Amalia Simmons

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Class:
Redshirt Junior
Position:
OH
Height:
5-11
Hometown:
Pittsburgh, Pa.
High School:
Moon Area

Redshirt-Junior (2025)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Appeared in 30 sets across 11 matches with seven stats
• Tallied 68 kills over the season averaging 2.27 kills per set
• Registered six assists, two aces, 53 digs and nine blocks over the season
• Recorded three matches with double-digit kills with a high of 13 twice
• Registered a double-double with 13 kills and 11 digs on a .344 hitting percentage against UCLA (Nov. 26)
• Tallied 10 kills, 3 blocks, and an ace in win over Marshall (Sept. 6)
• Registered 9 kills on a .400 hitting percentage in a win over Eastern Michigan (Sept. 5)
• Recorded first career double-double 13 kills and 10 digs in a win against Cincinnati (Aug. 31)
• Registered 8 digs with 5 kills in win against Wake Forest (Aug. 30)

Redshirt-Sophomore (2024)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Appeared in 26 sets across 10 matches and four starts
• Averaged 1.81 kills per set
• Recorded 47 kills on a .156 hitting percentage with 11 blocks
• Recorded 11 kills in a win against Northwestern (Nov. 29)
• Registered 13 kills on a .320 hitting percentage with three blocks in sweep over Maryland (Nov. 21)
• Tallied 5 kills on 8 swings with no errors against North Carolina (Sept. 20)
• Recorded 3 kills in a win against Oakland (Sept. 15)

Redshirt-Freshman (2023)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Appeared in 20 matches, playing 61 sets
• Tallied 119 kills, 31 digs and 21 blocks
• Recorded 6 kills against Indiana (Nov. 25)
• Tallied 6 kills against Illinois (Nov. 18)
• Recorded 5 kills against Nebraska (Nov. 17)
• Tallied 4 kills with a .375 hitting percentage against Rutgers (Nov. 12)
• Recorded 9 kills against Michigan State (Sept. 22)
• Reached a career-high 4 blocks against Bowling Green (Sept. 17)
• Tallied 12 kills and 6 blocks against Duke (Sept. 9)
• Recorded 10 kills in a win against North Carolina (Sept. 8)
• Set a career-high 20 kills against Colorado State (Sept. 2)

Freshman (2022)
• Redshirted

Prep
• Four-year letter winner at Moon Area High School
• Varsity Team Captain as a junior and senior
• Three-time Pennsylvania’s Volleyball Coaches Association All-State Selection
• First Team BIG 56 All-Section Member
• Highest Career Kills Record at Moon Area High School
• All-State All-Star
• AVCA Phenom List
• 2021 - Reached 1,000 Career Kills
• 2021 Pennsylvania’s Gatorade Player of the Year nominee
• Led team to its first Section Title in 13 years and a Conference Semi-Final
• Prep Volleyball Top 150 List

Personal
• Amalia Ruth Simmons
• Born January 22, 2004
• Daughter to Tawanna and Sean Simmons
• Father, Sean competed on the Seton Hall University/Track and Field: 1988-1992
• Brother, Jarrod played basketball for the University of Pennsylvania (2017-2021) and Hofstra (2021-2022)
• Sister, Sanaea plays volleyball for The College of the Holy Cross
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, majoring in Biopsychology, Cognitive and Neuroscience