2016-17 Volleyball
Roster
#7 Simmone Collins 2015-16 Volleyball Roster
Middle Blocker
Class
Freshman
Hometown
Colorado Springs, CO
High School
Pine Creek
HONORS & AWARDS
- Monogram Winner (2013, 2014)
AS A SENIOR (2016)
- Did not see any action in 2016
AS A JUNIOR (2015)
- Saw action in five matches with two starts while battling injuries throughout course of season
- Posted four kills and two blocks on year
- Had two kills and two blocks in season opener against Bowling Green (8/29)
- Participated in the Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC)
AS A SOPHOMORE (2014)
- Played in 16 matches on the year, earning nine starts in the middle
- Led or tied for the team lead in blocks four times
- Finished the year with 42 kills and 28 blocks
- Totaled five blocks each against Washington State (9/5) and Western Michigan (9/7)
- Registered a career-high seven kills versus TCU (9/12)
- Tied career high in kills (7) and blocks (6) against Wake Forest
- Hit a team and career-high .417 and had a team-high three blocks to go along with six kills against NC State (11/23)
- Was a member of the Notre Dame Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC).
- Earned a monogram
AS A FRESHMAN (2013)
- Saw action in 22 matches and earned eight starts (51 sets total)
- Tallied 43 kills, four assists, 10 digs and 34 blocks (0.67 per game)
- Fourth on the team in blocks per set
- Produced five kills in eight chances at Kansas (9/22)
- Tallied season highs in kills (6), blocks (6) and points (9.0) in a home win against Virginia Tech (11/20)
- Earned a monogram
HIGH SCHOOL & PERSONAL
- Pronounced “si-MOAN”
- Graduated from Pine Creek High School in the spring of 2013
- Earned four letters in volleyball
- Did not play during senior season due to a knee injury
- Earned first team Colorado Springs 5A All-Metro League and All-Area Team honors after leading team in kills and blocks as a junior
- Also was named First Team Academic All-State
- Helped squad win league and district championships
- Team won league, district and regional championships during sophomore year on way to finishing second in the state at the 5A level
- Played on the Colorado Juniors club team
- Named a top-100 Senior Ace by Prep Volleyball in 2011-12 (No. 82 recruit in nation)
- Competed at the Puerto Rico national championships in June 2013 with the Colorado Juniors 18-Kevin team
- Also competed at the Girl’s Junior National Championships in July 2013, helping squad to a top-10 finish
- Team placed fifth at the 17-Open President’s Day Classic and Colorado Crossroads in 2010-11
- Was named one of the top-85 junior recruits in the nation by Prep Volleyball after leading team in blocks
- Helped team win first place at Rocky Mountain Region and Rocky Mountain Region Junior National Qualifier in 2009-10
- Named regional all-star and junior national qualifier all-star
- Led team in blocks
- Earned special mention on the Best Sophomore List from Prep Volleyball
- Off the court, was a student council representative and a member of the Creek in the Community student club
- Was a nominee for People to People Ambassador program, and a national scholar nominee for Colorado
- Named to the Principal’s Honor Roll all four years.
- Full name is Simmone Rae Collins
- Born in Aurora, Colorado to Roy and Jennifer Collins
- Has a younger sister, Sydney
- Father, Roy, attended the Air Force Academy and played basketball
- Enrolled in the College of Arts & Letters and is majoring in psychology