2025: Named to the 2025 MEAC Softball Preseason All-Conference First Team...
2024: Named to the All-MEAC Second Team... Earned a spot on the Preseason All-MEAC First Team ... Named to the MEAC Softball All-Academic Team ... Delivered a breakout campaign in her first season with the program, starting 42 of 44 games… Batted .347 with 43 hits in 124 at-bats, including 8 doubles and 2 home runs… Scored 33 runs and drove in a team-high 30 RBI… Posted a .460 slugging percentage and a .461 on-base percentage, drawing 21 walks and being hit by pitch 7 times… Stole 8 bases and had a season-high 4 RBI against Norfolk State (Apr. 27)… Defensively, led the team with 148 putouts and added 26 assists while maintaining a .956 fielding percentage… Notched season highs of 13 putouts vs. Prairie View (Feb. 16) and 4 assists vs. Coppin State (May 8).
2023 (Norfolk State): 2023 All-MEAC first-team … Named to the MEAC Softball All-Academic Team ... Started all 36 games in which she appeared after coming off the bench late in the season due to an injury … Recorded 90 at-bats during which she collected 26 hits scoring 19 times and driving in 18 RBI … Hit six doubles and seven home runs with 26 walks and two HBP … She stole three bases … In the field on 114 total chances, she recorded 30 putouts and 75 assists for a .921 fielding percentage …
2022 (Norfolk State): 2022 MEAC Co-Rookie of the Year … 2022 All-MEAC first-team … Appeared in 56 games making 54 starts in the Spartan infield … Took 134 at-bats during which she recorded 37 runs on 44 hits driving in 44 RBI … Hit 12 doubles and nine home runs, was walked 19 times and hit by pitch 12 … Tallied four stolen bases … In the field on 140 total chances, she recorded 37 putouts and 85 assists for a .871 fielding percentage …
High School: Competed at Kamehameha Schools Kapalama in Honolulu, Hawai'i ... Was a four year member of the varsity softball team ... She batted .349 as a sophomore and .500 as a senior ... A member of the Honor Roll (sophomore) and Principal's List (junior and senior)
Club: Played for Na Wahine in Honolulu for six seasons
Personal: Full name is Kenna La'amaikahiki Masae Higa ... Born October 27, 2003 ... Daughter of Danielle "Pua" Higa and Ward Higa ... Has one older sister, Jamie, and one older brother Zachary
