Eric Higgins Class: Senior Hometown: Kennebunk, Maine High School: Kennebunk Birthdate: 05/15/1983 Experience: 3VL

2005-06 D-I All-Independent Second-Team Selection

Joined the team midway through his freshman season and still has a year and a half of eligibility remaining as Northern Colorado.

2005-06: Division I All-Independent second-team selection ... played in six tournaments during his junior season ... finish third on the team in scoring average among regular players ... shot a school-record low round of 64 (-7) at the Boise State Bronco Invitational on Oct. 10; finished the event with a score of 215 (+2), which placed him sixth overall ... placed third at the Division I Independent Championships, helping the Bears to the overall team title; had rounds of 72, 71 and 72 to finish at 215 (-1) at the season-ending event ... shot even par at the Ron Moore Invitational to placed 34th overall ... had rounds of 79, 75 and 75 to place 59th at The Prestige at PGA West event hosted by Stanford and UC Davis.

2004-05: Played in eight events and 23 rounds as a sophomore ... had a top-10 and a top-20 finish ... placed fifth (+6) at the Colorado Mines/Regis Invitational after rounds of 78 and 71 ... was 63rd (+11) at the Wyoming Cowboy Classic including equaling his season-low round of 70 on the final day ... also shot a 70 at the PING Cougar Classic where he finished 44th overall (E) ... was 18th (+15) at the Northern Colorado Invitational.

2003-04: Joined the team in January and competed in five events, finishing fourth on the team in scoring average (76.5) ... was the team's top finisher in two events, finishing 47th at the Wyoming Cowboy Classic (219, +9) and 46th at the DU Steve Kerr Invitational (229, +16) ... low round of freshman season was a 70 at the Cowboy Classic ... played in 13 total rounds.

Prep: Four-year letterwinner at Kennebunk High for coaches Rick Clark and Pat Moody ... two-time team captain and three-time all-conference selection ...won Coaches' Award in 1999 ... team placed third in Maine State Championship in 2001 ... also played hockey where he was team captain in 2001 and member of the Senior All-Star team ... hockey team was state runner-up for championship in 1997.

Personal: Born May 15, 1983 in Biddeford, Maine ... son of Jim and Susan Higgins ... majoring in business management.

Higgins' Career Statistics

Year	Events	Strokes	Rounds	Average	Top 10/20	Low Round	Low Tournament
'03-04	5	994	13	76.5	1/1	70	219 (+9)
'04-05	8	1760	23	76.5	1/1	70 (2)	216 (E)
'05-06	6	1330	18	73.9	2/0	64	215 (-1)
Totals	19	4084	54	75.6	4/2	64	215 (-1)