2024 Lacrosse Roster

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41 Simone Holland

  • Position Attack
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Last School(s) St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School
  • Hometown Alexandria, VA
  • Major Undeclared

Biography

Pronunciation
suh-MOAN

Holland's Cal Career Game Highs
Goals:
 1 (twice, last at Stanford, 2024)
Assists: 1 (vs. Butler, 2024)
Points: 1 (three times, last at Stanford, 2024)
Shots: 1 (four times, last at Stanford, 2024)
Shots On Goal: 1 (three times, last at Stanford, 2024)
Free Position Goals: 1 (at Stanford, 2024)
Free Position Shots: 1 (at Stanford, 2024)
Ground Balls: 1 (seven times, last at Le Moyne, 2024)
Caused Turnovers: 1 (four times, last vs. Howard, 2023)

Cal Career (2021-24)
– Played in 33 games with three starts
Contributed two goals and one assist for three points, while registering four shots and a .500 shot percentage, three shots on goal and a .750 shots on goal percentage, seven ground balls and four caused turnovers
– Was a defender during each of her first three campaigns before moving to attack as a 2024 senior
– A three-time member of the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll as a 2021 freshman, 2022 sophomore and 2023 junior

Senior (2024)
– Played in 10 of 15 games all off the bench
Contributed her lone career offensive stats with two goals and one assist for three points, four shots and a .500 shot percentage, three shots on goal and a .750 shots on goal percentage, while adding one ground ball and was 1-of-1 on free position shots
Scored the lone two goals of her career in the season opener vs. Akron and the season finale at Stanford
– Akron (W, 19-10)  1 goal, 1 point, 1 shot, 1 shot on goal ... career-high-tying goals, points, shots and shots on goal
– at Le Moyne (L, 6-9)  1 shot, 1 ground ball ... career-high-tying ground balls
– at Cornell (L, 7-13)  Played but did not record any stats other than participation and one turnover
– Lindenwood (L, 7-8)  Played but did not record any stats other than participation and two turnovers
– St. Bonaventure (L, 8-10)  Played but did not record any stats other than participation
– Winthrop (W, 14-3)  1 shot, 1 shot on goal ... career-high-tying shots and shots on goal
– Butler (W, 16-8)  1 assist, 1 point ... lone career assist ... career-high-tying points
– No. 20 Colorado (L, 7-15)  Played but did not record any stats other than participation
– at No. 19 Stanford (L, 8-15)  1 goal, 1 point, 1 shot, 1 shot on goal, 1-1 free position shots ... lone career free position goal and free position shot ... career-high-tying goals, points, shots and shots on goal

Junior (2023)
– Played in seven games all off the bench, contributing two ground balls and one caused turnover
– A member of the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll for the third straight season
– vs. Central Michigan (L, 12-15) – Played but did not record any stats other than participation
– at San Diego State (L, 9-11)  1 ground ball ... career-high-tying ground balls
– Howard (W, 17-1) – 1 ground ball, 1 caused turnover ... career-high-tying ground balls and caused turnovers
– at Oregon (W, 13-12) – Played but did not record any stats other than participation
– at Colorado (L, 3-20) – Played but did not record any stats other than participation
– at No. 21 USC (L, 4-18) – Played but did not record any stats other than participation
– Colorado (L, 9-19) – Played but did not record any stats other than participation

Sophomore (2022)
– Played in 14 games with three starts which are both career highs
– Contributed career highs of four ground balls and three caused turnovers
– A member of the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll for the second of three straight seasons
– at Navy (L, 10-18)  Played but did not record any stats other than participation ... first Cal start
– at No. 11 Virginia (L, 5-18) – 1 ground ball ... career-high-tying ground balls
– San Diego State (L, 6-15)  1 ground ball, 1 caused turnover ... career-high-tying ground balls and caused turnovers
– at Stanford (L, 8-20) – 1 ground ball ... career-high-tying ground balls
– Liberty (L, 13-17) – Played but did not record any stats other than participation
– No. 15 USC (L, 9-19) – 1 caused turnover ... career-high-tying caused turnovers
– Arizona State (L, 18-21) – 1 ground ball ... career-high-tying ground balls
– at Colorado (L, 10-16) – Played but did not record any stats other than participation
– Oregon (W, 14-12) – Played but did not record any stats other than participation
– Colorado (L, 9-17) – Played but did not record any stats other than participation
– at USC (L, 11-20) – Played but did not record any stats other than participation and one turnover
– at Arizona State (L, 10-18) – Played but did not record any stats other than participation
– at UC Davis (W, 16-15) – Played but did not record any stats other than participation
– Stanford (L, 11-18) – 1 caused turnover ... career-high-tying caused turnovers

Freshman (2021)
– Played in two games off the bench but did not record any stats other than participation
– A member of the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll for the first of three straight seasons
– at Stanford (L, 4-21)  Played but did not record any stats other than participation ... Cal debut
– at UC Davis (L, 4-14) Played but did not record any stats other than participation

St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School (Class Of 2019)
– Selected as a captain for her 2020 senior team that was ranked No. 2 nationally in the preseason by US Lacrosse but squad has not played a game due to coronavirus
– Earned US Lacrosse Academic All-American recognition, first-team All-State honors from the Virginia Independent School Athletic Association and a first-team Independent School League AA selection, while she was an honorable mention All-Metro pick of the Washington Post as a 2019 junior
– Led her junior squad that won both VISAA state and ISL AA titles on its way to a 25-2 overall record and No. 9 final national ranking by Inside Lacrosse in ground balls (37) and caused turnovers (28)
– Also led her 2018 sophomore squad in ground balls and assists for a team that finished 26-4 overall and No. 25 in Inside Lacrosse's final rankings after being co-ISL AA champions
– Also a four-year varsity starter in basketball who was a team captain in each of her final two seasons, team MVP as a 2018-19 junior and an All-ISL AA pick in her 2016-17 freshman campaign
– A founding executive committee member of Saints Play (a tuition free sports camp for underprivileged children in the Alexandria community), as well as a member of Jack and Jill and the National Society of High School Honors
– A four-year member of the Heads List

Club Lacrosse
– Played with Capital 2020 from 2017-19
– Played in the FIL Rathbones World Cub in London

Other
– Born May 14, 2002
– Daughter of Robert Holland and the late Margo Holland
– Major is business administration

Last Updated
April 28, 2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 41

    2021Freshman

    Defense
    5'7"
    41
  • 41

    2022Sophomore

    Defense
    5'7"
    41
  • 41

    2023Junior

    Defense
    5'7"
    41
  • 41

    2024Senior

    Attack
    5'7"
    41