Ryleigh Anne Heck (born March 30, 2004) is an American college field hockey player for the North Carolina Tar Heels.

She has won two NCAA championships with the Tar Heels, in 2022 and 2023, and was named the NFHCA national player of the year in 2023.

[1] She played alongside her senior sister Kara as a freshman in 2018, scoring 44 goals as the team became undefeated Tournament of Champions winners.

[5][6] In her senior year in 2021, she broke the national single-season scoring record with 125 goals, with her last one being the game winner to claim her second Tournament of Champions.

[6][9] Heck was first called up to camp with the United States senior national team in July 2022 ahead of the 2022–23 Women's FIH Pro League.