Allison Higgins

Position:
Attacker
Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Baltimore, MD

General - Carolina's leading returning scorer in 2005 ... UNC team tri-captain along with Lindsey Stover and Gina Allen ... Two-year returning starter on the attack unit ... Older sister of Tar Heel sophomore Lindsay Higgins ... Expected to start for Carolina for a third straight season.

Junior (2004) - Second on the team in scoring with 29 points on 23 goals and six assists ... Third on the team in goals and tied for third in assists ... Tied for the team lead with two game-winning goals ... Recorded a career-high five points vs. George Mason on Feb. 29 on three goals and two assists ... Had six multi-goal games, including a season-high three goals on four occasions.

Sophomore (2003) - Started all 16 games and finished third on the team with 17 goals ... Sixth on the team in overall points with 20 ... Had five multi-goal games on the season (Maryland-regular season, Boston University, Duke, Vanderbilt and Massachusetts) ... Collected 21 ground balls and 21 draw controls on the season.

Freshman (2002) - Played in all 20 games ... Led UNC freshmen with nine points on eight goals and one assist ... Scored a season-high two goals against Massachusetts and UMBC (in the NCAA Tournament) ... Also scored single goals versus Johns Hopkins, Penn State, Georgetown and Virginia (in the NCAA quartfinals) ... Fed Erin McInnes for a spectacular assist on at the close of the first half of the ACC Tournament title game against Maryland.

High School - Named All-Metro in 2001 by the Baltimore Sun ... First-team All-Baltimore City/County by the Baltimore Sun ... First-team All-America and the 2001 Baltimore Messenger Player of the Year ... Won the lacrosse award and best attack award for Roland Park High School ... Named first-team all-city, all-county, all-metro ... Scored the sudden-death game-winning goal in the fourth overtime against arch-rival Bryn Mawr in the IAAM semifinals, her last home game ... Also IAAM first-team all-city, all-county, all-metro and all-state in field hockey ... Also played varsity basketball in high school ... Her father played football at the University of Wisconsin and her mother played tennis and lacrosse for Towson University.