Norfolk State University Athletics

2007-08 (Junior Year)
Played in all 28 games and started eight…averaged 5.4 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.8 steals in 20.2 minutes per game…leads the returning players with a .729 free-throw percentage (70-of-96)…started the first seven games of the season…scored in double figures in five games…was perfect from the charity stripe on seven occasions, including a season-high 10-of-10 in the overtime MEAC win against Howard (2-4-08)…had 20 points, seven rebounds…had the game-winning three-point play in the 62-61 win over Winston-Salme State (1-28-08)…scored 17 points against Delaware State (2-16-08) where she played a season-high 34 minutes…had 15 points, five rebounds and shot .750 (9-of-12) from the free-throw line at Howard (3-3-08)…tallied 14 points, five rebounds and two steals in the win over Virginia Union (12-19-07)…had 10 points and five assists at Bethune-Cookman (2-9-08).

At Central Fla. CC (Sophomore Year)
Averaged 8.3 points and one rebound per game as a sophomore and helped CFCC to the 2006-07 Mid-Florida Conference Championship title.

High School
Was one of 14 recipients of the 2004-05 Ford Raptors High School All-Star Award which recognizes student-athletes who have demonstrated the ability to balance athletic excellence, academic achievement, sportsmanship and peer leadership (sponsored by Ford Motor Company and the NBA’s Toronto Raptors)…received the Best Scorer Award at the 2004 All-Canada Basketball Weekend award ceremony…had back-to-back games in 2004 in which she scored over 50 points in two Toronto North league game wins…led the Greater Toronto Area in 2004 with the most 30-point games and held top spot for most points in a single game for 2004 with 52 points, which was one point shy of her 2003 record of 53 points…was also a member track and field and soccer teams. 

Personal
Tashawna Melanie Higgins…born on October 6, 1986 to Eglon Gordon…spent her freshman year at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College in Cincinnati, Ohio…majoring in sociology and wants to play professional basketball overseas.