Former Wayne State forward Nate Higgins served as a volunteer assistant coach for the 2007-08 season.

2006-07: Named to the College Hockey America All-Academic Team and received the CHA Easton Three-Star Award for Wayne State ... earned WSU's Top Gun award and shared the team's Most Valuable Player honor with Dan Iliakis ... served as an assistant captain ... played in all 35 games ... led the Warriors in points (25) and goals (13), setting career-highs in both categories, while totaling 12 assists, fifth-most on the squad ... also led the team with a +8 plus/minus rating ... recorded 20 of his 25 points in league games and finished tied-for-second in the CHA with 11 league goals ... named CHA Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 23) after a five-point performance in the series Oct. 20-21 at Alabama-Huntsville ... scored WSU's second goal in 4-2 loss on Oct. 20 ... had his first career hat trick along with a power-play assist the next night for a season-high four points ... had a +4 rating for the weekend ... scored a goal Nov. 18 at Lake Superior State and a power-play tally Nov. 25 at Cornell ... recorded a power-play assist Dec. 9 at Niagara and two more, including one on the game-winner, Dec. 16 against Western Michigan ... scored a goal and added a power-play assist Jan. 6 at Bemidji State ... assisted on a power-play goal Jan. 19 against Robert Morris ... scored an even-strength marker Jan. 26 at Niagara ... had a hat trick, including back-to-back power-play goals, in an exhibition against the U.S. Under-18 team Feb. 2 ... scored WSU's lone goal Feb. 9 versus Alabama-Huntsville, beginning a four-game point streak, and assisted on the first goal of the game the next night against the Chargers ... recorded a goal, two assists, and a +3 rating Feb. 16-17 versus Niagara ... named CHA Offensive Player of the Week (Mar. 5) after totaling five points Mar. 2-3 at Robert Morris, including four (two goals, two assists) in the first game of the series to match his season-high ... also scored the first goal of the game Mar. 3 ... assisted on a power-play marker Mar. 9 in the CHA quarterfinal game against UAH ... Game-by-Game Stats.

2005-06: Named to the CHA All-Academic Team ... missed the first two games of the season with an injury ... skated in a total of 27 games ... assisted on WSU's lone goal on Oct. 29 at Clarkson ... scored the first goal of the game Nov. 4 at Niagara and added an assist on the goal which sent the game into overtime ... recorded a power-play goal Nov. 5 at Niagara ... assisted on the first goal of the game Dec. 2 at Air Force ... had a career-high three points (2-1) in 7-6 loss at Air Force on Dec. 3 ... assisted on the game-winner Dec. 9 ... scored a power-play goal and had a power-play assist on Dec. 10 ... had a career-best four-game assist streak (Dec. 2-10) ... selected CHA Offensive Player of the Week (Jan. 2) after being named to the Badger Showdown All-Tournament team ... scored once against Northern Michigan and twice versus Western Michigan ... had a career-best six-game point streak (6-4--10) during December ... scored WSU's lone goal in Jan. 7 loss at Michigan State ... won a season-best 14 face-offs Jan. 20 vs. Robert Morris ... tallied the first goal of the game in the Jan. 21 win over RMU ... had an assist in Jan. 27 tie vs. Alabama-Huntsville ... earned an assist on March 3 vs. Air Force ... tied for the team lead in goals (10) and power-play points (10) ... led the squad in ppg (5) ... second on the team in shooting percentage (.169) and penalty minutes (78) ... Game-by-Game stats.

2004-05: Played in 34 games ... had an assist on Oct. 16 against Clarkson ... scored the game-winning goal and added an assist in win at Merrimack on Oct. 22 ... had an assist the next night for a three-point weekend ... scored a power-play goal Nov. 20 at Bowling Green ... had an empty-net goal and a power-play assist in Nov. 23 win over Bemidji State ... scored the game-winner and added an assist in Dec. 4 win at Air Force ... scored game-winner with 1:18 left on Dec. 11 against Union ... scored in the third period on Jan. 14 at Niagara to send the game into overtime ... had an assist Jan. 23 vs. Robert Morris ... scored first goal of the game Jan. 29 at Nebraska-Omaha and assisted on the first goal of the game Feb. 5 at Bemidji State ... scored WSU's lone goal Feb. 13 vs. Niagara ... scored a empty-net short-handed goal in March 5 win over UAH ... had a goal and an assist the next day ... scored a power-play goal in playoff game against Air Force for a three-game goal streak ... tied-for-fifth in CHA and tied-for-first on the team with three game-winning goals ... was even or plus (plus/minus) in 25 games ... Game-by-Game Stats.

2003-04: Named to the CHA All-Rookie team ... one of four WSU skaters to play in all 36 games ... led the team in assists (15) and points (23) and finished third in goals ... tied-for-team high honors with four multiple-point games (three league contests) ... scored the game-tying goal at St. Lawrence on Oct. 11 ... assisted on the first goal of the game Oct. 16 vs. Findlay ... scored an overtime goal Nov. 14 at Findlay ... had a goal and an assist Nov. 16 against the Oilers ... scored a goal at Michigan State on Nov. 20 for a three-game goal-scoring streak ... had an assist the next game for a four-game point streak (3-2--5) ... recorded an assist Dec. 6 at Bemidji State ... scored a goal Dec. 12 at AIC, and had an assist the next night ... had two assists, including a "helper" on the game-winner, against Brown on Dec. 27 for a four-game point streak (1-4--5) ... was on the scoresheet in eight of nine games from Nov. 14 through Dec. 27 ... had an assist Jan. 3 at Denver and Jan. 10 at Air Force ... scored Jan.17 vs. UAH ... recorded his third multiple-point game (1-1--2) of the season Jan. 23 vs. the Beavers ... had an assist Feb. 6 at Niagara and Feb. 14 against Northern Michigan ... had a goal and an assist in Feb. 28 win at Alabama-Huntsville ... assisted on WSU's first goal the next day ... earned an assist in CHA quarterfinal win over UAH ... had a season-high five shots on goal twice (Oct. 24 at Findlay and Jan. 17 against UAH) ... shared WSU Rookie of the Year honors with Jason Baclig ... earned team's Top Gun award for being the leading scorer.

Pre-College: Played the 2002-03 season with the United States Hockey League's Green Bay Gamblers ... led the squad in scoring with 39 points on 16 goals and 23 assists in 57 games with 120 penalty minutes ... had a team-high eight power-play goals ... spent the three previous seasons in the Alberta Junior Hockey League with the Calgary Canucks ... was named the MVP of the Mac Tournament game and the Air Canada Cup Game.

Personal: Full name--Nathan D. Higgins ... born May 5, 1982, in Calgry, Alberta ... son of Joe and Dicksey Higgins ... has one younger brother, Jonathan, and one older sister, Carol ... is a chemical engineering major ... shoots right ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) for Fall 2005 and Winter 2007 ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.0-3.49) for Winter 2005, Winter 2006 and Fall 2006.

Streaks - Longest Point Streak: 6 games -- 12/2/05 at Air Force to 12/31/05 vs. Western Michigan (6-4--10); Longest Goal Streak: 3 games (three times) -- most recently 2/10/05 vs. Merrimack to 12/31/05 vs. Western Michigan (4-1--5); Longest Assist Streak: 4 games -- 12/2/05 at Air Force to 12/10/05 vs. Merrimack (3-4--7).

Most Goals Game/Series: 3/4

Most Assists Game/Series: 2/2

Most Points Game/Series: 4/5

First Collegiate Goal:
10/11/03 at St. Lawrence

First Collegiate Point:
10/11/03 at St. Lawrence - goal

Playoff Scoring: 1-2--3/5 games

Nate Higgins' Career Statistics
Year	GP	G	A	PTS	PN/MN	PPG/SHG	GWG/GWA	HAT	GFG/ENG	MPG/PIG	MGG	+/-
2003-04	36	8	15	23	25/58	2/0	1/1	0	1/0	4/19	0	-5
2004-05	34	11	8	19	27/54	3/1	3/0	0	1/2	4/15	0	+3
2005-06	27	10	8	18	24/78	5/0	0/1	0	2/0	4/13	2	-7
2006-07	35	13	12	25	18/44	2/0	1/2	1	2/1	5/16	2	+8
Career	132	42	43	85	94/234	12/1	5/4	1	6/3	17/63	4	-1