For the second time in three weeks, Higgins walks away with Akadema/NEC Player of the Week honors after batting .667 with three doubles, a homer, five runs and seven RBI as Monmouth took two-of-three from Wofford in a weekend series in Spartanburg, SC. He went a perfect 5-5, including a home run and a double, with five RBI and four runs scored in the Hawks’ 19-3 win over the Terriers - who are off to a 17-6 start - on Saturday. Higgins also laced a pair of doubles and drove in two runs in a 3-4 effort on Sunday as the Hawks took the rubber game, 11-8. His slugging percentage for the series was an astounding 1.167. Higgins, a Green Brook, NJ native, currently ranks first on the club with a .491 average, .679 slugging percentage, five doubles and 14 runs scored.