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PJ Higgins Selected In 12th Round By Cubs

PJ Higgins Selected In 12th Round By CubsPJ Higgins Selected In 12th Round By Cubs

NORFOLK, VA—Old Dominion University’s junior third baseman P.J. Higgins (Wallingford, CT.) has been selected in the 12th round (353 overall) by the Chicago Cubs.

Higgins led ODU in hitting and ranked 8th in Conference-USA with a .335 batting average. The second Team All-C-USA selection played third, but also played second and caught for the Monarchs this year. He hit two homers in a game at UTSA and was named C-USA Player of the Week on April 12. Higgins knocked in 5 RBI against Penn.  He had 25 multiple-hit games, a 16-game hitting streak and at one stretch during the season reached base 25 straight games. Higgins struckout only 16 times and scored 40 times with 80 total hits which ranked second in C-USA.

PREVIOUS ODU TOP 12 ROUND MLB DRAFT SELECTIONS
Justin Verlander, RHP      Detroit Tigers                   2004       1st round (2nd overall)
Wayne Gomes, RHP        Philadelphia Phillies         1993       1st round (4th overall)
Terry Bell - catcher           Seattle Mariners               1983       1st round
Paul Mitchell, RHP           Baltimore Orioles              1971       1st round
Jeff Ware, RHP                Toronto Blue Jays             1991       Sandwich pick
Tim Hummel, SS              Chicago White Sox            2000       2nd round
Fred Kovner, Inf.              Chicago White Sox            1965       2nd round
Mark Wasinger, Inf           San Diego Padres             1982       3rd round
Ryan Yarbrough, LHP      Seattle mariners                2014       4t round
Donnie Smith, RHP          St. Louis Cardinals            2004       4th round
Dan Hudson, RHP            Chicago White Sox           2008       5th round
Stephen Lyons, RHP        New York Mets                 1992       4th round
Wiley Lee, Inf.                   California Angels              1987       5th round
Jason Godin, RHP            Kansas City Royals          2006       5th round
Geoff Edsell, RHP            California Angels              1993       6th round
Kevin Gibbs, CF               Los Angeles Dodgers       1995       6th round
Mike Grohs RHP              San Diego Padres            1991       6th round
John Mitcheltree, RHP     Baltimore Orioles              1981       6th round
George Sells, LHP           St. Louis Cardinals            1990       6th round
Denis McLaughlin, RHP   Boston Red Sox                1994       7th round
Matt Quatraro, C              Tampa Bay Devil Rays      1996       8th round
Ron Walker, RHP             Chicago Cubs                   1997       8th round
Anthony Shawler, RHP    Detroit Tigers                     2008       9th round
Ryan Williams, RHP        Los Angeles Dodgers        2002       10th round
Ian Rauls,                        Philadelphia Philllies         1998       12th round

PJ HIGGINS STATISTICS AT ODU
Year  GP/GS   AB  R   H     RBI  2b    3b HR  BB   SO    BA      SLUG   OBPCT
2013  40/28  113  18  38    14     4      2    1     6    16    .336    .434      .380
2014  62/62  250  44  77    36    15     0    0    22   22   .308     .368     .382
2015  56/56  239  40  80    32    19    0    3    25   16    .335     .452     .402
TLS 158/146 602 102 195 82    38     2    4    53   54    .324    .414      381