University of Evansville Athletics

2017-18: Made the start in all 31 games that he played in…missed the home Missouri State contest…named to MVC Scholar-Athlete Team…averaged 10.4 points and 4.7 rebounds per game… Posted 17 points in Oakland City contest before scoring 16 at BGSU...set season mark with 18 points against APSU and Midway...finished with 16 pts in home game against Indiana State... reached 1,000-point mark in his career at Bradley...notched first double-double with 15 points and 15 rebounds vs. UNI and had 12 boards in road contest against Panthers...led MVC with 35.7 minutes per game.

2016-17: Sat out season and redshirted due to injury.

2015-16: Made the start in all 34 games, totaling 5.9 point and 2.0 rebounds per game…season-high of 15 points came in win over UC Irvine where he knocked down 4 of his 5 shots and hit all 6 free throws in 28 minutes of play…hit 5 of his 11 attempts in MVC Tournament win over Indiana State in March…registered 13 points in home win over Bradley while hitting both 3-point attempts…shot 42.3% on the season and was a 78.4% free throw shooter.

2014-15: Joined D.J. Balentine as the only two players to start all 36 games of UE’s CIT Championship campaign…named a First Team MVC Scholar Athlete…finished 5th on the team averaging 7.3 points per game…had 10 double-digit scoring efforts…first came in a solid outing at Miami Ohio as he scored 12 points while hitting six out of seven shots…posted 12 once again versus Green Bay…in December, scored in 11 or more in four-straight games, the top streak to that point of his career…in that streak, scored a season-high of 14 points versus Ohio University on a 6/10 shooting day…had 13 tallies against Coppin State…matched his season mark with 14 in home win over Indiana State…hit 7 out of 8 free throws in the game…finished the year as UE’s top free throw shooter at 82.8%, hitting 48 out of 58 attempts…top conference game was 14 points in home win over Indiana State…hit 7 out of 8 free throws in the game…in five CIT games, averaged 7.4 points, including 13 versus UT Martin, set his career mark with 7 assists against the Skyhawks.

2013-14: Named to the Missouri Valley Conference All-Freshman Team...finished the season as the top scoring true freshman in the MVC at 9.3 points per game...scored 11 in his debut against Martin Methodist...followed that up with 15 points in three of his next four games...top game in that stretch came at IUPUI where he shot 6-11 while posting 4 rebounds, 4 assists and a block...finished non-conference play with 14 tallies against Grambling...in third league game, set a then-career high of 16 points against UNI and later matched that at Illinois State as he played all 45 minutes...had top game at Bradley, going 5-12 from the field and 7-7 from the line to tally 18...notched 17 next time out in home triumph over Illinois State...set season mark with 8 rebounds in home win over Loyola...had career-high 6 rebounds against Grambling and in regular season finale at Loyola.

At Castle: Was a 3-time 1st Team All-SIAC player…named an Indiana All Star as a senior…Indiana Junior All Star in 2012…top effort was a 40-point, 10-rebound game at Vincennes Lincoln…averaged 24 points and 9 rebounds per game as a senior…spent AAU playing for Indiana Elite South, which was coached by Dan Dakich.

Why UE?  “I wanted to stay close to home and being here feels like being around  family.”

Personal:
Parents: Marty and Angie Simmons
Siblings: One brother and two sisters
Hometown: Newburgh, Ind.
High School: Castle
Major: Sports Management