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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2017 Women's Soccer

Hunter Martin
Hunter Martin

8 Erica Higa

  • Height 5-0
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Mountain View
  • Hometown Los Altos Hills, Calif.

Biography

2014: 14 played/9 started, 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2015: 15 played/1 started, 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2016: 16 played/0 started, 2 goals, 2 assists, 6 points
2017: 13 played/9 started, 3 goals, 1 assist, 7 points
Career: 58 played/19 started, 5 goals, 3 assists, 13 points

2017: Honorable Mention All-Ivy ... Played in 13 matches, making nine starts ... Recorded career-highs in goals (3) and points (7)  in her senior season, both team-leading figures ... Became a key contributor in Penn's offensive attack, netting the Quakers' first goal of the year in her home state of California at UC Riverside (9/1) ... Provided the game-winner - and Penn's fifth-fastest goal in program history - a week later against Delaware (9/11) just 54 seconds into the match ... Netted the golden goal in the season's most dramatic victory in overtime against visiting Dartmouth (10/14), when she volleyed Kristen Miller's left-footed cross over the head of the keeper for the 1-0 win ... Assisted on one of Penn's three goals in a 3-1, come-from-behind win over Yale (10/21).

2016:
Played in all 16 matches … Finished the season with two goals and two assists for six points, also eight shots (five on goal) … Scored in wins over Robert Morris (9/4) and Cornell (9/30) … Assisted on the only goal in 1-0 Ivy road win at Yale (10/22) … Also had an assist in win against Delaware State.

2015:
Appeared in 15 of 16 matches, making one start ... Had two shots on goal against Lehigh (10/5) ... Took two shots, putting one on goal, at Towson (9/20) ... Had two shots vs. Cornell (10/2) ... Credited with shots against USC Upstate (9/13), Harvard (9/26), Columbia (10/9) and Brown (10/31).

2014:
Played in 14 of Penn's 16 matches as a freshman, starting nine of the last 11 in the midfield ... Finished the season with seven shots, three on goal ... Had two shots each against Lehigh (10/28) and Brown (11/1) ... Also had shots on goal against Saint Francis (9/11) and Loyola (10/6) ... Took at shot at Yale (10/25).

High School:
Lettered four times in soccer, two-year captain … Helped Mountain View to De Anza Division league titles in 2011 and 2014, and Central Coast Section championship in 2012 … 2013 SCVAL League MVP … Three-time first-team all-league …Three-time Scholar Athlete Award recipient … Club team is MVLA … Certificate of Outstanding Achievement in Physics and Chemistry … California Scholarship Federation … With family, created Animal Assisted Help (AAH) in 2009, a farm where children with special needs can interact with animals and find happiness; has been AAH Club President since 2011.

Personal:
Daughter of Vicki Amon-Higa and Peter Higa … Father played college soccer at Harvey Mudd College … Older brother, Greg, played club soccer at Cal Poly … Enrolled in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2014Freshman

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  • 8

    2015Sophomore

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    8
  • 8

    2016Junior

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    8
  • 8

    2017Senior

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    5'0"
    8