2015 Baseball Roster
Roster
Hunter Higgerson
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Chesapeake, Va.
- High School:
- Great Bridge
2015 Highlights • SECOND-TEAM ALL-BIG SOUTH
Led the Big South and set RU single season record in doubles (25) ... Second in the Big South in RBI (53) ... Batted .264 with 6 home runs ... Fielded at .935 in 168 chances at third base ... Had career highs with 2 homers and 6 RBI at UNC Asheville ... Had an 11-game hitting streak in April ... Finished his career fielding .946 and batting .257 with 49 doubles, 15 home runs and a .318 OBP.
2014 Highlights • SECOND-TEAM ALL-BIG SOUTH
Led the Big South in RBI (46) during the regular season, tied for 2nd overall ... Batted .280 with 11 doubles, 1 triple, and a team-high 9 home runs ... Fielded at .952 in 167 chances at third base ... Tied for 2nd in the Big South in homers (9) ... Career-high 4 hits with a homer, the first of his career, and 3 RBI at North Carolina A&T ... Hit home runs in 3 straight games - the final 2 games of the Coastal Carolina series and the 1st game of the Campbell series ... Drove in a career high 4 runs at ETSU ... Recorded 18 mult-hit games.
2013 Highlights
Batted .247 on 166 at bats ... Racked up 17 RBIs and scored 25 runs ... Registered his season-high in RBIs (3) , hits (3) , doubles (2) and runs (4) at Longwood (5/4/13) ... Had 35 putouts, 106 assists and six errors.
2012 Highlights
Started in five games at 3B and 13 in the DH spot … Came off the bench for an injured Matt Mack in the second series game at Georgia Southern (Feb. 25) and went 3-for-4 in his collegiate debut with a stolen base and an RBI single in his first plate appearance … Had six hits over a six-game stretch (March 31-April 10) … Had two hits and scored a run in the series finale win over High Point (April 7) ... Big South Presidential Honor Roll student
Personal
Son of Don and Kim Higgerson
Has two siblings: Colby and Landon
Major: Criminal Justice
Minor: Information Systems
High School
Earned All-Southeastern District, All-Eastern Region, All-Tidewater and all-state honors as a senior at Great Bridge ... A Southeastern District Honorable Mention selection as a sophomore
