AS A SOPHOMORE (2012)
• First team all-WAC
• Academic all-WAC
Hit .292 with 16 runs, seven doubles, three triples, three home runs and 15 RBIs in 18 conference games en route to first team all-conference ...batted .274 in 197 at-bats overall on the season with 39 runs, 12 doubles, a team-high five triples, four home runs and 26 RBIs...appeared in 53 games, making 47 starts...all 47 starts were in center field...hit leadoff a team-high 32 times...posted a 20-game on-base streak, the second longest on the team, from March 31 to May 6...recorded 24 hits and 14 walks in that 20-game stretch...went a season-best 4-for-5 with a run, two RBIs and two doubles at Utah Valley on March 22...tallied 136 putouts, the most of any non-catcher or first baseman...
AS A FRESHMAN (2011)
• Academic all-WAC
Hit .237 in 35 games and 31 starts...made 22 starts at designated hitter, seven in left and two in center...tallied three doubles, one triple and two home runs in 97 at-bats...went 3-for-3 on stolen base attempts...best game of the season came on April 2 at Seattle where he went 2-for-5 with two runs and a season-high four RBIs with a double and a home run...posted four multi-hit games.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played four years of baseball for head coach Joe Potulny and the Marauders at Jesuit HS of the Delta River League...first team all-Metro and all-Delta River League in 2010...helped Jesuit win Delta River League championships in 2009 and 2010...Jesuit won the Sac-Joaquin Section Championship in 2009 as well...hit .365 with 37 RBIs, 33 runs and six home runs in his senior season...named Jesuit’s 2010 Outstanding Scholar-Athlete.
PERSONAL
Parents are Dan and Tracy Higley...cousin, J.R., is an outfielder in the Washington Nationals organization...major is undeclared...would like to become a police officer.
