nanooks with the intentions of focusing on the freestyle events; at the Nike Cup Invitational in November, Tiliki swam the 100 Freestyle with a season best of 58.34, the 200 Freestyle also with a season best of 2:02.47, and a lifetime best in the 500 Freestyle with a 5:22.77; at the PCSC Championships in February, Tilicki aided the Nanook's 200 Medley Relay to their 9th place finish as the butterflier; she was a ember of the 800 Freestyle Relay that set the Varsity Record with a time of 8:00.49 and also helped the 200 Freestyle Relay to their 10th place finish with a time of 1:44.25.
Prior to Alaska: A four-time Junction City High School Most Valuable Player and individual District Champion; main events included the distance individual medleys and freestyle races; at the 2007 Oregon State Championships finished her high school career with a pair of top three finishes as she placed second in the 500 Freestyle with a time of 5:34.16 and third in the 200 Freestyle with a time of 2:02.73; in addition to holding the school records in the girl's 500 and 200 Freestyles and the 100 Backstroke, she set her prep career record time in the 200 Freestyle at the 2006 OSAA State Championships with a second place finish in a time of 1:57.78, just one one-hundredth of a second off the winner.
Coach Lemley on Heidi: "Heidi is one of our most versatile swimmers with the ability to swim any stroke and any distance. Like last year, she's training for the distance freestyle events, though she's fully capable of swimming both IMs, the 200 breaststroke and 100 butterfly. She came from a very good age group team in Eugene and her technique is very good suggesting to me that she was always paying attention when her coach gave her feedback on her stroke mechanics. This year Heidi will be working on her 200 freestyle for speed work to help us out with our 800 free relay."
Personal: Daughter of George and Nancy Tilicki; majoring in Political Science.
