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2023 Soccer Roster
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Jersey Number 9
Kameron Simmonds
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Position:
- Forward
- Hometown:
- Midlothian, Va.
- High School:
- James River
Bio
CAREER HONORS
- SEC Offensive Player of the Week (8/21/23)
- 2023 SEC Preseason Watch List
- Represented Jamaica at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
- No. 89 on Top Drawer Soccer's Postseason Freshmen Top 100 (12/15/22)
- No. 74 on Top Drawer Soccer's Midseason Freshmen Top 100 (10/20/22)
2023 - SOPHOMORE
- Started all 18 contests in which she appeared, logging 1,136 minutes on the pitch
- Finished the season with eight goals and 19 points to lead the team in both categories
- Scored the game-winner at Vanderbilt as UT clinched a spot in the SEC Tournament
- Netted a pair of goals in UT's 3-1 win over ETSU
- Scored a goal in the 81st minute in a 3-0 shutout win over Lipscomb
- Successfully converted a penalty kick in Tennessee's 4-1 win over California.
2022 - FRESHMAN
- True freshman played in 16 matches and finished the year sixth on the team in points, with eight (four goals).
- 13 of her 23 shots on the year were on frame (.565 SOG%).
- Gained 37 minutes of NCAA Championships experience during Tennessee's opening-round match vs. Xavier (11/11/22).
- Played a season-high 38 minutes during the home match vs. South Carolina (10/23/22), logging three shots.
- Scored her first career game-winning goal when she received a pass from Jenna Stayart 25 yards out and beat a defender one-on-one at the top of the box before drilling the ball into the net off the near post to lift the Lady Vols to a 1-0 triumph at Auburn (10/20/22); postgame interview on SEC Network.
- Logged her first career brace with two goals in the second half of Tennessee's 4-1 win at Kentucky (9/25/22); in 36 very productive minutes, she recorded six shots, five of which were on frame (both team-highs).
- Earned 24 minutes of action in Tennessee's SEC opener at Florida (9/16/22) and helped the Lady Vols record a 2-1 victory.
- Her aggressiveness in the box paid off with her first collegiate goal when she drilled home a cross from Kennedy Price in the second half of the shutout win over Queens University of Charlotte (9/11/22); Simmonds logged three shots, two on goal, during her 37 minutes of action vs. the Royals.
- Missed three matches during the non-conference portion of Tennessee's season when she and teammate Giselle Washington joined their Jamaican women's national team for a friendly World Cup preparatory match in South Korea on Sept. 3.
- Entered Tennessee's season-opener at #10 North Carolina as a sub and logged 23 minutes with one shot on frame in her collegiate debut.
INTERNATIONAL
- Played in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, appearing for Jamaica as the Reggae Girlz made a historic run to become the first Caribbean nation to advance to the Round of 16.
- Netted her first goal for the senior Women's Jamaican National Team against Czech Republic at the 2023 Cup of Nations
- Scored a goal at the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
- First called into camp for the senior Reggae Girlz squad in September of 2022
- Attended Jamaican U-20 National Team camp in December 2021
- Has played with the Jamaican U-17 National Team
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
- 2019 First Team All-State selection
- 2019 Regional Player of the Year
- 2019 Team MVP for James River High School
- Invited to Washington Spirit Player ID Camp
- Earned U-16 First Team All-Conference Honors and U-18 Second Team All-Conference honors playing with Richmond United ECNL
- Played for Richmond United with fellow signees Layla Shell and Dakota Brown
PERSONAL
- Kameron Necole Simmonds was born Dec 6, 2003
- Daughter of Greg and Necole Simmonds
- Father played at Howard and then professionally
- Is the oldest of four children with three younger brothers
- Has two Cocker Spaniels named CoCo and River
Everything Orange S3 | Shae O'Rourke (Soccer)
Friday, September 12
SOC | ALLY ZAZZARA POSTGAME VS. GEORGIA SOUTHERN (9.7.25)
Sunday, September 07
SOC | JOE KIRT POSTGAME VS. GEORGIA SOUTHERN (9.7.25)
Sunday, September 07
SOC | JENNA STAYART POSTGAME VS. GEORGIA SOUTHERN (9.7.25)
Sunday, September 07
