He went on to receive the club's player-of-the-year award for four consecutive seasons, and at the start ofthe 2006-07 season, Stuart Pearce appointed him as captain.
Heckmann is an avid skier, fisherman and paintball player, but the plan is all business: He wants to keep piling high the shelves at the Sports Authority, Modell's, even Wal-Mart, all fourseasonsoftheyear.