{"id":637676,"date":"2026-02-27T12:23:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=637676"},"modified":"2026-02-28T07:26:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T14:26:06","slug":"passages-carrie-heilman-virginia-professor-and-mother-of-olympian-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/passages-carrie-heilman-virginia-professor-and-mother-of-olympian-54\/","title":{"rendered":"Passages: Carrie Heilman, Virginia Professor and Mother of Olympian, 54"},"content":{"rendered":"

Passages: Carrie Heilman, Virginia Professor and Mother of Olympian, 54<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carrie Heilman,<\/strong> a long-time professor at the University of Virginia and the mom of UVA swimmers Thomas Heilman<\/strong> and Matthew Heilman,<\/strong> died on Thursday. She was 54 years old.<\/p>\n

Heilman served as the Faculty Athletics Representative to Virginia\u2019s athletic department, a position she held since 2017<\/a>. She was a basketball player at the College of the Holy Cross, where she earned All-Patriot League honors.<\/p>\n

She held the same role at Division III Washington University in St. Louis while teaching there. At Virginia, she chaired the Athletics Advisory Council Committee from 2008-11.<\/p>\n

Heilman was an Associate Professor of Commerce at the McIntire School of Commerce<\/a>. She received her bachelor\u2019s degree in mathematics at Holy Cross and her Ph.D. at Purdue University. She earned the Lindgren Award from the Mead Endowment in 2014 and a UVA All-University Teaching Award in 2020. She was a faculty adviser to Virginia\u2019s National Student Advertising Competition group, which won national championships in 2016, 2020 and 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was an exceptional educator, trusted colleague, and a dear friend whose passion for family, higher education and athletics touched countless lives,\u201d Virginia\u2019s athletic department wrote in a social media post. \u201cWe extend our love and prayers to the Heilman family during this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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