2018 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Miranda Higginbotham
- Position:
- Defensive Specialist
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Dallas, Texas
- High School:
- Parish Episcopal School
2017: Played in 100 sets over 28 matches... Ranked fourth on the team in digs per set (1.99) and tied for fourth in total digs (199)... Had 12 digs vs. Marquette... Collected 11 digs at DePaul... Tallied 14 digs vs. Bowling Green... Had nine digs at VCU... Recorded nine digs vs. Dayton... Gathered a team-high 19 digs at Illinois State... Notched a team-high 12 digs vs. Cincinnati... Totaled seven digs vs. Buffalo... Had six digs vs. Colorado... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.
2016: Played in 62 sets over 19 matches... Ranked fourth on the team in digs per set (1.89)... Ranked fifth on the team in digs (117)... Tied for fifth on the team with 11 service aces... Had nine digs and a career-high four service aces vs. Villanova... Recorded nine digs vs. Georgetown... Notched a season-high 11 digs vs. Xavier... Had eight digs vs. Butler... Had eight digs at Villanova... Notched a season-high eight digs and two aces at Rutgers... Tallied six digs vs. Cleveland State... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.
2015: Played in 72 sets over 21 matches... Ranked fourth on the team in total digs (147) and third in digs per set (2.04)... Ranked fifth on the team in assists (24)... Tallied 10 digs vs. St. John’s... Had 11 digs at Villanova... Notched 11 digs at Butler... Had 10 digs and two assists vs. Creighton... Tallied 10 digs vs. Georgetown... Recorded 12 digs at Marquette... Tallied 12 digs at St. John’s... Recorded a career-high 13 digs vs. Xavier... Had seven digs vs. Butler... Tallied six digs vs. Marquette... Had six digs and two assists at Georgetown... Played in a career-high four sets with career-highs of six digs and three assists vs. Utah... Made collegiate debut with two sets played and a dig recorded vs. UNLV... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.
High School / Personal: Attended John Paul II High School for her first two years and Parish Episcopal School in Dallas, Texas for her final two years... Served as her team's libero all four years of high school... Served as team captain as a senior... Named to the TAPPS 5A Second Team All-District in 2014... Named to the TAPPS 4A All-District Team in 2013... Named a TAPPS 4A All-State Honorable Mention in 2013... Named to the 2013 TAPPS 4A State All-Tournament Team... Recorded nearly 1,000 digs in her final two years in high school... Totaled 70 service aces over her final two seasons... Member of the 2013 Fort Worth Christian All-Tournament Team... Helped lead her school to 70 wins in four years... Helped guide Parish to the TAPPS 4A State Tournament Semifinals in 2013... Two-time Academic All-State selection... Also played basketball and track in high school... Four-time Cardinal Scholar... Four-time High Honors member... National Honor Society member... Recipient of the Presidential Community Award... Peer Counselor... Blair Fellow... Honor Council member... Member of the Student Diversity Leadership Council... Parish Episcopal varsity volleyball captain... Parish Episcopal Upper School Hispanic Affinity Group Facilitator... Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Ambassador... Member of the Skyline 18 National Black team... Born January 3, 1997.
