University of New Haven Athletics

2023-24: Named to the Northeast-10 All-Rookie Team … Played in 27 games, starting in 17 … Finished the season third on the team in scoring with an average of 10.3 points per game, while adding 3.6 rebounds per game … Added 33 assists on the season and was third on the team with 28 steals … Closed out the year shooting 43.8 percent from the field (96-of-219) and was third on the team from beyond the arc with 42 three pointers coming on 107 attempts (.393) … Finished 13 games with double figures in the scoring column and closed out all but one of the 27 games he played with at least two points … Made his collegiate debut in the season-opener against Post, finishing the first of back-to-back games with double figures with 17 points, going 5-of-11 from the field and a perfect 6-of-6 at the line against the Eagles … Longest double digit streak of the season as eight-straight games, including half of those with 20+ … Set a career-high with 27 points in a non-conference game against Georgian Court (Dec. 12), shooting 9-of-13 from the field with seven of the nine buckets from outside the three point arc … In the very next game, set a career-best going a perfect 8-of-8 at the free throw line, part of a 20-point effort in a non-conference game against Staten Island (Dec. 30) … Earned Academic Honors accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll following both the Spring 2024 semester.

2022-23: Red-shirt the 2022-23 season … Earned Academic Honors accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll following both the Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 semesters.

High School: Graduated in 2022 from St. Joseph High School in Metuchen, N.J. where he played varsity basketball all four years and was named captain for two ... Under Falcons' Head Coach Jan Cocoziello, he was an All-Greater Middlesex Conference and an All-State honoree ... Off the court, he was an All-Conference Scholar and a member of the chess club.

Personal: Son of Eric Simmon and Erica Quezada ... Has a younger sister, Eva ... Majoring in exercise science