Katie Shea Collins

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.

Katie Shea Collins

Collins with South Carolina in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Kathleen Shea Collins
Date of birth	(2005-10-28) October 28, 2005 (age 19)
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 as of June 3, 2024

Early life and college career

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]

South Carolina Gamecocks

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]

International career

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]

Honors and awards

United States U19

• Pan American Games bronze medal: 2023

Individual

• Second-team All-SEC: 2024