Amherst College Athletics

• "I made VWC My No. 1 choice because it was a perfect fit and Ihad the best opportunity to compete for one of the best teams inthe region."
• Selected Virginia Wesleyan over Christopher Newport Universityand Liberty University

VWC Career Statistics

Season Highlights

2012

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Collegiate Accomplishments

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Prep Accolades

• Competed in cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field,volleyball, soccer, and tennis at Thomas Dale High School
• Helped guide the cross country team to a 7-0 record, a CentralDistrict championship and sixth place finish at the Central Regionmeet as a senior
• Indoor track placed second at the district meet and outdoortrack finished 6-1 and placed second at the district meet, both hissenior season
• Posted a time of 10:47.25 to place fourth in the 32000 meterrun in 2012 outdoor Central District meet
• All-district honoree in the 1600 meter indoor and 3200 outdoorevent
• Posted a time of 19:43.75 in the 5K Central Region crosscountry championship meet as a senior

Personal

• Son of Edie and Jerry Higgins; dad attended Oklahoma StateUniversity and mom attended John Tyler Community College
• Has two siblings, Sam and Ruth
• Enjoys Christian contemporary and alternative music andspending vacation time at the Outer Banks of North Carolina
• Favorites include the book "The Unlikely Disciple," the movie"The Amazing Spiderman,"  the TV series "The Office" and actorSteve Carrel
• A fan of pro football's Tim Tebow, pro basketball's OklahomaCity Thunder, and Pittsburgh's pro sports teams the Penguins(hockey), the Pirates (baseball), and the Steelers (football)
• Self-description in 10 words orless:  "friendly, nice, competitive, determined,energetic"
• My favorite aspect of being an athleteis: "the competition."
• The part of my game I've improved the mostis: "holding a consistent pace."
• My personal athletic goal at VWC is:"to help push the team to nationals."
• If I could spend one day with a famous person fromany time period it would be: "Tim Tebow. I would liketo know what it is like to get constant criticism from the mediaand football fans everywhere because of how open he is about hisfaith."
• If I could participate in a reality show it wouldbe: "The Office, because they always seem to have agood time."
• If I could possess one superpower it wouldbe: "teleportation, so I could go see my friends atother colleges whenever I wanted to."
• People might be surprised to know: "Idon't enjoy having too much time to myself.  I'm verysocial."
• It's the year 2025 and : "I'm thepastor at a church somewhere in Virginia."
• The most important advice I've receivedis: "don't dwell on the past because you can't changeit.  Instead, live totally in the present" -- AndrewThagard