Katie Shea Collins

Height:
5-3
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Gallatin, Tenn.
Prev School:
South Carolina

Honors/Awards: United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-America (2025), United Soccer Coaches First Team All-Southeast Region (2025), All-SEC First Team (2025), MAC Hermann Trophy Midseason watch list (2025), SEC Preseason Watchlist (2025), United Soccer Coaches Forward to Watch (2025), United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region Team (2024), All-SEC Second Team (2024), All-SEC Freshman Team (2024), three-time SEC Freshman of the Week (2024), SEC Offensive Player of the Week (2024), TopDrawerSoccer Preseason All-Freshman Team (2024).

U.S. Soccer:
Trained with the U-20, U-19 and U-17 U.S. Youth National Teams ... an alternate for the 2024 U.S. U-20 World Cup squad that traveled to Colombia.

Career:
Owns 23 goals and eight assists for 54 points in two seasons at South Carolina ... of her 23 goals, 10 have been game winners ... appeared in 38 matches, while starting 37.

2025 -- Sophomore (at South Carolina):
United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-America ... United Soccer Coaches First Team All-Southeast Region ... All-SEC First Team ... MAC Hermann Trophy Midseason Watch list ... started all 19 matches as a sophomore with 10 goals, five assists and 25 points … in the TopDrawerSoccer preseason top-100 players listing ranked No. 59, on the midseason list was No. 76 and finished the season ranking No. 53 overall ... in the 2025 SEC stats, ranked tied for sixth in goals (10), tied for fifth in points (25) and tied for first in game-winning goals (6) … became the South Carolina all-time leader in hat tricks (3), appeared in 1,411 minutes … scored two goals against South Florida (Aug. 17) …scored three goals in a 4-0 victory over Ole Miss (Sept. 18) … had two goals with a season high two assists against Texas (Oct.10) … played the full 90 minutes on five occasions … averaged 2.68 shots per game and .53 goals per game …a TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week honorable mention selection on Sept. 22 ... 2025 Preseason honors included SEC Watchlist and United Soccer Coaches Forwards to Watch.

2024 -- Freshman (at South Carolina):
United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region Team ... All-SEC Second Team ... All-SEC Freshman Team ... named to TopDrawerSoccer Best XI Freshman First Team ... appeared in 19 games, starting in 18 … scored 13 goals for the second most on the team (second in SEC) … totaled four game winning-goals … played 1,310 total minutes … registered three assists … had two hat-tricks on the year, one in the season opener against Furman (Aug. 18) and one in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against East Carolina (Nov. 15) … scored the second-fastest goal in program history against Furman (Aug. 18) at the 0:34 mark … scored the lone goal in the second round of the NCAA Tournament … converted her only penalty kick for the game-winning goal against Kentucky (Sept. 22) … played a season-high 80 minutes against Vanderbilt (Oct. 4) … collected a brace against Alabama, including the game-winning goal (Oct. 18) … had five shots against Alabama (Oct. 18) and East Carolina (Nov. 15) … her three SEC Freshman of the Week nods marked the most in a season in South Carolina program history ... a TopDrawerSoccer top-100 freshman ... named SEC Offensive Player of the Week on Aug. 19 ... a TopDrawerSoccer preseason All-Freshman selection.

Prep/Club:
Played varsity soccer for Pope John Paul II Prep School ... ranks in school history for most career goals (106) and most goals in a season (44) … named All-Summer County MVP (2022, 2023), All-State First Team (2022), and All-Region Team (2020-24) … 2023 Tennessee Girls Soccer Player of the Year nominee … 2022 and 2023 All-Sumner County Team and Player of the Year ... 2023 All-Midstate Team and Player of the Year ... played for Tennessee Soccer Club … 2023 United Soccer Coaches All-America … named the Tennessee Gatorade Player of the Year ... ECNL All-America in 2022 and attended the ECNL National Training camp in 2022 ... ECNL OVC Co-Player of the Year and OVC First Team in 2022 ... competed on the Tennessee SC squad in the summer of 2023 in the USL W-League ... earned South Central Division Player of the Year, All-Region and led the league in assists.

Personal:
Daughter of Kevin and Nina Collins … has a twin brother, Patrick … her father, Kevin, played baseball at Milligan College.

Last Updated 1/29/2026