Jilly Shimkin

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Jilly Shimkin
File:Texas vs MSU - NCAA 2024 - 030 (Shimkin).jpg
Shimkin with Texas in 2024
Personal information
Full name Jillian Alexandra Shimkin[1]
Date of birth (2003-02-21) February 21, 2003 (age 23)[1]
Place of birth Rockville Centre, New York, U.S.
Height 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Position(s)
Team information
Current team
 Tampa Bay Sun
Number 11
Youth career
Albertson Fury
New York SC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021 Penn State Nittany Lions 19 (0)
2022–2024 Texas Longhorns 69 (15)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–22 Downtown United
2024 Tampa Bay United 4 (3)
2025– Tampa Bay Sun 11 (0)
International career
2017–2018 United States U15
2017 United States U16
2019 United States U17
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 01:10, December 22, 2025 (UTC)

Jillian Alexandra Shimkin (born February 21, 2003) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder or forward for USL Super League club Tampa Bay Sun. She played college soccer for the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Texas Longhorns.

Early life

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Shimkin was born in Rockville Centre, New York, one of four children born to Jodie and Pete Shimkin.[1][2] Her younger sister Chloe played with her at Texas for one season.[3] Shimkin began playing soccer at age four.[4] She attended South Side High School but did not play high school soccer.[2] She played club soccer for Albertson Fury and New York Soccer Club, earning United Soccer Coaches All-American honors three times.[2][5] She was ranked by TopDrawerSoccer as the seventh-best recruit of the 2021 class.[2] She committed to Penn State as a freshman.[6]

College career

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Shimkin played one season for the Penn State Nittany Lions in 2021, starting in 15 games.[1] She then transferred to the Texas Longhorns in 2022. She started all 22 games and scored 7 goals with 7 assists, earning second-team All-Big 12 Conference honors. She opened scoring in the game that clinched the Big 12 regular-season title for Texas and did the same in the first round of the NCAA tournament.[2] In her junior season in 2023, she recorded 12 assists and added 4 goals in 24 games. She assisted Lexi Missimo's winning goal to advance to the third round of the NCAA tournament, where they lost to eventual champions Florida State.[2][4] She finished her senior season in 2024 with 4 goals and 6 assists in 23 games, winning the SEC tournament in Texas's first season in the conference and assisting in both of the team's games in the NCAA tournament.[2][7]

During college, Shimkin played in the summer with Women's Premier Soccer League club Downtown United and USL W League club Tampa Bay United.[8][9]

Club career

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Shimkin was a non-roster trialist with the North Carolina Courage in the 2025 preseason.[10] In June, she played for Austin Rise FC at the Soccer Tournament 2025, a seven-a-side tournament.[11] The next month, she signed her first professional contract with USL Super League club Tampa Bay Sun, with whom she had trained the year prior.[12] She made her professional debut on August 23, coming on as a halftime substitute for Ava Tankersley in the Sun's opening day 2–1 loss to Brooklyn FC.[13]

International career

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Shimkin began training with the United States youth national team at the under-14 level.[14] She appeared in friendlies for the under-15, under-16, and under-17 teams between 2017 and 2019.[15] She played for the under-23 team against NWSL teams in the 2023 preseason.[14]

In 2024, Shimkin tried out for the United States national futsal team in advance of the inaugural 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup.[4]

Honors and awards

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Texas Longhorns

Individual

References

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