Ainsley Simms
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- Height:
- 5-3
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- Hometown:
- Maryville, Tenn.
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- Year:
- So.
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- Previous School:
- Maryville HS
Bio
Fall 2021 (Sophomore): Simms took part in all four of the team’s fall events, totaling 12 rounds of play… produced a season-low 230 and grabbed a top-15 finish at the Chris Banister Golf Classic (Oct. 10-12), turning in rounds of 76, 75, and 79… nabbed a top-25 finish after carding a 75-75-82=232 at the F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate (Sept. 27-28)… led the team in the fall with a 77.17 scoring average.
Spring 2021 (Freshman): Simms competed in four of Tech’s six tournaments in the spring, completing 12 rounds of action… made her collegiate debut with a 78-80-82=240 at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate (Mar. 14-16)… delivered a season-best 236 behind back-to-back season-low rounds of 76 to open the Colonel Classic (Mar. 29-30)… took home the team’s second-ever Coach’s Award… finished the year with a scoring average of 79.83.
Fall 2020 (Freshman): The 2020 fall season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
High School: Simms was a four-time letterwinner for head coach Mike Driver at Maryville High School… was a two-time PrepXtra Player of the Year Girls Golf nominee… helped MHS to runner-up showings at both the district and region tournaments in 2019… qualified for the All-State Large Class Division in 2017 and 2018… finished as the individual runner-up at both the district and region tournaments during her senior campaign… in 2019, she competed in the Scotland Jr. Golf Invitational… sunk a hole-in-one during a round at Black Creek Club in March of 2018.
Personal: Daughter of Jennifer Slagle and Brian Simms… born May 1, 2002… full name is Ainsley Joelle Simms.
Academic: Majoring in psychology… named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll twice.
News mentions
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Tech golf coach Amanda Smith released the annual postseason honors for the Golden Eagle women's team Friday, presenting four student-athletes with awards earned for the 2021-22 season.
MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. – The Tennessee Tech women's golf team put a cap on the 2021-22 season Tuesday afternoon, completing the third and final round of the Ohio Valley Conference Championships at the Fighting Joe Course at The Shoals, part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.
MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. – The Tennessee Tech women's golf team completed the second round of play at the Ohio Valley Conference Championships Monday afternoon, finishing its second trip around the Fighting Joe Course at The Shoals, part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, in fifth place among the seven league teams competing for a title.
MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. – Round one of the Ohio Valley Conference Women's Golf Championships came to a close for the Tennessee Tech women's golf team Sunday afternoon, with the Golden Eagles ranking fourth overall.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech women's golf team wraps up the 2021-22 season, competing at the Ohio Valley Conference Championships Sunday, Apr. 17 through Tuesday, Apr. 19 in Muscle Shoals, Ala.
MURRAY, Ky. – The Tennessee Tech women’s golf team put the finishing touches on the final regular-season event Saturday afternoon, completing the second and final round of the rain-shortened Jan Weaver Invitational at Miller Memorial Golf Course.
MURRAY, Ky. – Inclement weather did its best to create problems at the Jan Weaver Invitational Friday afternoon, but the Tennessee Tech women’s golf team concluded its first round of play before the day’s second trip around Miller Memorial Golf Course was cancelled.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech women's golf team will take a crack at its final tournament before the Ohio Valley Conference Championships, competing at Murray State’s Jan Weaver Invitational Friday and Saturday at Miller Memorial Golf Course.
PROSPECT, Ky. – The Tennessee Tech women’s golf team turned in another solid performance to put a cap on the Nevel Meade Collegiate Tuesday afternoon, rounding out the third and final round of action at Nevel Meade Golf Course.
PROSPECT, Ky. – The first two rounds of action at the Nevel Meade Collegiate officially came to a close Monday, as the Tennessee Tech women’s golf team delivered a strong showing in the second round competing at Nevel Meade Golf Course.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech women's golf team gets back to the links with a trip north to Nevel Meade Golf Club in Prospect, Ky. for Cleveland State’s Nevel Meade Collegiate Monday and Tuesday.
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech women’s golf team put a cap on its annual Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate, completing the second and final round of its home tournament at Sevierville Golf Club Tuesday afternoon.
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. – After seeing the first day of the ninth annual Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate cancelled due to snow, the Tennessee Tech women's golf team wrapped up the first round of action Monday evening, fielding a pair of teams in the program’s home event at Sevierville Golf Club.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech women's golf team returns to Sevierville, Tenn. to host the ninth annual Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate at Sevierville Golf Club. Due to inclement weather, including heavy amounts of snow in Sevierville, the tournament has been changed to a 36-hole event.
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. – The Tennessee Tech women's golf team concluded action at the RiverTowne Invitational Tuesday afternoon, completing the remaining holes left from Monday’s second round as well as the entirety of the third and final round.
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. – The Tennessee Tech women's golf team finished the first day of play at the RiverTowne Invitational Monday evening, concluding the day much like the rest of the field, with more action left to finish in the second round.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech women's golf team is set for its second week of action of the spring season, heading for Mt. Pleasant, S.C. and the RiverTowne Invitational hosted by Charleston Southern on Monday, Feb. 28 and Tuesday, Mar. 1
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The first event of the spring is officially in the books for the Tennessee Tech women's golf team, as the Golden Eagles wrapped up play at the Sea Best Intercollegiate Tuesday afternoon.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The first day of the Sea Best Intercollegiate came to a close Monday evening, with many in the field of 18 teams, including the Tennessee Tech women's golf team, still needing to finish up multiple holes of the second round.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech women's golf team will kick off the 2022 spring campaign in style, taking a flight south to Jacksonville, Fla. for the two-day Sea Best Intercollegiate at San Jose Country Club.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Tennessee Tech women’s golf team wrapped up the 2021-22 fall campaign Tuesday afternoon, putting the finishing touches on the third and final round of the Terrier Intercollegiate at the Carolina Country Club.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Day one of the Terrier Intercollegiate came to a close for the Tennessee Tech women’s golf team, as the Golden Eagles wrapped up the first two rounds of play at the Carolina Country Club Monday afternoon 13th overall.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech women's golf team rounds out the fall season Monday and Tuesday with a trip to Spartanburg, S.C. for the Terrier Intercollegiate at the Carolina Country Club.
GADSDEN, Ala. – The Tennessee Tech women’s golf team concluded play at the Chris Banister Golf Classic Tuesday afternoon, wrapping up the third and final round at RTJ at Silver Lakes in Gadsden, Ala. in sixth place.
GADSDEN, Ala. – Round two of the Chris Banister Golf Classic came to a close for the Tennessee Tech women’s golf team Monday, as the Golden Eagles maintained a sixth-place ranking while competing at RTJ at Silver Lakes.
GADSDEN, Ala. – The Tennessee Tech women’s golf team concluded the first of three rounds at the Chris Banister Golf Classic Sunday afternoon, sitting in sixth place through the opening 18 holes of action at RTJ at Silver Lakes.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech women's golf team heads south for its third event of the fall, competing in the three-day Chris Banister Fall Classic in Gadsden, Ala. at RTJ at Silver Lakes Sunday through Tuesday.
SPRINGFIELD, Tenn. – The third and final round of the F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate came to a close Tuesday afternoon, as the Tennessee Tech women’s golf team finished its second tournament of the fall season ninth overall.
SPRINGFIELD, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech women’s golf team wrapped up the first two rounds of action at the F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate Monday, competing at The Legacy Golf Course in Springfield, Tenn.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech women's golf team continues its fall campaign with a familiar tournament in a new location, competing in the F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate at Legacy Golf Course in Springfield, Tenn. on Monday and Tuesday.
PAWLEY’S ISLAND, S.C. – The Tennessee Tech women’s golf team sealed the deal on its first tournament of the fall, as the Golden Eagles completed their voyage in the Golfweek Fall Challenge at the Caledonia Golf & Fish Club in Pawley’s Island, S.C.
PAWLEY’S ISLAND, S.C. – Improvement was the name of the game for the Tennessee Tech women’s golf team in Monday’s second round of the Golfweek Fall Challenge at the Caledonia Golf & Fish Club in Pawley’s Island, S.C.
PAWLEY'S ISLAND, S.C. – Round one of the 2021-22 season is officially in the books for the Tennessee Tech women's golf team, as the Golden Eagles wrapped up play on Sunday at the Golfweek Fall Challenge.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech women's golf team kicks off its 2021-22 campaign with its first fall action since 2019 at the Golfweek Fall Challenge in Pawley’s Island, S.C. Hosted by Golfweek, the event is set to run Sunday through Tuesday at Caledonia Golf & Fish Club.