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2020-21: Team captain ... All 2020-21 Ivy League winter sports were canceled on November 12 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.
 
2019-20: (Game-by-Game in PDF) Played in 26 of 27 games and made starts at Princeton (1/10), against Yale (2/15), at Dartmouth (2/21) and at Harvard (2/22) … Averaged 1.6 points and 1.3 rebounds per game … Also had seven assists and four blocked shots … Scored five points and had an offensive rebound in win over Cornell (3/6) … Had three rebounds and two points at Harvard (2/22) … Recorded three points and a season-high five rebounds in Penn’s win over Ivy champion Yale (2/15) … Scored four points in four minutes in win at Cornell (2/9) … Got the start at Princeton (1/10), finished with four points, two rebounds and a blocked shot … Scored season-high six points in win over Widener (12/21) … Had two points, two assists and a rebound in Wooden Legacy win over Long Beach State (12/1).
 
2018-19: (Game-by-Game in PDF) Appeared in 20 games, scoring 33 points and grabbing 40 rebounds … Had 11 points in win over Lafayette (11/13) … Scored three points and had two rebounds in 16 minutes in Ivy Tournament loss to Harvard (3/16) … Grabbed season-high seven rebounds and scored two points in win over Ivy co-champion Yale (3/8) … Had six points in Big 5 win at Temple (1/19) … Recorded five points and three boards vs. Stockton (11/24) … Grabbed five rebounds vs. Monmouth (12/31).
 
2017-18: (Game-by-Game in PDF) Played in 24 games … Averaged 2.4 points and 1.7 rebounds … Had two double-figure scoring games … Led Penn with 16 points, added five rebounds in win over Penn State Brandywine (11/18) … Also hit double figures against Delaware State, with 12 points and added four boards and two assists (12/27) … Had nine points, eight rebounds and three assists in win at Howard (12/4) … Scored five points, added four boards in Ivy win over Dartmouth (2/23) … Scored five points against eventual national champion Villanova (11/29) … Had four points in Ivy debut, a win over Princeton (1/6).

High School: Lettered in basketball and football, captain of both … His basketball coach at Moon Area High School was Adam Kaufman, at Cushing Academy (Mass.) it was Michael Wolf … As a senior, helped Moon Area to the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) championship with a 21-6 record … Named WPIAL Section Player of the Year and first-team WPIAL All-Section … Also earned first-team Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) All-State honors … At Cushing, named second-team All-New England Prep School Athletic Conference (NEPSAC) in 2015-16 as he helped lead his team to a 19-7 record and the NEPSAC Class AA championship game … Helped Cushing go 26-5 and win the NEPSAC Class AA title in 2013-14 … Michael Trella Scholarship recipient … Students Against Destructive Decisions Club member … Student Diversity Leadership Conference representative … High School Proctor … Student Faculty Senate member … Has participated in three Domestic Youth Mission trips.
 
Personal: Son of Tawanna and Sean Simmons … Father ran track at Seton Hall and won a title at Penn Relays with the Pirates … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.