Caitlin Higgins

Position:
Outside Hitter
Height:
6-0
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Tascosa
Hometown:
Amarillo, Texas

Career
Named to the College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District third team in 2010 and 2009 ... Three-time Academic All-Big 12 honoree (2011, 2010, 2009) ... Named to the 2008 All-Big 12 Freshman Team ... Named Sports Imports/AVCA Division I National Player of the Week and a CVU.com top performer on Nov. 4, 2008 ... Named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week on Nov. 3, 2008.

2011 (Senior)
Academic All-Big 12 ... Averaged 1.62 kills per set and 2.08 digs per set ... Had 12 service aces on the year ... Played in 44 sets during Big 12 action ... Had 45 kills and 103 digs, a 2.34 per set average ... Closed out her career with seven kills and 11 digs against Tulsa in the NCAA Championship first round ... Had her third double-double of the year at No. 5 Texas on Nov. 26 ... Had 13 kills, hitting .333, and 13 digs against the Longhorns ... Registered nine kills against Texas Tech on Nov. 23 ... Recorded 10 digs in two matches at Kansas State on Nov. 9 and against Iowa State on Nov. 2 ... Registered 13 digs against Kansas State on Oct. 22 ... Had a season-best 19 digs at Baylor on Sept. 21 ... Averaged 2.80 kills per set at the Oklahoma Invitational ... Posted her career best hitting percentage of .609 against Texas Southern on Sept. 16 ... Also had 15 kills against TSU ... Contributed 13 digs and seven kills at Wichita State on Sept. 14 ... Averaged 2.78 kills per set and 2.56 digs per set at the Hurricane Invitational ... Registered a double-double with 10 digs and 10 kills against Florida A&M on Sept. 9 ... Averaged 2.00 kills per set and 1.60 digs per set at the North Texas Invitational ... Had her first double-double of the year with 10 kills and 10 digs against Cincinnati on Sept. 2 ... Recorded seven kills and 10 digs against No. 15 Colorado State on Aug. 29 ... Had 17 kills and 16 digs at the Nike Invitational ... Opened the year with eight kills and eight digs against SMU.

2010 (Junior)
Named to the ESPN/CoSIDA Academic All-District third team ... Academic All-Big 12 ... Averaged 2.18 kills per set and 2.73 digs per set ... Had nine service aces and 35 assists .... Totaled 38 blocks on the year ... Second on the team with 3.09 kills per set in the NCAA Championship ... Hit .229 and averaged 2.45 digs per set ... Had six total blocks ... Led team with a 3.50 kills per set average during the Norman subregional ... Hit .300 throughout two matches ... Had 22 digs and six blocks ... Matched a career high with 18 kills in a second round win over No. 22 Tulsa ... Hit .326 and added nine digs and four block assists against the Golden Hurricane ... Had 10 kills and 13 digs in the first round win over Wichita State ... Recorded 2.29 kills per set during conference play ... Second on the team with 3.19 digs per set in Big 12 matches ... Added 23 assists and 23 blocks ... Had 21 digs and nine kills in the win at Missouri on Nov. 24 ... Double-double with 12 digs and a team-best 17 kills against Kansas State ... Had team highs in kills (14) and digs (22) in the win over No. 14 Iowa State ... Had three straight double-doubles against No. 3 Nebraska, Baylor and Kansas State ... Had nine service aces in non-conference play ... Added 2.04 kills per set and 2.13 digs per set ... Tallied 2.33 digs per set at the Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational ... Had 12 digs and seven kills at Missouri State ... Had 18 kills during the Nike Invitational ... Had two service aces against UT-Arlington.

2009 (Sophomore)
Started every match at outside hitter ... Averaged 2.26 kills per set on the year ... Led team with 20 aces on the year, a 0.20 average ... Had 314 total digs on the year, a 3.11 average ... Had eight kills and seven digs in the NCAA Championship opening-round loss at Southern Cal ... Had 2.33 kills per set with a total of 168 during conference play ... Led team with 13 service aces, a 0.18 per set average ... Averaged 3.01 digs per set with 217 ... Had 15-plus digs on eight occasions, including 16 against No. 7 Iowa State on Nov. 28 ... Led OU with 22 digs and added eight kills at Missouri ... Had 15 digs and eight kills against Kansas State ... Recorded seven kills and 19 digs against No. 19 Baylor ... Team leader with 11 kills at No. 2 Texas ... Had 15 digs against No. 14 Iowa State ... Totaled 14 kills against No. 10 Nebraska ... Team leader with 17 kills at Kansas ... Added 10 digs for her third double-double of the season ... Averaged 2.50 kills per set at the UT-Arlington Invitational ... Tallied her second double-double of the season with 13 kills and a career-high 23 digs against the host school ... Recorded her first double-double of the year with 10 kills and 15 digs against North Carolina at the Best Western Shocker Classic ... Had 16 digs against Central Arkansas at the season-opening Mizuno Invitational.

2008 (Freshman)
Named to the 2008 All-Big 12 Freshman Team ... Named Sports Imports/AVCA Division I National Player of the Week and a CVU.com top performer on Nov. 4 ... Named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week on Nov. 3 ... Totaled 11 double-doubles on the year ... Registered seven kills and one service ace in season finale at Colorado ... Seven kills and nine digs against Iowa State ... Tallied 17 digs and eight kills against Texas A&M ... Had 12 kills and eight digs against Kansas ... Had nine kills and 13 digs at Kansas State ... Tallied 13 kills, 20 digs, two service aces, three total blocks and hit .217 versus Baylor ... Led team with 18 kills, 12 digs, three service aces and a .311 hitting percentage in the win at No. 3 Texas ... Recorded 10 digs and a season-high four service aces against Nebraska ... Tallied 12 kills and 19 digs at Kansas ... Tallied seven kills against Colorado ... Team leader with 15 kills and added 14 digs for her eighth double-double against Kansas State ... Also added the first block solo of her career ... Seventh double-double with 11 kills and 13 digs at Nebraska ... Posted sixth double-double with 12 kills and 13 digs against Texas Tech ... Had 12 kills and 14 digs for her fifth double-double at Baylor ... Posted her fourth double-double with 12 kills and 19 digs versus Texas A&M ... Had a season-high 21 digs against Missouri along with two service aces ... Named to all-tournament team at Red Raider Round Up ... Led team with 42 kills during tournament ... Had two double-doubles with 14 kills and a season-high 13 digs against Texas Tech and 14 kills and 11 digs against TCU ... Led team with 14 kills against New Orleans ... Posted a season-best 18 kills against Michigan State and added 11 digs for her first career double-double.

High School
A four-year letterwinner at Tascosa High School ... Named to the Texas Girls Coaches Association 5A All-State first team as a junior and senior ... Also chosen by the Texas Sports Writers Association as a first team all-state selection in 2006 and 2007 ... Selected to play in 2008 Golden Spread All-Star games ... Earned all-tournament team honors at the event ... Named MVP of the West team at the 2008 TGCA All-Star game ... Earned all-tournament team honors at the USA Volleyball National Tournament in 2008 ... Named to the Amarillo Globe's 2006 Super Team first team ... Honored as the District 2-5A Offensive Player of the Year during junior campaign ... A six-time Amarillo Globe Athlete of the Week ... Named the Austin Invitational Tournament MVP as a junior ... Named to District 2-5A first team as a sophomore ... Selected as Tascosa High School's 2005 Offensive Player of the Year ... Honored by LoneStarVolleyball.com as the 2005 honorable mention Outstanding Hitter of the Year ... Selected to Amarillo Globe's Super Team first team in 2005 ... Picked by PrepVolleyball.com as one of the top 80 sophomores in the nation ... Named to LoneStarVolleyball.com's honorable mention All-Texas team as freshman ... Selected by PrepVolleyball.com as one of the top 50 freshman in the nation in 2004 ... Honored as Amarillo Globe's Newcomer of the Year as a freshman.

Club
Played with OU teammate Brianne Barker on the Amarillo Elite ... Elite was named LoneStarVolleyball.com's Team of the Year in 2005.

Personal
Daughter of Laurie Higgins and the late Bob Higgins ... Has three siblings: Taylor, Hunter and Abbie ... Multidisciplinary studies major.