Abby Higgins Class: Sophomore Hometown: Naperville, Ill. High School: Benet Academy Height: 5-10 Event: XC/Distance Birthdate: 10/02/1988

AS A FRESHMAN: Competed in all six cross country meets for the Irish ... finished sixth at the Valparaiso Invitational with a time of 19:27 ... covered the 5,000 meters at the National Catholic Championship in 18:17 to finish 10th ... finished 94th at the Notre Dame Invitational in 18:21 ... clocked a time of 22:04 to finish 131st at the Pre-National Meet ... finished 61st in 22:27 at the BIG EAST Championship ... wrapped up the season with a 79th-place finish at the Great Lakes Regional, clocking a time of 22:59 ... opened the indoor track season with a second-place performance at the Blue and Gold Invitational, running 1,000 meters in 2:57.93 ... finished 17th in the 1,000 meters with a time of 3:03.68 at the Meyo Invitational ... also finished 63rd in the 800 meters in 2:20.80 ... clocked a time of 2:14.95 to finish 18th in the 800 meters at the Alex Wilson Invitational ... finished second at the Eastern Michigan Invitational, running the 800 meters in 2:16.90 ... clocked a time of 2:11.58 at the Georgia Tech Invitational to finish 20th in the 800 meters ... also finished 25th in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:43.43.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Ten-time letterwinner in cross country, track and field and basketball at Benet Academy ... five-time All-American in cross country and track ... four-time cross country conference individual and team champion ... member of the two-time conference champion 4x800-meter relay team for Benet Academy ... was the regional cross country champion as a freshman and senior ... 4x800-meter team was regional champion during senior campaign ... earned all-conference honors in cross country and track in all four years of high school ... earned area MVP honors as a senior and was the team cross country MVP four consecutive years ... captained the cross country, track and field and basketball squads as a senior ... set the record for fastest cross country time by a female at Benet with a 17:21 performance ... was named Female Athlete of the Year for 2006-07 by the Naperville Sun newspaper ... earned the scholar athlete award in the Chicago Tribune ... member of the National Honor Society ... attended the same high school as former Irish thrower Mike Schubert and current Notre Dame cross country and track athlete Kevin Veselik ... daughter of Sean and Nancy Higgins ... youngest of four children ... dad played football and basketball at University of St. Thomas ... sister Justine plays soccer at St. Mary's ... family members Heather Higgins, Tom Kinane and Bill Higgins also attended Notre Dame ... majoring in American studies.