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The University of the South

2020-21 Women's Swimming and Diving

Paisley Simmons

  • Class Senior
  • High School Eastern
  • Hometown Louisville, Ky.

Biography

Career Accolades (After 2020-21 season):

  • CSCAA All-America Second Team - Three-Meter Dive (2021)
  • Qualified for NCAA Diving Regional Championships - One-Meter Dive (2018, 2019, 2020)
  • Qualified for NCAA Diving Regional Championships - Three-Meter Dive (2018, 2019, 2020)
  • SAA Diver of the Year (2021)
  • All-SAA First Team - One-Meter Dive (2021)
  • All-SAA First Team - Three-Meter Dive (2021)
  • All-SAA Second Team - One-Meter Dive (2018, 2019, 2020)
  • All-SAA Second Team - Three-Meter Dive (2020)
  • SAA Academic Honor Roll (2021)
  • SAA Diver of the Week (Nov. 1, 2017; Dec. 6, 2017; Jan. 29, 2019)
  • SAA All-Sportsmanship Team (2020, 2021)

Career-best finishes (After 2020-21 season):

  • 1 Meter, 6 Dives: 280.87 (Virtual Meet #2), 11/12/20 | School Record
  • 3 Meter, 6 Dives: 295.80 (Senior Day Virtual Meet), 2/6/21 | School Record
  • 1 Meter, 11 Dives: 494.55 points (Virtual Meet #2), 11/12/20 | School Record
  • 3 Meter, 11 Dives: 502.20 points (Virtual Meet #2), 11/12/20| School Record

2020-21

Season altered due to the COVID-19 pandemic … 

Awards:

  • CSCAA All-America Second Team (Three-Meter Dive)
  • SAA Diver of the Year
  • All-SAA First Team (One-Meter Dive, Three-Meter Dive)
  • SAA Academic Honor Roll
  • Member of CSCAA Scholar All-America Team for Advent Semester
  • Member of CSCAA Scholar All-America Team for Easter Semester
  • SAA All-Sportsmanship Team

Season-best times:

  • 1 Meter, 6 Dives: 280.87 (Virtual Meet #2, Nov. 12-15, 2020) | School Record
  • 3 Meter, 6 Dives: 295.80 (Senior Day Virtual Meet, Feb. 6, 2021) | School Record
  • 1 Meter, 11 Dives: 494.55 points (Virtual Meet #2, Nov. 12-15, 2020) | School Record
  • 3 Meter, 11 Dives: 502.20 points (Virtual Meet #2, Nov. 12-15, 2020) | School Record

2019-20

Qualified for NCAA Zone 2 Regional Diving Championships (1 Meter, 3 Meter) … 

Awards: 

  • All-SAA Second Team (One-Meter Dive, Three-Meter Dive)
  • Member of CSCAA Scholar All-America Team for Advent Semester
  • Member of CSCAA Scholar All-America Team for Easter Semester
  • SAA All-Sportsmanship Team 

Season-best finishes: 

  • 1 Meter, 6 Dives: 252.03 points (Emory February Invitational, Feb. 21-22, 2020) | School Record
  • 3 Meter, 6 Dives: 259.55 points (Birmingham-Southern Dual Meet, Jan. 10, 2020)
  • 1 Meter, 11 Dives: 437.16 points (7th Annual Igloo Invitational, Nov. 22-23, 2019)
  • 3 Meter, 11 Dives: 427.95 points (7th Annual Igloo Invitational, Nov. 22-23, 2019)

2018-19

Qualified for NCAA Zone 2 Regional Diving Championships (1 Meter, 3 Meter) … 

Awards: 

  • All-SAA Second Team (One-Meter Dive)
  • SAA Diver of the Week on Jan. 29
  • Member of CSCAA Scholar All-America Team for Advent Semester
  • Member of CSCAA Scholar All-America Team for Easter Semester

Season-best finishes: 

  • 1 Meter, 6 Dives: 208.65 points (Birmingham-Southern Dual Meet, Jan. 25, 2019)
  • 3 Meter, 6 Dives: 254.10 points (Rhodes Dual Meet, Jan. 19, 2019)
  • 1 Meter, 11 Dives: 410.85 points (6th Annual Igloo Invitational, Nov. 16-17, 2018)
  • 3 Meter, 11 Dives: 452.55 points (6th Annual Igloo Invitational, Nov. 16-17, 2018)
     

2017-18

Qualified for NCAA Zone 2 Regional Diving Championships (1 Meter, 3 Meter) … 

Awards: 

  • All-SAA Second Team (One-Meter Dive)
  • SAA Diver of the Week on Nov. 1 and Dec. 6
  • Member of CSCAA Scholar All-America Team for Advent Semester
  • Member of CSCAA Scholar All-America Team for Easter Semester

Season-best finishes: 

  • 1 Meter, 6 Dives: 224.40 points (Birmingham-Southern Dual Meet, Jan. 26, 2018)
  • 3 Meter, 6 Dives: 235.80 points (Birmingham-Southern Dual Meet, Jan. 26, 2018)
  • 1 Meter, 11 Dives: 401.70 points (2018 SAA Championships, Feb. 14-17, 2018)
  • 3 Meter, 11 Dives: 415.20 points (5th Annual Igloo Invitational, Nov. 17-18, 2017)

On-Campus at Sewanee: Order of the Gown … Vice President of Kappa Omega … Co-President of the Sewanee Multicultural Health Society … Sewanee Health Professions Society … Pre-Health Ambassador … Orientation Leader … Co-President of the Neuroscience Club … Sewanee Rotaract Club Community Service Co-Chairperson … Research Assistant … Sewanee CRU, where she is a Bible Study Leader … LIfeguard at the Fowler Center Natatorium … 

Prep: Lettered one season of soccer, three seasons of track and field and one season for diving at Eastern High School  … Varsity Soccer Captain … Committed to Excellence award in 2016 … Student-Athlete Award … Women’s Diving Regional Runner up in 2017 … Honor Roll during her four-year high school tenure … Class valedictorian … 

Personal: Daughter of Ronald and Erin Simmons … Two sisters, Jasmine and Kyla, and one brother, Caden … Also competes on the cheerleading squad at Sewanee … Majoring in Neuroscience with a Psychology minor …
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

  • 2018-19Sophomore

  • 2019-20Junior

  • 2020-21Senior