Hall Of Fame
Victoria "Tori" Higginbotham-Abbey '14
Softball (2010-14)
Tori Higginbotham-Abbey is one of the most decorated athletes to ever don a Marlin uniform. The outfielder was a four-year starter for the program, doing most of her damage at the plate. Higginbotham-Abbey tops the VWU record books in career batting average (.449), career hits (245), hits in a season (70), career runs scored (209), and ranks No. 2 in home runs (31). Over her career, she was tabbed an All-ODAC Player all four years and was the only player in conference history to be named the Player of the Year three times. Going beyond that, Higginbotham-Abbey was a four-time All-Region Player as well as a three-time All-American. She also excelled in the classroom and was named an Academic All-American in 2014. Higginbotham-Abbey works for Anthem, Inc., and lives with her husband, David, in Glen Allen, Virginia.
