Swarthmore College Athletics

Heather Kile Lord ’02 carried the women’s basketball program to new heights during her four-year career. The leading scorer in the history of the program and in the entire Centennial Conference (1,965) until 2012, Lord helped lead the Garnet to its first ever Centennial Conference Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance in 2001. Lord ranks first all-time in career free throws (557), second in field goals (704), second in rebounds (1,263), and third in steals (231). Lord’s individual accolades include the prestigious Jostens Trophy, Kodak and D3Hoops First Team All-American, GTE Academic All-American, Centennial Conference Player of the Year, and four-time All-Centennial First Team as well as First Team All-Centennial in lacrosse. Today, she is a principal engineer with Comcast and lives in West Chester, Pa. with her husband, Vincent Lord, and son, Will.