Gammon Named ECAC New England & GNAC Soccer Player of the Week Again

WINTHROP, Mass. – Simmons women's soccer player Kashka Gammon (Nashua, N.H.) was named the Corvias Eastern College Athletic Conference and Great Northeast Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Player of the Week for the week of October 5-11, it was announced by each league. Gammon earns the award from both organizations for the second straight week. 

The honor marks the third time that a Simmons College player has been selected by the GNAC this season. Senior Greer Gilbert (Falmouth, Mass.) was also named for the week of September 7-13.
Gammon tallied five goals for 10 points in a pair of matches on the week. The sophomore registered her first collegiate hat trick with three goals, including the game-winner in a 4-1 victory at Norwich University on October 7. The forward capped the week by netting both goals in a 2-0 win at Suffolk University on October 10.

A graduate of Brookline-Hollis High School, Gammon currently leads the Sharks with 10 goals and 21 points in 13 contests, while ranking second among conference leaders in both points and goals. Gammon has racked up multiple goals in three consecutive matches to become the first Simmons player to notch the achievement in over a decade. She also has scored at least one marker in each of her last four matches for a total of eight in that span.

Gammon has played 32 career matches, while making 25 starts. She has 33 lifetime points for the Sharks with 15 goals and three assists.

Simmons is currently 7-6-0 on the season, including a 6-1-0 mark in league play to sit tied for second in the GNAC standings with Emmanuel College, who the Sharks will face on Tuesday, October 13 at 7:00 p.m. on Clemente Field in Boston, Mass.