The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2024 Soccer Roster
Roster
Jilly Shimkin
- Position:
- M/F
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- South Side
- Prev School:
- Penn State
- Hometown:
- Rockville Centre, N.Y.
- Major:
- Sport Management
Career Accolades
- 2x Academic All-Big First Team (2022-23)
- 1x SEC Preseason Watchlist (2024)
- 1x College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District (2023)
- 1x Top Drawer Soccer Women's College Preseason Top 100 - No. 75 (2023)
- 1x United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region Third Team (2022)
- 1x All-Big 12 Conference Second Team (2022)
- 1x Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (2022)
2024, Senior
SEC Preseason Watchlist ...
2023, Junior
Concluded the season ranked 10th in the nation in total assists ... finished third on the team with 20 points after scoring four goals and being credited with 12 assists in 1,792 minutes of match action throughout all 24 matches of her junior campaign in 2023 ... set a season high with assists on three of Texas' four goals in the Longhorns' 4-2 victory over TCU (10/23) ... credited with two-assist outings against Rice (8/20) and at Baylor (9/14) ... three of her four goals on the season occurred at Mike A. Myers Stadium: Rice (8/20), Iona (8/27), SMU (9/3) ... also found the back of the net at Houston (10/15) ... credited with an assist on Lexi Missimo's game-winning goal at the 67th minute in UT's 2-1 win against Wisconsin in the second round of the NCAA Tournament ... scored a goal and credited with an assist in the same game on two separate occasions: Iona (8/27) and SMU (9/3) ... had one assist against SFA (9/7) and West Virginia (10/30) ...
2022, Sophomore
Started all 22 matches and played a total of 1,812 minutes ... rated fourth in the Big 12 Conference in both assists (tied - seven) and points (21) and seventh in goals (tied - seven) ... fired 60 total shots with 27 of those on frame ... in league play, scored four goals and dished three assists for 11 points while starting all nine Big 12 Conference contests ... tickled the twine in three straight matches from Oct. 6-13 (Kansas State, Kansas, at West Virginia) ... set the tone during the 3-1, NCAA First Round victory over Texas A&M (11/11) by blasting home a 19-yard free kick for the opening goal (11:41) ... with Texas needing a win to clinch the Big 12 regular-season title at Oklahoma State (10/23), Shimkin got the Horns on the board by nutmegging a defender, driving in and beating the keeper from a tough angle at the left post (seven yards) to make it 1-0 ... scored the tying goal at 33:53 and assisted on Trinity Byars’ match-winner at 57:58 as UT secured its first-ever win at West Virginia (10/13), 2-1 ... recorded her first career match-winning goal by scoring just 10:52 into the 5-0 rout of UTRGV (9/11) ... delivered a pass upfield to Byars that led to UT’s opening goal (57:18) and kickstarted a rally from a 2-0 second-half deficit to a 3-2 win at Gonzaga (9/4) ... got her Texas career off to a quick start by totaling three points on a goal and an assist during the season-opening, 5-0 victory over Lipscomb (8/18) ...
Prior to Texas (Penn State, 2021)
Played in 19 matches with 15 starts for the Nittany Lions, totaling 13 shots (five on frame) ... managed assists in matches against Maryland (10/8) & Indiana (10/13) ... delivered the helper on the match-winning goal in a 2-1 win over Hofstra (Aug. 29) ...
Club
Rated as a five-star recruit and the No. 7 overall player according to the Class of 2021 Top Drawer Soccer IMG Academy Top 150 national player rankings ... a three-time United Soccer Coaches All-American (2017, 2018, 2019) and a member of the 2018 Development Academy Best XI ... scored 16 goals and dished 35 assists for 67 points over just 16 matches during the 2020 club campaign ... a three-time New York State Cup and National Futsal Champion as well as a World Futsal Champion ... played for New York Soccer Club (NYSC) and the Albertson Fury ...
International
Called up to U.S. Women's Futsal National Team ID Training Camp (May 2024) ... Participated in a U-23 Women's National Team Camp (March 2023) ... Called up to the U.S. U-20 National Team for friendlies against Costa Rica (5/15 and 5/18 - 2022) ... was an alternate for the 2022 U.S. U-20 CONCACAF Women’s U-20 Championship after training with the team at camp prior to the event (12/2021) ... earned a call-up to the 2021 U.S. Soccer Under-20 Women’s National Team training camp held from Dec. 7-14 at the Elite Athlete Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. ... has participated as part of U.S. Women’s Youth National Team squads from Under-14 all the way up through Under-20 ... with the USYNT, she has competed in events in Germany, China, Belgium, Sweden, Portugal and the Netherlands ...
High School
Did not play high school soccer ...
Personal
Daughter of Jodie and Pete Shimkin ... has three siblings, Nick, Lyla, and Chloe, who is a freshman in the Texas women's soccer program ... her dad was a three-time Centennial Conference Champion and a NCAA qualifier in wrestling at Muhlenberg College (Pa.) ... has spent time volunteering at her grandmother’s school helping children with Down’s Syndrome ... went to the same high school and grew up down the street from current U.S. Women’s National Team and NWSL pro soccer player Crystal Dunn ...
