Katie Shea Collins
American soccer player (born 2005)
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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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Collins with South Carolina in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kathleen Shea Collins | ||
| Date of birth | October 28, 2005 | ||
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Duke Blue Devils | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (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 | |||
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, basketball 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
- Pan American Games bronze medal: 2023
Individual
- Third-team All-American: 2025
- First-team All-SEC: 2025
- Second-team All-SEC: 2024
