![]() Collins with South Carolina in 2024 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kathleen Shea Collins | ||
Date of birth | October 28, 2005 | ||
Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | South Carolina Gamecocks | ||
Number | 4 | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2024– | South Carolina Gamecocks | 19 | (13) |
International career‡ | |||
2023 | United States U-19 | 5 | (1) |
2024– | United States U-20 | 2 | (0) |
‡ National team caps and goals, correct 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 South Carolina Gamecocks. She won bronze with the United States U-19 at the 2023 Pan American Games.
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]
Collins scored 13 goals with 3 assists in 19 games in her freshman season with the South Carolina Gamecocks in 2024. She scored a hat trick on her debut and another hat trick in the first round of the NCAA tournament, adding another goal in their loss in the second round. [1] [9] She was named second-team All-SEC and first-team Freshman Best XI by TopDrawerSoccer . [1] [10]
Collins was first called into the United States youth national team at the under-17 level in 2021. [11] 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] [12] 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. [12] [13]
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