Athletic Department
Allen Simmons
Year Inducted: 2014
Category: Football
Simmons was a standout for the Catawba football teams from 1973-76. He still ranks as one of the top return men in school history.
Simmons ranks among the top five all-time in both kickoff and punt return average. He averaged 23.9 over 66 kickoff returns and 9.6 on 59 punt returns.
As a wide out, Simmons caught 44 passes in his career and set a school record by averaging 27 yards per catch in 1976. He stands third in a career with 3,890 all-purpose yards.
After Catawba, Simmons enrolled in seminary school and has served as a minister since 1984 in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. He has also been a mathematics teacher since 1989.
Simmons and his wife, Ann, have two daughters, Ashley and Allison.
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| « | January 2019 | » | ||||
| 1 | 2 January 2 Basketball (M) @ Southern Wesleyan 92-71 | 3 January 3 Basketball (W) @ Chowan 48-37 | 4 | 5 January 5 Basketball (W) @ Carson-Newman 77-90 Basketball (M) @ Carson-Newman 81-64 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 January 9 Basketball (W) vs. COKER 70-54 Basketball (M) vs. COKER 106-72 | 10 | 11 January 11 Swimming Women @ Queens 40-165 Swimming Men at Queens 37-166 | 12 January 12 Basketball (W) vs. LINCOLN MEMORIAL 59-72 Basketball (M) vs. LINCOLN MEMORIAL 96-83 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 January 16 Basketball (W) vs. QUEENS 74-71 Basketball (M) vs. QUEENS 86-87 | 17 | 18 January 18 Swimming Men @ Wingate w/LR | 19 January 19 Swimming WOMEN vs. WINGATE/LR Basketball (W) @ Anderson 60-100 Basketball (M) @ Anderson 80-82 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 January 23 Basketball (W) @ Lenoir-Rhyne 82-74 Basketball (M) @ Lenoir-Rhyne 8 p.m. | 24 | 25 January 25 Track/Field @ Finn Pincus Inv. (Day 1) | 26 January 26 Track/Field @ Finn Pincus Inv. (Day 2) Basketball (W) @ Tusculum 2 p.m. Basketball (M) @ Tusculum 4 p.m. |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 January 30 Basketball (W) vs. NEWBERRY 6 p.m. Basketball (M) vs. NEWBERRY 8 p.m. | 31 | ||
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