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# 9 Erin Higgins | OH/OPP
Height: 6-0 Academic Major: Early Childhood Education
Class: Sr. Hometown (HS): Bettendorf, Iowa (Pleasant Valley)

Biography:
2010: Second Team All-Great Lakes Valley Conference honoree… saw action in 26 matches… averaged 2.26 kills and 0.63 blocks per set… third on team with 59 blocks… hit at a .223 clip… had season-best 16 kills in four-set loss to Southern Indiana… had 13 kills in matches against North Alabama and Florida Tech in West Florida Tournament to earn all-tournament team honors… had 10 kills in 17 attempts with no errors in three-game sweep of Drury.

2009: First Team All-Great Lakes Valley Conference honoree… second on team with 308 kills, averaging 2.59 per game… second on team with a .246 hitting percentage… third on team with 60 blocks for an average of 0.59 per game… ranked 17th in GLVC-only games with 2.78 kills per game… named GLVC Player of the Week October 12 after averaging 4.57 kills and 0.71 blocks per set in wins over Rockhurst and Drury… posted a season-high 22 kills in four-set win over Rockhurst, while hitting .341… recorded 17 kills and a .361 hitting percentage at Wisconsin-Parkside… registered 16 kills and four blocks at Lewis… had four service aces against Ouchita Baptist… put up six block assists in sweep of Bellarmine… had 13 kills and two block solos at Maryville.

2008: Appeared in 107 sets, starting 25 of 31 matches played in… averaged 1.92 kills and 0.75 blocks per set… registered 205 kills and 80 blocks on the season… recorded season-high 13 kills in four-set match at Southern Indiana, while also tallying five blocks… had 11 kills and three blocks in collegiate debut against nationally ranked Truman State… finished with 10 kills and six blocks in five-set match against Bellarmine… season-high hitting percentage of .444 came against Quincy by registering five kills in nine attempts with just one error.

High School: Played two years at Pleasant Valley for coach Eric Crawford… earned second team Iowa Girls Coaches Association (IGCA) Class 4A all-state honors as a senior after recording 342 kills, 101 service aces, 70 digs and 78 blocks… also earned first team all-Mississippi Athletic Conference (MAC) honors and was named the 2007 MAC Player of the Year… selected to IGCA Southwest Region all-district team and named a senior all-star by the IGCA.

Club: Played for Platform Elite and in 2007 was a member of the USAV HP Iowa Region Camp and Women's Junior National Team.

Personal: Born September 11, 1990… daughter of Mike and Donna Higgins… majoring in early childhood education with a minor in literacy.

Career Highs
Kills: 22 vs. Rockhurst (10-10-09)

Attacks: 44 vs. Rockhurst (10-10-09)

Hitting %: .588 at Drury (10-9-10)

Assists: 3 (four times) last at Quincy (10-24-08)

Digs: 5 at Northern Kentucky (11-5-10)

Blocks: 6 (six times) last vs. Bellarmine (10-6-09)

Career Stats

Year-by-Year Stats
2010
2009
2008