University of Vermont Athletics

CAREER HONORS
• America East All-Conference Second Team (2014)
• Catamount Field Hockey Classic All-Tournament Team (2013)
• NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad (2012)
• America East Academic Honor Roll (2012)

SENIOR SEASON (2015): Played in 19 games ... Made 18 starts ... Tied for the team lead with seven goals scored ... Second on the team with 18 points ... Scored first goal of the season against Hofstra ... Recorded a goal in the game versus Rider ... Registered a goal against Davidson ... Picked up two goals in a win versus Siena ... Scored a goal in match against Bryant ... Netted a goal in the match against Maine.

JUNIOR SEASON (2014): Played in all 18 games … Named to the America East All-Conference Second Team … Led the team with four assists … Finished second on the team in points (10) and third in goals (3) … Tallied the game-winning goal in all three of the team’s wins (versus UMass Lowell, Davidson and Holy Cross)… Registered eight points in the team’s final seven games

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2013): Made 18 appearances and 17 starts in her sophomore season ... Named to the Catamount Field Hockey Classic All-Tournament Team ... Scored a goal on a penalty stroke against Fairfield ... Finished the season tied for fourth on the squad in both goals and points.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2012): Appeared in all 18 games, making four starts as a freshman … First career goal came in season finale against Harvard ... Tallied an assist vs. Yale.

BEFORE UVM: A local athlete, she attended South Burlington High School  … Was a three-year starter who helped lead the Rebels to a state championship in 2010 and runner-up status as a senior … As a senior she was named first team all-state, team MVP and earned a spot on the Twin State Team … Was a Metro Division Honorable Mention pick during her junior year … Also played soccer, hockey and lacrosse in high school … She holds the record for most career points in school history in hockey.
 
PERSONAL: Is the daughter of Matt and Sara Higgins … Has two siblings, Conor and Tipper … Her mother Sara ’85 is a UVM Hall of Famer as a former track athlete, while her father Matt played hockey at Saint Michael’s … Is a nursing major.