6 Tate Downs
Tate Downs
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Weight:
    160
  • Hometown:
    Ames, Iowa
  • Position:
    D/MF
  • Year:
    So.
  • High School:
    Ames
  • g
    1
  • a
    1
  • pts
    3
  • gw
    1

Bio

Honors & Awards
  • One-time College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2024)
  • One-time Academic All-A-R-C (2024)
  • Two-time Letterwinner (2023, 24)
2024 | sophomore
  • Saw action in all 19 matches, making 14 starts
  • Scored the game-winning goal in the 2-1 win over Dubuque
  • Collected one assist in the 4-1 loss to Carleton
  • Played over 1,100 minutes on the pitch
  • Named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District team
  • Selected to the Academic All-A-R-C team
2023 | freshman
  • Played in all 18 games, making 16 starts
  • Recorded an assist in the team’s win against Illinois College
High School
  • A 2023 graduate of Ames High School
  • Three-year all-conference and academic all-conference honoree
  • Three-year letterwinner and a team captain
Personal
  • Son of Vance and Stephanie Downs
  • Has two siblings
  • Majoring in management information systems

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 15 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 1-0
Oct 19 Loras W, 2-1
Oct 23 Dubuque W, 2-1
Oct 26 at Wartburg L, 3-0
Oct 29 Coe W, 3-2
Nov 2 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 1-0
  Overall Conf
Games 19 8
Games started 14 4
Goals 1 1
Assists 1 0
Points 3 2
Shots 6 4
Shot Pct .167 .250
Penalty kicks 0-0 0-0
Game-winning goals 1 1
Date Opponent Score gs g a pts sh pct pk gw
Aug 20 at William Penn   - - - - - - - -
Aug 22 Alumni Game   - - - - - - - -
Aug 26 Grand View   - - - - - - - -
Aug 30 at Augustana (Ill.) W, 3-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 3 at Macalester L, 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 7 vs. Concordia-M'head W, 1-0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0-0 0
Sep 8 vs. No. 6 Colorado Col. L, 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 11 at Cornell College W, 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 14 Knox W, 4-3 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 22 Carleton L, 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 24 Grinnell L, 3-2 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0-0 0
Sep 28 at Central (Iowa) T, 1-1 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0-0 0
Oct 1 Wis.-Platteville L, 3-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 6 No. 13 Wis.-Eau Claire T, 2-2 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 9 at Luther L, 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 12 Buena Vista W, 7-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 15 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 19 Loras W, 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 23 Dubuque W, 2-1 0 1 0 2 3 .333 0-0 1
Oct 26 at Wartburg L, 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 29 Coe W, 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Nov 2 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0

Career Stats - Game

  gp gs gpg a/g pts/g sh/g sh% sog/g sog%
2023-24 18 16 .00 .06 .06 .39 .000 .22 .571
2024-25 19 14 .05 .05 .16 .32 .167 .21 .667
2025-26 16 14 .00 .06 .06 .63 .000 .13 .200
Total 53 44 .02 .06 .09 .43 .043 .19 .435

Career Stats - Season

  gp gs g a pts sh sh% sog sog% yc rc pk gw
2023-24 18 16 0 1 1 7 .000 4 .571 0 0 0-0 0
2024-25 19 14 1 1 3 6 .167 4 .667 1 0 0-0 1
2025-26 16 14 0 1 1 10 .000 2 .200 1 0 0-0 0
Total 53 44 1 3 5 23 .043 10 .435 2 0 0-0 1

Splits Stats - Game

    gp gs gpg a/g pts/g sh/g sh% sog/g sog%
Event Total 19 14 .05 .05 .16 .32 .167 .21 .667
Conference 8 4 .13 .00 .25 .50 .250 .38 .750
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 9 6 .11 .11 .33 .44 .250 .33 .750
Away 8 6 .00 .00 .00 .13 .000 .13 1.000
Neutral 2 2 .00 .00 .00 .50 .000 .00 .000
Result Wins 8 5 .13 .00 .25 .50 .250 .25 .500
Losses 9 7 .00 .11 .11 .11 .000 .11 1.000
Month August 1 1 .00 .00 .00 .00 - .00 -
September 8 8 .00 .13 .13 .38 .000 .25 .667
October 9 5 .11 .00 .22 .33 .333 .22 .667
November 1 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 - .00 -

Splits Stats - Season

    gp gs g a pts sh sh% sog sog% yc rc pk gw
Event Total 19 14 1 1 3 6 .167 4 .667 1 0 0-0 1
Conference 8 4 1 0 2 4 .250 3 .750 0 0 0-0 1
Exhibition - - - - 0 - - - - 0 0 0-0 -
Location Home 9 6 1 1 3 4 .250 3 .750 1 0 0-0 1
Away 8 6 0 0 0 1 .000 1 1.000 0 0 0-0 0
Neutral 2 2 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0
Result Wins 8 5 1 0 2 4 .250 2 .500 0 0 0-0 1
Losses 9 7 0 1 1 1 .000 1 1.000 0 0 0-0 0
Month August 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 0-0 0
September 8 8 0 1 1 3 .000 2 .667 0 0 0-0 0
October 9 5 1 0 2 3 .333 2 .667 1 0 0-0 1
November 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 0-0 0

News Mentions

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Five Storm named to CSC Academic All-District team

Five members of the Simpson men’s soccer team were selected to the 2024 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team this...

November 20, 2024

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Downs scores last minute goal to clinch critical 2-1 victory

With just a minute and change left on the clock, Tate Downs delivered the critical game-winning goal to lift Simpson to a 2-1 victory over Dubuque...

October 23, 2024

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Dickson scores lone goal as Simpson falls to Carleton

A goal from Mitchell Dickson helped the Storm cut the lead in half to begin the second half; however, it proved to be not enough as Simpson fell...

September 22, 2024