11 Facts About Kenny Heitz

Kenneth Robert Heitz was an American basketball player and attorney.

Kenny Heitz won three collegiate national championships with the UCLA Bruins from 1967 to 1969, one of the first players in National Collegiate Athletic Association history to do so.

At Righetti, Kenny Heitz earned honors as a high school All-American and was California Interscholastic Federation Player of the Year in his senior season.

Kenny Heitz went to UCLA in 1965 as a part of a legendary recruiting class of head coach John Wooden.

Kenny Heitz averaged 6.5 points per game and was named an Academic All-American.

Kenny Heitz participated in the Bucks' summer training camp, but he never played professional basketball.

Kenny Heitz instead went to Harvard Law School and graduated in 1972.

Kenny Heitz was executive vice president and general counsel of Columbia Savings and Loan from 1988 to 1991 and was briefly its CEO.

Kenny Heitz served on the board of directors of the El Paso Electric since 1996 and as chairman of the board since 2008, and on the board of directors of Ares Capital Corporation since 2011.

Kenny Heitz was inducted into the Northern Santa Barbara County Athletic Roundtable Hall of Fame in 2001.

Kenny Heitz was survived by his wife Linda, daughters Jennifer, Joanna and Alexis, and two grandchildren.