Honors:
- United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-South Region third team (2019)
- USA South All-West Division second team (2019)
- USA South All-Tournament (2019)
- USA South All-Academic - with distinction (2019-20)
- USA South All-West Division second team (2018)
- USA South All-Academic (2018-19)
- USA South All-Academic (2017-18)
- USA South Rookie of the Week (Sept. 19, 2016)
- USA South All-Academic (2016-17)
2019 (Senior - Stats): Appeared in all 19 matches, starting in the final 13 matches of the season… Earned All-USA South West Division second team honors... Had one goal and four assists for six points on the year… Matched a career-high with two assists against Salem (Sept. 7)… Tallied a goal and an assist in a Senior Day win over Wesleyan (Oct. 26)... Set a career-high with six shots against Agnes Scott (Oct. 19)… Took 35 total shots and put 13 shots on goal… Earned a spot on the USA South All-Tournament team after helping Covenant reach the championship round… Named to the United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-South Region third team… Played in 63 career matches, making 47 starts, with 10 goals and 10 assists... Earned a fourth straight selection to the USA South All-Academic team, collecting distinction honors
2018 (Junior - Stats): Played in all 20 matches and made 17 starts, both career-highs... Had two goals and three assists, a career-best, on the year... Named to the All-USA South West Division second team... Scored a match-tying goal late in the second half of a 2-1, overtime, win over Huntingdon (Oct. 12)... Took 46 shots on the year, 21 on goal... Also scored in an overtime loss at Birmingham Southern (Sept. 7)... Earned third straight USA South All-Academic team honor
2017 (Sophomore - Stats): Appeared in 17 matches, starting 10… Was second on the team in goals, scoring five… Had two assists and 12 points on the year… Had 25 shots, 12 of which were on goal... Had game-winning goal in overtime of Covenant's 2-1 victory over Berry (Oct. 11)... Started each of the final nine matches of the year... Scored in back-to-back contests against Sewanee (Sept. 13) and Oglethorpe (Sept. 16)... Named to the USA South All-Academic team for a second straight year
2016 (Freshman - Stats): Appeared and started in the first seven matches of the season before being sidelined by an injury... Earned USA South Rookie of the Week honors after scoring both goals in a 2-1 win over Piedmont (Sept. 16) and assisting the goal in a 1-0 win over Birmingham Southern (Sept. 13)... Took 13 shots, putting nine on goal... Named to USA South All-Academic team
High School: Attended Westminster Christian Academy... Led WCA's soccer program in assists as a junior and senior, and was the top goal scorer her senior year... Named to the National High School Girls Alabama All-State first team and to the 2015 All-Tennessee Valley Team as a junior... Holds the single-season school record for the most goals scored by any player with 41 in the 2015-16 season... Also holds the career school record for goals, male or female, with 131 and the most career assists with 93... She also played with the Olympic Development Program (freshman and sophomore years) and made the Alabama State Team while playing for United Soccer Club '99 Girls Premier League soccer team (freshman-junior) and Huntsville Futbol Club '98 Girls Blue Team (senior)... Received the Presidential Award for Academic Excellence, Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Award, and was an honor graduate
Personal: Parents are Al and Kathy Hightower... Has one sister, Sarah Grace, and one brother, Chip... Brother, Chip, is a member of the Montevallo men's soccer program... Favorite Bible verse is Proverbs 16:3... Majoring in psychology
Hightower's Single-Match Highs:
Points: 4, Piedmont -- Sept. 16, 2016
Goals: 2, Piedmont -- Sept. 16, 2016
Assists: 2, Berea -- Oct. 7, 2017; Salem -- Sept. 7, 2019
Shots: 6, Agnes Scott -- Oct. 19, 2019
