Kevin Wayne Higgins (born January 22, 1967) is an American

college baseball College baseball is baseball that is played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education. In comparison to football and basketball, college competition in the United States plays a smaller role in developing professional pl ...

coach and former professional

catcher Catcher is a Baseball positions, position in baseball and softball. When a Batter (baseball), batter takes their at bat, turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the (home plate, home) Umpire (baseball), umpire, and recei ...

. He is the associate head baseball coach at the

University of Nevada, Las Vegas The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is a public land-grant research university in Paradise, Nevada. The campus is about east of the Las Vegas Strip. It was formerly part of the University of Nevada from 1957 to 1969. It includes the S ...

. Higgins was an outstanding collegiate infielder earning first team all America and first team all conference honors at second base for Arizona State University. Higgins had an incredible batting average of .361 which led the number one ranked Sun Devils to the College World Series Championship game against Stanford University in 1988. He played for the

San Diego Padres The San Diego Padres are an American professional baseball team based in San Diego. The Padres compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Founded in 1969, the club has won two NL penna ...

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...

(MLB) in . The Padres then converted Higgins to catcher when he got to the minors. After spending most of his career in the minors, he made his big league debut against the

St. Louis Cardinals The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Since the 2006 season, the Cardinals hav ...

on May 29, 1993 going 1 for 4 with a hit and driving in 2 runs. He hit no home runs in 71 game for the Padres and only drove in thirteen runs, making his last career start on October 3, 1993. He then spent the 1994 season playing for the Padres Triple AAA team. He then retired from baseball altogether after the season and has not played ball since.

External links

1967 births Living people Arizona State Sun Devils baseball players Baseball players from California Los Angeles Harbor Seahawks baseball players Major League Baseball catchers San Diego Padres players All-American college baseball players UNLV Rebels baseball coaches Southern Nevada Coyotes baseball coaches Las Vegas Stars (baseball) players Wichita Wranglers players Riverside Red Wave players Spokane Indians players Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks players {{US-baseball-catcher-1960s-stub