Career Summary
2015 Game-By-Game Stats
2015: The senior standout pitcher for the Maroons finishes her historic career on a high note by being named First Team All-ODAC was among the top pitchers in the ODAC this season where she ranked first in appearances (28) and starts (24) was second in the ODAC in complete games (17) and innings pitched (146.1) was third in the ODAC in wins (14) and shutouts (6) also was fourth in the ODAC in strikeouts (87) Over her career at Roanoke College, Higbie ranks in the top five all time in 10 different categories, including ranking first in appearances (129), starts (110), complete games (87), innings pitched (705.2) and strikeouts (383). In single season records, her name is listed 22 times in the top-five over nine different categories as far as this year goes the senior appeared in 30 games where she started in 24she had an ERA of 2.52 and had 87 strikeouts to go with a 14-12 overall record where she also recorded one save on the year she had a conference ERA of 1.31, which put her at third in the conference for this category against St. Mary’s she threw a complete game and only gave up one earned run while recording four strikeouts (3/3) against Greensboro she threw another complete game and only gave up one unearned run and had three strikeouts (3/17) threw a complete game shutout against Sweet Briar where she only gave up five hits and had fourteen strikeouts was named ODAC Softball Pitcher of the Week for going 3-0 on the mound during the first week of April threw back to back complete game shutouts where she only gave up eight combined hits and had eight combined strikeouts against Randolph-Macon (4/4) and Shenandoah (4/11) threw her final complete game shutout against Bridgewater where she only allowed four hits (4/22) also tallied ten hits, scored six runs and had seven RBIs at the plate for the Maroons this year named to the ODAC All-Academic Team... earned a spot on the Spring 2015 Dean's List of Distinguished Students.
2014 Game-By-Game Stats
2014: Higbie started in 22 of 27 games she pitched inhad 70 strikeouts with an opponents batting average of .285, and an ERA of 3.49she was ranked third on the team in batting average with an average of .298she had 6 strikeouts and only allowed 1 run vs. Guilford (03/20)had 10 strikeouts and didn’t allow and runs vs. Sweet Briar (04/06)Higbie was often a DH when she was not pitching and started in 34 of 35 games played inin 104 at bats had 31 hits, 3 doubles, 6 RBIs, and 14 runshad 3 hits and 1 run vs. Guilford College (03/12)had 2 hits and 2 RBIs vs. Bridgewater College ( 03/31) and she had one of only three hits vs. Virginia Wesleyan (04/18)
2013 Game-By-Game Stats
2013: Started 27 games and pitched in 30 games with 24 starts as a sophomore lead the team with an ERA of 2.46 during 152.1 innings pitched she had 144 hits, 77 runs, and 86 strikeouts, with 20 doubles, five triples, and eight home runs at Sweet Briar (4/7/2013) she gave up no hits, no runs, and had an ERA of 2.16 with 10 strikeouts in five innings pitched is second in three categories as a Roanoke pitcher, including career wins with 45, innings pitched with 396, and complete games with 49 she also has the third most shut-outs in program history with 12 named to the 2013 All-ODAC Softball Team.
2012 Game-By-Game Stats
2012: Higbie was named Most Outstanding Player for both the ODAC Tournament and the NCAA DIII Newport News Regional Tournament. She was also named to the All-ODAC, All-Atlantic Region and NCAA Championships All-Tournament team, as well as being the ODAC Co-Rookie of the Year...named VaSID College Division Rookie of the Year... finished her first year with a record of 30-10 in 261.1 innings pitched. She broke the Roanoke single-season records in wins (30), starts (41), appearances (45), complete games (36), innings pitched (261.1), strikeouts (141) and tied the record in shutouts (8). After her freshman year, Higbie already ranked second all-time at Roanoke College in complete games and fourth in shutouts. Her 30 victories in the 2012 season ranked third amongst all pitchers in the NCAA.
High School: played for Ray Jeter at Cosby High School... named to All-Dominion District team named to second team All-Central Region... led Titans to a 20-4 record and won the Dominion District Championship as a sophomore... named Second-Team Richmond Times-Dispatch All-Metro team as a senior.
Personal: Daughter of Rick and Susie Higbie majoring in Sports Management
