Heather Weikel is a freelance photographer who specializes in sports, event, portrait, and landscape photography.  Heather's pictures have been featured in the Centre County Gazette, Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, Centre Daily Times, Town & Gown's Penn State Football Preview and Penn State Winter Sports Preview, College Hockey Times, Inside Hockey, Black Shoe Diaries, Roar Lions Roar, Pittsburgh Hockey Digest, HockeyValley, and PensNation web sites.

 

Notable clientele include Penn State University Football, Men's and Women's Ice Hockey, Men's and Women's Basketball, Men's and Women's Lacrosse, Stanford University Men's Gymnastics, Ohio State Men's Gymnastics, West Virginia Women's Track, St. Francis Men's and Women's Basketball, and Northwestern Women's Lacrosse. Heather has covered NCAA National Championships, PIAA State Championships, the 2017 Stanley Cup Final, and the 2024 USA Wrestling Olympic Trias.  

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She is a MiLB, NCAA, NHL and PIAA credentialed photographer and is also a member of the National Press Photographers Association and is currently the staff photographer for Happy Valley Insider/Penn State Rivals. 

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