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- Year:
- 1985
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- Team:
- Baseball/Football
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- Induction Year:
- 2014
Bio
Peter Higginbotham was another gem on the diamond for Corradi in the mid-80’s, as he earned a pair of all-MASCAC and all-New England honors while representing the Buccaneers at the 1985 New England All-Star Game at Fenway Park. A resident of Houston, Tex., Higginbotham, who also helped lead Massachusetts Maritime to the 1983 New England Football Conference crown on the gridiron as a junior, batted a team best .417 with 48 hits (six for extra bases), 11 stolen bases and 24 RBI during his senior season, as he followed up a 1984 campaign that saw him bat .403 with 12 extra base hits (triple, six doubles and five homers) and a school-record tying 41 RBI, matching the mark that fellow Hall of Famer Phil White ’84 set in the previous spring of 1983. Higginbotham, who was a freshman on the 1982 MASCAC & ECAC title squad, helped the Buccaneers amass 81 total victories during his tenure, including three straight ECAC tournament berths, and he became the sixth member of the Massachusetts Maritime program to represent the Academy in the New England All-Star Game.
