After leading the Northwestern State women’s track and field team to another Southland Conference indoor/outdoor championship sweep, Mike Heimerman was named the All-Louisiana Co-Women’s Coach of the Year and had a dozen of his NSU competitors on the All-Louisiana Track and Field Team announced Wednesday by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association.

Heimerman led the NSU women to its second straight sweep of the indoor and outdoor SLC championships, including a 63-point dominating victory at the outdoor meet in May.

His teams have won five of the six conference championships in the last three seasons, the first five in the NSU women’s program’s history.

Heimerman shared the All-Louisiana COY honor with LSU’s Dennis Shaver, whose team recorded a total of 25 All-American honors with two Tigers on the Bowerman Watch List in 2025 and two SEC champions.

While Heimerman was a sensational leader of the Lady Demons, he needed a strong team — and it showed, as his women earned nine All-Louisiana spots of the 12 earned by Northwestern, including a pair of first teamers.

The squad was selected based on best performances throughout the 2025 outdoor season.

Shakera Williams (shot put) and Raven-Symone Jarrett (heptathlon) each stand atop the state in those events.

Jarrett posted a score of 5414, which not only was a personal best for her, but also smashed the school record to win the gold at the SLC Championships.

Williams also earned her first team spot at the SLC outdoor meet, tossing a 51-2.75 to claim the gold medal.

Jarrett is the lone NSU athlete to earn All-Louisiana in multiple open events, also doing so in the 100-meter hurdles. The senior ran a 13.49 to earn a spot on the second team.

As well as making All-Louisiana second team as an individual in the women’s 400 meter dash, senior All-American Maygan Shaw also made it as a part of both Lady Demon conference champion relay teams.

Shaw wasn’t the only All-American on the All-Louisiana roster from NSU. Freshman Roy Morris earned second team honors after posting a 24-11.25 long jump at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational.

He ended the season becoming the second NSU freshman in three years to reach nationals and first to be an All-American since 2011.

LSU dominated the superlatives, winning eight of the 10 awards, if you include Shaver tying the women’s coach of the year with Heimerman.

The full All-Louisiana team roster with best marks is posted on the NSUDemons.com website.