Year-by-Year Statistics: Career | 2017 | 2016 | 2015
2016: One of three Ospreys to play in all 58 games... Started all but three games, including the final 46 in left field... Batted .328 (67-for-204) with 35 runs scored, 11 doubles and 26 RBIs... Tied for the team lead with two triples... Led the Ospreys and was fourth in the ASUN with 11 sacrifice hits... Put together a 10-game hit streak from April 15 - May 1, third-longest on the team... Finished his career hitting safely in his final seven games in which he batted .500 (14-for-28) with seven runs three doubles and five RBIs... Totaled 19 multi-hit games including three, three-hit performances... Tied the school record for walks in a game, earning four free passes against USC Upstate on May 15... Against NJIT on May 20, collected a career-high four hits and four runs...
Scored the game-winning run on a walk-off fielder's choice against UCF on April 19...
Hit a walk-off triple in the second game of the ASUN Tournament.
2015: Played in 20 games and made eight starts his first season at North Florida... Batted .229 (8-for-35) with two doubles and four RBIs... Recorded his first hit in his first at bat for North Florida on Feb. 28 vs. St. John's (NY)... Had a hit in three-straight starts (April 7-10)... Went 2-for-9 with two runs and two doubles in three games vs. Brown.
Prior to North Florida: Played two years at Lake Sumter State College before transferring to UNF... Started in all 47 games for the Lakehawks his freshman year and led the team with a .339 batting average, 63 hits, 11 doubles and 76 total bases... Drove in 22 runs and appeared in 43 games his sophomore year while batting a team-best, .318
High School: Played four years at nearby Clay High School under Rob Thompson... Named the team's Rookie of the Year as a freshman and the team's Most Valuable Player as a sophomore and junior... Awarded the Coach Campbell Award as a senior... Helped the Blue Devils win 2012 District 5-5A Championship after going 2-for-3 with a double and a grand slam... Played alongside of former Osprey, Drew Weeks.
Personal: Full name, Dakota Aaron Higdon... Son of Kevin and Melandy Higdon... Has two sisters, Cheyenne (19) and Montanna (9)... A Communications major.
