Susquehanna University Women's Tennis

Justin Showstead joined the River Hawks track and field coaching staff in the Fall of 2024, bringing with him an extensive history of coaching and athletic experience. Showstead graduated from Ithaca College with a Bachelor of Science in Integrated Marketing Communication degree, being a Leadership Scholarship Grant Recipient in 2019. He then served as the throws coach at Ithaca College for the 2023-24 season. He has led multiple first-year students to regional qualification, thanks to attending the Destefano Javelin Clinic several times. The Ridgefield, Conn. native is Ithaca's indoor shot-put record holder and the Liberty League indoor shot put meet record holder when he threw 16.41 meters to win his second shot put conference title in 2023. This propelled him to a second-place finish in the event at the AARTFC Indoor Championships and ultimately a spot in the NCAA Division III National Championships. In 2021, he was a member of the USTFCCCA All-Academic squad. Interestingly enough, Showstead's track and field journey brings him back to where his collegiate competition career ended when he finished podium in the javelin and shot put at the 2023 AARTFC Outdoor Championships, hosted by Susquehanna. By then he wrapped up a storied career where he helped the Ithaca Bombers to three Liberty League indoor championships and one outdoor title. Along with his pair of LL shot put titles, Showstead won conference gold in the javelin outdoors in 2022 with a career-best 57.77m. In his senior season he finished top three in the shot, javelin and hammer at Liberty League Outdoors, including a career-best 52.67m in the hammer.  

Rebecca Heuler joined the Susquehanna track and field coaching staff in January 2026 and will coach the throwers. Heuler comes to Susquehanna following a standout student-athlete career competing in track & field between SUNY Delhi and SUNY Brockport, winning the 2024 NCAA Division III national championship in the javelin during her time at Brockport. She will coach the throwers.  Heuler, originally from Piermont, N.Y., began her student-athlete career at SUNY Delhi, competing in both track & field and volleyball from 2021 to 2022. Her time with the Broncos volleyball team included serving as the team's libero and defensive specialist, earning the North Atlantic Conference's (NAC) Defensive Player of the Year in both 2021 and 2022. On the track team she handled the throws between the shot put, discus, and javelin. Despite picking up the javelin for the first time in college, Heuler won the 2022 NAC javelin title on her way to becoming SUNY Delhi's first-ever NCAA Division III women's track and field national qualifier. She transferred to SUNY Brockport in in the winter of 2023, where she reached the national championship the next three years in the javelin. Her third trip to the national runway in 2024 was where she hit paydirt, winning the national title with a throw of 47.35 meters. Her final trip in 2025 featured an NCAA All-American finish in sixth place with a measurement of 40.78m. Approaching graduation Heuler was accorded the Empire 8's Women's Track & Field Field Athlete of the Year, Women's Outdoor Track & Field Torchbearer, and Senior Scholar-Athlete, while receiving SUNY Brockport's Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year.  Her academic prowess was even more spectacular, being named the USTFCCCA's 2024 NCAA Division III Women's Outdoor Track & Field National Scholar Field Athlete of the Year, then the following year the Empire 8's Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She earned her Associate's degree from SUNY Delhi in Physical Education in 2022 before finishing her Bachelor's in the same field from SUNY Brockport in 2025 with a 4.0 GPA. A four-time USTFCCCA Academic All-American, Heuler was named to the SUNY Brockport President's List and SUNYAC Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll, while also winning the SUNYAC Elite 20 Award for Academic Excellence in 2024. Most recently, Heuler was named SUNY Brockport's SHAPE America Major of the Year and the KSSPE Departmental Scholar for Physical Education Teacher Education. She was also nominated for the Jay B. Nash Major of the Year Award at the New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.