Lilly Higgs

Photo by: Barron Northrup

Position:
Breast, IM
Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Cornelius, N.C.
High School:
Hough

Career Best Times
100-yard Breast — 59.77 • 200-yard Breast — 2:10.32 • 200-yard IM — 1:59.76 • 100-yard Free — 51.69

CAREER HONORS
Earned All-America honors in the 100 breast (2020)

2020-21
Competed in the 200 IM as well as the 100 and 200 breast at the NCAA Championships • Lone individual dual meet victory was in the 200 breast versus South Carolina • Posted five top 3 finishes during the dual meet season • Inducted into the Chi Alpha Sigma honorary society • ACC Academic Honor Roll • CSCAA Scholar All-American • All-ACC Academic Team.

2019-20
Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 100 breast • Posted a NCAA B qualifying time in the 200 breast • Finished eighth in the 100 breast (1:00.15) and 10th in the 200 breast (2:10.66) at the ACC Championships • Touched first in the 200 breast in the Navy, South Carolina and Virginia dual meets • Posted nine top 3 finishes during the dual meet season • All-ACC Academic Team • ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2018-19
Finished seventh in the 200 breast (2:10.91) and 10th in the 100 breast (1:00.29) events at the ACC championship meet • Recorded dual meet victories in the 200 breast against Duke, East Carolina and NC State • Claimed first-place in the 100 breast against ECU • CSCAA Scholar All-America selection • ACC Academic Honor Roll.

PREP/CLUB
Set a new 4A State and All-State record in the 100 breaststroke her senior year to become the 2018 4A State Champion • Finished third in the 200 individual medley at the 2018 4A State Championships • 2017 4A State Runner-Up in the 100 breaststroke • Placed fourth in the 2017 4A State 200 individual medley competition • Captained the swim team her senior year • Hough High School’s Female Athlete of the Year • Academic All-American • Junior Marshal (Top-40 Graduate) • National Honor Society and National Hispanic Honor Society • Project Unify • Principal Student Advisory Board Member • Coached by Sarah Holman with SwimMAC Carolina.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Pleasants and Chris Higgs • Birthday is October 8 • Sister, Albury, was a swimmer at the University of South Carolina for four years (2016-20) • Has dual citizenship in the Bahamas and has represented the Bahamian National Team.