Washburn University Athletics

Mark has been instrumental in the success of Washburn athletics and the entire University by sponsoring many endowed scholarships for Ichabod and Lady Blues student athletes in both his and his wife Lisa's names as well as endowed funds for the Washburn law school. He has served on the Washburn Board of Regents as well as the law school's board of governors and is currently a trustee of the Washburn Endowment Association. Heitz's support of building projects such as the Lee Arena and Whiting Field House renovation projects and the Falley Field renovation project has helped put the Washburn athletic facilities on the map as some of the best in the country. He was honored as the Ichabod Club Person of the Year in 1998 and graduated from Washburn in 1974 earning his juris doctorate in 1977. He also is a member of the American Bar Association, Kansas Bar Association, Oklahoma Bar Association, Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity, past secretary for the Kansas Day Club and a past chairman of the Kansas Insurance Education Foundation and National Association of Life Companies. Heitz has served as president of the WU Law School Association and received the Alumni Association's Distinguished Service Award in 2002 and an honorary Doctorate of Law in 2001. The Heitz's have one daughter, Kara.