Katie Shea Collins

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Katie Shea Collins
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Collins with South Carolina in 2024
Personal information
Full name Kathleen Shea Collins
Date of birth (2005-10-28) October 28, 2005 (age 20)
Height 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Duke Blue Devils
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024–2025 South Carolina Gamecocks 38 (23)
2026– Duke Blue Devils 0 (0)
International career‡
2023 United States U-19 5 (1)
2024– United States U-20 2 (0)
‡ National team caps and goals as of June 3, 2024

Kathleen Shea Collins (born October 28, 2005) is an American college soccer player who plays as a forward for the Duke Blue Devils. She previously played for the South Carolina Gamecocks, earning third-team All-American honors in 2025. She won bronze with the United States U-19 team at the 2023 Pan American Games.

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Early life

Collins grew up in Gallatin, Tennessee, the daughter of Kevin and Nina Collins, and has a twin brother, Patrick. [1] She started playing soccer at the local YMCA at a young age. [2] She competed with her brother in multiple sports growing up, including football, lacrosse, and baseball, and played soccer on boys' and girls' teams. [3] [4] She played club soccer for Tennessee United SC, Tampa Bay United SC, and Tennessee SC, earning ECNL All-American honors in 2022. [5] [6]

Collins attended Pope Saint John Paul II Preparatory School, where she became the all-time top scorer with 106 goals and 31 assists. [3] Her standout performance started bringing more students to games when she was a freshman. [7] In her junior season in 2022, she broke a school record with 30 goals in just 11 games. [3] She surpassed that mark in her senior season in 2023, scoring 44 goals and 6 assists (90% of the team's offense), and was named the Tennessee Gatorade Player of the Year and United Soccer Coaches All-American. [1] [8]

College career

Collins scored a hat trick in her debut for the South Carolina Gamecocks as a freshman in 2024. [9] In the NCAA tournament, she scored four goals in two games including a second hat trick. [1] She finished her freshman season with 13 goals in 19 games, second on the team after Catherine Barry. [10] She was named second-team All-SEC and TopDrawerSoccer first-team Freshman Best XI. [1] In 2025, she led the Gamecocks with 10 goals in 19 games, including six game winners. [11] She earned first-team All-SEC and third-team All-American honors, but lost both postseason games. [11] She entered the NCAA transfer portal after her sophomore season. [11] She transferred to the Duke Blue Devils. [12]

International career

Collins was first called into the United States youth national team at the under-17 level in 2021. [13] She debuted at the under-19 level at the 2023 Pan American Games, where they faced other countries' senior teams. She scored one goal and appeared in all five games as the United States won a bronze medal. [7] [14] She played for the under-20 team ahead of the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and traveled with the team for training in the run-up to the tournament in Colombia. [14] [15]

Honors and awards

United States U19

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Katie Shea Collins". South Carolina Gamecocks . Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  2. ↑ Ford, Jaydon (September 9, 2024). "Freshman forward Katie Shea Collins looks to make mark on Gamecock women's soccer team". The Daily Gamecock . Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Kellar, Blaine (September 18, 2023). "More goals in mind for South Carolina soccer commit Katie Shea Collins after resetting Pope Prep scoring record". Main Street Preps. Main Street Media of Tennessee. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  4. ↑ Muller, Brad (September 9, 2024). "Twin Brother Helps Build Competitive Edge for Katie Shea Collins". South Carolina Gamecocks . Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  5. ↑ Womble, Zach (September 22, 2020). "Led by talented freshman, JPII girls soccer could be contender in DII-AA". Main Street Preps. Main Street Media of Tennessee. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  6. ↑ Mawdsley, Robin (February 25, 2020). "Tennessee United Player Makes National Team". Tennessee United SC. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
    "ECNL Girls All-America Teams". Elite Clubs National League. August 29, 2022. Retrieved January 17, 2025– via TopDrawerSoccer .
  7. 1 2 Palmateer, Tyler (October 11, 2023). "South Carolina soccer commit Katie Shea Collins emotional with TSSAA career ending, joining US National Team". The Tennessean . Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Pope Prep's Katie Shea Collins named Gatorade Tennessee Girls Soccer Player of the Year". Main Street Preps. Main Street Media of Tennessee. June 25, 2024. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  9. ↑ Vereen, Matthew (August 18, 2024). "Gamecock freshman scores hattrick as South Carolina cruises past Furman in opener". WACH . Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  10. ↑ "2024 Women's Soccer Cumulative Statistics". South Carolina Gamecocks . Retrieved December 3, 2025.
  11. 1 2 3 Whittle, John (November 18, 2025). "All-SEC performer, two other women's soccer players enter NCAA Transfer Portal". 247Sports . Retrieved December 3, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Women's Soccer Adds Top Transfer Katie Shea Collins". Duke Blue Devils. December 7, 2025. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
  13. ↑ Eskilson, J.R. (February 4, 2021). "Call-ups for the U.S. U17 WNT Camp". TopDrawerSoccer . Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  14. 1 2 Katie Shea Collins at Soccerway OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  15. ↑ "U.S. U-20 WYNT Head Coach Tracey Kevins Names 21-Player Roster for 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia". United States Soccer Federation. August 8, 2024. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
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