2023-24 Men's Golf Roster
Biography
** ASUN Champion (2022)
** All-ASUN, 1st Team (2024, 2023, 2022)
** ASUN All-Tournament Team (2024, 2023, 2022)
** ASUN All-Freshman Team (2021)
** ASUN Golfer of the Week (7x, Last: 14 Mar 2024)
** ASUN Academic Honor Roll (2023-24)
CAREER NOTES
Best 18: 63 (1st Rd, 2023 Ka'anapali Classic Collegiate)
Best 54: 199 (2023 Ka'anapali Classic Collegiate)
Top Finish: 1st, 2x (2024 Sea Best Invitational | 2022 Windon Memorial Classic)
Top 5 finishes: 10
Top 10 finishes: 17
Top 25 finishes: 30
Rounds under par: 60
Rounds in 60s: 38
2023-24
- Was lone Osprey to compete in all 14 tournaments and recorded the second-best scoring average on the team at 71.31
- Earned four ASUN Golfer of the Week honors to total seven in his career
- Medalist winner at the Sea Best Invitational hosted by Jacksonville
- Placed inside the top 25 in 10 events with six top-10 finishes as well
- Finished third at Ka'anapali Classic Collegiate, as well as seventh at Windon Memorial Classic and ninth at Quail Valley Collegiate
- Also notched a fourth-place finish one stroke behind the individual medalist at the ASUN Championship to garner All-Tournament honors
- Set career-bests in Hawaii with 8-under 63 first round and 14-under 199 overall scores
- Completed 18 rounds under par, 13 rounds in the 60s and six tournaments under par
- Helped Ospreys to four top-three placements and 11 top-five finishes, including all five fall tournaments
- Aided UNF to a fifth-place team finish at the NCAA Rancho Santa Fe Regional to advance to its eighth national championship appearance in program history
- Also included team runner-up finishes at Sea Best Invitational and Gator Invitational
- Was top UNF scorer in five events, as well as top-two scorer in 10 events, and had 39 of 42 rounds (92.9%) count towards the team score
2022-23
- Second overall in the ASUN for H2H standings, as well as 114th in the nation on Golfstat
- Played in all 13 events with a scoring average of 70.46 per round
- Led the team and shares a new program record with 22 total rounds under par on the season
- Finished seven tournaments under par, including a career-best 14-under score twice
- Had the lowest 18-hole score of any Osprey on the season at 8-under 64 in the opening round of the ASUN Championship
- Won his first-career medalist crown at the Windon Memorial Classic with a score of 6-under 204 (67-65-72)
- Also placed top six overall on four other occasions at the Quail Valley Collegiate, The Hayt, Gator Invitational and the ASUN Championship
- Finished among the top 25 individuals nine times and among the top 10 individuals six times in 13 collegiate tournaments played
- Helped Ospreys to nine top-five finishes, including a top finish at the Quail Valley Collegiate and team runner-up finishes at the Sea Best Invitational, The Hayt and ASUN Championship
- Best 54-hole score was 14-under 202 (68-68-66) at the Quail Valley Collegiate
- Awarded First Team All-ASUN and ASUN All-Tournament for a second consecutive season
- Earned ASUN Golfer of the Week honors from the conference after his individual win at Northwestern in September
- Was the top two Ospreys scorer in 10 of the 13 events, including top scorer twice, and 36 of the 39 competitive rounds played were counted towards the team's score
2021-22
- Played in 12 events with a scoring average of 72.33 per tournament
- Shot 15 total rounds under par and finished five tournaments under par
- Best 18-hole score was 5-under 66 in first round of ASUN Championship
- Best 54-hole score was 8-under 205 (69-67-69) at Lewis Chitengwa Memorial
- Best finishes were runner-up placements at Lewis Chitengwa Memorial and ASUN Championship
- Earned ASUN All-Tournament Team honors for top-five placement at ASUN Championship
- Selected as ASUN Golfer of the Week twice (Nexus Championship & Lewis Chitengwa Memorial)
- Also awarded First Team All-ASUN honors for first time in career
- Finished five times in top 10 and seven times in top 25 of player's leaderboard
- Was top Osprey scorer in two events and 30-for-36 (83.3%) of competitive rounds were counted towards team score
- Helped UNF to seven top-three finishes, including team titles at The Hayt and ASUN Championship
- Also assisted in sending Ospreys to NCAA Championship with a top-three finish in New Haven Regional
2020-21
- Competed in 7 tournaments, playing 21 rounds
- Posted a 73.57 stroke average
- Carded five rounds under par paced by a personal best 68 at The Hayt
- Earned four Top 25 finishes including a season best T11 in General Hackler Championship
- Team counted 9 of his competitive rounds
Amateur || Juniors
- Captured Florida Match Play Championship (2021)
- Qualified and reached quarterfinals of US Junior Boys Championship (2021)
- Participated on the Florida Junior Tour and AJGA
- Played in the 2019 Florida Amateur
High School
- Varsity letterwinner in golf at Cardinal Mooney High School for coach Jay Nash
- Captured 1A Individual State Championship as a prep senior
- Three-time HTpreps first-team selection and Player of the Year finalist as a senior
- Helped lead Cougars to back-to-back District and Regional crowns to close out prep career
- Prep scoring averages: 74.2 (soph) | 73.1 (junior) | 72.2 (senior)
- Also played baseball at Cardinal Mooney
Personal
- Born on August 27
- Son of Brian and Kim Higgins
- Father played collegiate golf at Iona College
- Majoring in sport management
Historical Player Information
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2020-21Freshman
Left-handed
6'2"
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2021-22Sophomore
Left-handed
6'2"
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2022-23Junior
Left-handed
6'2"
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2023-24Senior
Left-handed
6'2"
