Monmouth University Athletics

Quickly: Tremendous athlete... Extremely talented defensive player with good hands, range and arm... Will hit at the top of the order and be counted on to be an offensive force in 2007.

2006: Played in five games before wrist injury... Collected three hits in seven at-bats.

2005: Second-team All-New Jersey and NJ All-Rookie in 2005... Appeared in and started 51 games at shortstop for the Hawks... Ranked fifth on the team with .287 average... Collected 47 hits... Ranked in a tie for fourth on the squad with 10 doubles... Added two triples and a home run... Drove in 26 runs, while scoring 34 more... Was successful on 5-of-6 stolen base attempts... Led team with 141 defensive assists on the year... Made collegiate debut at No. 26 UCF (2/26)... Collected first career hit in second game of double header at UCF... Went 3-for-3 against Gonzaga (3/9)... Drove in two RBI against San Francisco (3/10) and Penn (3/12) at the Pepsi/Johnny Quik Tournament... Named NEC Rookie of the Week after performance at Pepsi/Johnny Quik Tournament... Scored two runs in win at Rider (3/30)... Went 2-for-3 against Sacred Heart (4/4)... Scored twice and drove in a run in win over Princeton (4/7)... Collected four hits, with four runs scored and two RBI at Lafayette (4/12)... Went 4-for-6 with two runs and two RBI in double header versus Wagner (4/13)... Connected on first collegiate home run against La Salle (4/14)... Carded three hits at St. Francis [N.Y.] (4/16)... Was 2-for-5 with two runs and an RBI at St. Francis [N.Y.] (4/17)... Went 3-for-5, including two doubles, with two RBI at Mount St. Mary's (4/24)... Collected two hits versus Columbia (5/1)... Drove in two scores in win over Seton Hall (5/11)... Scored two runs and drove in two more at Quinnipiac (5/13)... Tallied two hits and two runs in NEC Tournament win over Sacred Heart (5/22)...Scored two runs in tournament win over Quinnipiac (5/22).

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Watchung Hills Regional H.S... Team won the North Jersey, Section II Championship during his senior campaign... Played shortstop and posted a career .400 batting average... Named first-team All-Somerset County and all-conference... Also earned first-team all-area, first-team All-Group IV and second-team all-state honors during his career... Played in the 2004 Senior All-Star Game... Hit seven home runs his senior year and knocked in 40 RBI, while posting a .950 fielding percentage... Also a skilled basketball player, earning second-team all-county honors and first-team all-conference honors... Team was Somerset County runner-up his junior year... Averaged 16 ppg and went 37-for-97 from three point range his senior year.

Personal: Son of Tom and Denise Higgins... Born June 6, 1986 in Plainfield, New Jersey... Majoring in history/education.