22 Cassie Nash
Cassie Nash
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Lincoln, Neb.
  • High School:
    Lincoln Southeast
  • Position:
    F
  • g
    24
  • a
    7
  • pts
    55
  • gw
    8

Bio

Honors & Awards
  • United Soccer Coaches All-American Third Team (2022)
  • Two-time United Soccer Coaches All-Region (2021-22)
  • Two-time CSC (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-District (2021-22)
  • American Rivers Conference Offensive MVP (2022)
  • Three-time All-American Rivers Conference First Team (2020-22)
  • Three-time American Rivers Conference All-Academic Team (2020-22)
  • Three-time Team Offensive MVP (2020-22)
  • SC ESPY Female Athlete of the Year (2021-22)
  • Five-time A-R-C Offensive Player of the Week 
  • Three-time letterwinner (2020-22)
2022 | senior
  • Became the first Storm soccer player to be named to an All-American
  • Named A-R-C Offensive MVP and Team Offensive MVP
  • Received her second straight All-A-R-C First Team honor
  • Selected to the CSC Academic All-District Team for the second time and the All-A-R-C Academic Team for the third time
  • Honored as A-R-C Offensive Player of the Week four times, including a streak of three weeks in a row from Oct. 17-31
  • Named United Soccer Coaches DIII National Player of the Week on Oct. 19 after tallying 13 points across two games
  • Started all 19 games for the Storm, scoring 24 goals and adding seven assists
  • Notched seven multi-goal games on the year
  • Netted all five goals for the Storm in a 5-3 win at Luther and added another hat trick with three goals against Dubuque
  • Recorded at least one point in the final eight games of the season, scoring goals in seven of them
  • Lifted the Storm to an A-R-C Tournament Semifinal win over No. 17 Wartburg by scoring the equalizer in the 88th minute of regulation and the game-winner less than two minutes into overtime
2021 | junior
  • Named United Soccer Coaches All-Region Second Team, the first player to earn all-region honors since 2003
  • Named to the All-American Rivers Conference Team
  • Named to American Rivers Conference All-Academic Team
  • Selected as team's Offensive MVP for second year in a row
  • Voted A-R-C Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 27
  • Played in all 20 games, starting 19 of those
  • Scored 13 goals (t-1st A-R-C) throughout the season, the highest total by a Simpson player since 2006
  • Recorded seven assists for a points total of 33 which led the conference
  • Also paced the league in shots (76) and shots on goal (43)
  • Had four multi-goal performances and three game-winners
  • Tallied a career-high five points on two occasions
2020 | sophomore
  • Named to the All-American Rivers Conference Team
  • Named to American Rivers Conference All-Academic Team
  • Selected as team's Co-Offensive MVP with Megan Roberts
  • Started all seven matches for the Storm in her first season on the women’s soccer team
  • Recorded two game-winning netters for fourth in the A-R-C
  • Finished sixth in the league in goals (4)
2019 | freshman
  • Did not compete on the women's soccer team, played on the Simpson women's basketball team
High School
  • A 2019 graduate of Lincoln Southeast High School
  • Coached by Isaiah Dell
  • Journal Star Girls Soccer Player of the Year
  • Named honorable mention all-conference and all-state for basketball senior and junior seasons
  • Named academic all-conference and all-state for basketball and soccer as a senior, junior and sophomore
  • Placed on the Super-State First Team and Class A All-State teams
  • Member of National Honor Society
Personal
  • Daughter of Jerry and Cindy Nash
  • Has one sister, Jasmyn, and three brothers, Jerry, Tre, and Devon
  • Majoring in sports administration and multimedia journalism
  • Involved in Fellowship of Christian Athletes 
  • Also a member of the Storm women's basketball team

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 19 at Neb. Wesleyan W, 7-0
Oct 22 Dubuque W, 5-1
Oct 25 Wis.-River Falls W, 4-0
Oct 29 Central (Iowa) W, 2-1
Nov 2 at Wartburg W, 2-1
Nov 5 at Loras L, 6-1
  Overall Conf
Games 19 8
Games started 19 8
Goals 24 14
Assists 7 3
Points 55 31
Shots 82 30
Shot Pct .293 .467
Penalty kicks 1-2 1-1
Game-winning goals 8 4
Date Opponent Score gs g a pts sh pct pk gw
Aug 21 at Quincy W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Aug 25 at Grinnell W, 4-1 - - - - - - - -
Sep 1 Ill. Wesleyan T, 1-1 1 0 0 0 6 .000 0-0 0
Sep 3 at St. Catherine L, 4-1 1 1 0 2 3 .333 0-0 0
Sep 6 at Knox W, 5-0 1 1 1 3 2 .500 0-0 0
Sep 9 at Texas-Dallas L, 1-0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0-0 0
Sep 10 at Dallas W, 3-0 1 2 1 5 8 .250 0-0 1
Sep 14 at Augustana (Ill.) L, 2-1 1 0 0 0 7 .000 0-0 0
Sep 17 Wis.-Eau Claire W, 1-0 1 1 0 2 4 .250 0-0 1
Sep 21 at Monmouth (Ill.)   - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 Coe W, 4-1 1 1 1 3 4 .250 0-0 0
Oct 1 at Wartburg L, 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 5 Buena Vista W, 7-0 1 2 1 5 4 .500 0-0 1
Oct 8 Loras L, 3-0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0-0 0
Oct 11 at Central (Iowa) W, 6-1 1 1 1 3 2 .500 0-0 0
Oct 15 at Luther W, 5-3 1 5 0 10 7 .714 1-1 1
Oct 19 at Neb. Wesleyan W, 7-0 1 2 0 4 5 .400 0-0 1
Oct 22 Dubuque W, 5-1 1 3 0 6 6 .500 0-0 1
Oct 25 Wis.-River Falls W, 4-0 1 1 1 3 2 .500 0-0 0
Oct 29 Central (Iowa) W, 2-1 1 2 0 4 6 .333 0-0 1
Nov 2 at Wartburg W, 2-1 1 2 0 4 7 .286 0-0 1
Nov 5 at Loras L, 6-1 1 0 1 1 4 .000 0-1 0

Career Stats - Game

  gp gs gpg a/g pts/g sh/g sh% sog/g sog%
2020-21 7 7 .57 .29 1.43 4.00 .143 2.00 .500
2021-22 20 19 .65 .35 1.65 3.80 .171 2.15 .566
2022-23 19 19 1.26 .37 2.89 4.32 .293 2.58 .598
2023-24 21 21 1.05 .48 2.57 4.29 .244 2.86 .667
Total 67 66 .94 .39 2.27 4.12 .228 2.48 .601

Career Stats - Season

  gp gs g a pts sh sh% sog sog% yc rc pk gw
2020-21 7 7 4 2 10 28 .143 14 .500 0 0 0-0 2
2021-22 20 19 13 7 33 76 .171 43 .566 0 0 0-0 3
2022-23 19 19 24 7 55 82 .293 49 .598 1 0 1-2 8
2023-24 21 21 22 10 54 90 .244 60 .667 1 0 0-1 5
Total 67 66 63 26 152 276 .228 166 .601 2 0 1-3 18

Splits Stats - Game

    gp gs gpg a/g pts/g sh/g sh% sog/g sog%
Event Total 19 19 1.26 .37 2.89 4.32 .293 2.58 .598
Conference 8 8 1.75 .38 3.88 3.75 .467 2.63 .700
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 8 8 1.25 .38 2.88 4.25 .294 2.88 .676
Away 11 11 1.27 .36 2.91 4.36 .292 2.36 .542
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 12 12 1.92 .50 4.33 4.75 .404 3.25 .684
Losses 6 6 .17 .17 .50 3.17 .053 1.17 .368
Month September 8 8 .75 .38 1.88 4.63 .162 2.25 .486
October 9 9 1.78 .33 3.89 3.78 .471 2.78 .735
November 2 2 1.00 .50 2.50 5.50 .182 3.00 .545

Splits Stats - Season

    gp gs g a pts sh sh% sog sog% yc rc pk gw
Event Total 19 19 24 7 55 82 .293 49 .598 1 0 1-2 8
Conference 8 8 14 3 31 30 .467 21 .700 0 0 1-1 4
Exhibition - - - - 0 - - - - - - 0-0 -
Location Home 8 8 10 3 23 34 .294 23 .676 0 0 0-0 4
Away 11 11 14 4 32 48 .292 26 .542 1 0 1-2 4
Neutral - - - - 0 - - - - - - 0-0 -
Result Wins 12 12 23 6 52 57 .404 39 .684 0 0 1-1 8
Losses 6 6 1 1 3 19 .053 7 .368 1 0 0-1 0
Month September 8 8 6 3 15 37 .162 18 .486 1 0 0-0 2
October 9 9 16 3 35 34 .471 25 .735 0 0 1-1 5
November 2 2 2 1 5 11 .182 6 .545 0 0 0-1 1

News Mentions

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Women’s soccer tabbed SC ESPY Team of the Year

Leaders on the field, in the classroom and in the community, the Simpson College women’s soccer players and coaches have one more accolade...

June 8, 2023

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Nash garners another All-American award

Cassie Nash of the Simpson College women’s soccer team received another postseason accolade following her outstanding senior season on the...

April 5, 2023

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Nash named third team All-American

A day after earning her second career all-region nod, senior Cassie Nash makes history as the first All-American in Simpson College women’s...

November 30, 2022

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Nash, Arnburg garner all-region recognition

The United Soccer Coaches released its 2022 All-Region teams on Tuesday and the Simpson College women’s soccer team had multiple players...

November 29, 2022

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Six players earn academic all-district recognition

The Simpson College women's soccer team had six players earn Academic All-District honors from the College Sports Communicators on Tuesday.

November 15, 2022

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Nash, Reinert headline women’s soccer all-conference awards

Cassie Nash was named Offensive Player of the Year, Jeremy Reinert earned his second Coach of the Year honor, and the Simpson College women’...

November 10, 2022

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Simpson falls to Duhawks in title match

The Simpson College women’s soccer team fell 6-1 to No. 11/15 Loras in the American Rivers Conference Tournament Championship on Saturday.

November 5, 2022

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Storm to square off against Loras in A-R-C Championship game

The third-seeded Simpson College women’s soccer team and top-seeded Loras Duhawks will vie for the American Rivers Conference Tournament...

November 4, 2022

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Storm upset No. 17 Wartburg, advance to A-R-C Championship

Cassie Nash tied the game with 2:22 left in regulation and scored the go-ahead goal less than two minutes into overtime to send the Simpson...

November 2, 2022

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Women's soccer ranked eighth in regional poll

Riding a six-game winning streak into the American Rivers Conference Semifinals, the Simpson College women’s soccer team secured the No. 8...

November 1, 2022

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Simpson trio earn player of the week honors

Three Simpson College athletes have been recognized by the American Rivers Conference as players of the week for their respective sports.

October 31, 2022

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Women’s soccer advances to semifinal round

The No. 3-seeded Simpson College women’s soccer team topped No. 6-seeded Central 2-1 in the first round of the American Rivers Conference...

October 29, 2022

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Storm finish regular season with 4-0 shutout

The Simpson College women’s soccer team ended its 2022 regular season with a 4-0 win over Wisconsin-River Falls.

October 25, 2022

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Nash earns back-to-back A-R-C Offensive Player of the Week award

For the second week in a row and third time this season, senior Cassie Nash has been named American Rivers Conference Offensive Player of the...

October 24, 2022

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Storm roll past Dubuque on Senior Day

Cassie Nash continued her standout season, netting another hat trick to lead Simpson women’s soccer team to a 5-1 drubbing of Dubuque,...

October 22, 2022

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Nash earns national recognition following five-goal performance

In addition to the American Rivers Conference Player of the Week honor she earned on Monday, Cassie Nash has been named the United Soccer Coaches...

October 19, 2022

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Simpson takes care of business in Lincoln

The offense was rolling once again for the Simpson College women’s soccer team on Wednesday night in Lincoln. Behind goals from five...

October 19, 2022

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Nash picks up second player of the week honor

After tallying 13 points fueled by a five-goal performance at Luther, senior Cassie Nash has been named the American Rivers Conference Offensive...

October 17, 2022

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Nash explodes for five goals on the road

Cassie Nash found the back of the net five times to lift the Simpson College women’s soccer team to a 5-3 road win over Luther.

October 15, 2022

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Roberts nets hat trick, Storm rout Dutch

Megan Roberts became the first Storm player to score a hat trick in five years and the Simpson College women’s soccer team posted its...

October 11, 2022

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Six players score in Simpson’s 7-0 home win

Cassie Nash scored twice, three players converted their first goal of the season, and the Simpson College women’s soccer team posted a 7-0...

October 5, 2022

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Simpson cruises to first A-R-C victory

Megan Roberts scored twice, the defense allowed just three shots and the Simpson College women's soccer team cruised to a 4-1 win over Coe in its...

September 24, 2022

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Early goal, stout defense helps Storm top Blugolds

Cassie Nash scored less than two minutes into the game and the Simpson College women’s soccer team collected a 1-0 home victory over...

September 17, 2022

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Storm unable to complete late rally attempt

Simpson College women’s soccer team suffered a 2-1 setback at Augustana, Wednesday, at Thorson-Lucken Field.

September 14, 2022

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Nash, Klein collect weekly A-R-C honor

Simpson College women’s soccer senior Cassie Nash and Storm men’s cross country junior Andrew Klein have both been named American...

September 12, 2022

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Storm return to win column with 3-0 shutout

Cassie Nash played a role in all three goals that helped the SImpson College women’s soccer team return to the win column on Saturday. The...

September 10, 2022

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Simpson suffers 1-0 setback to Comets

The Simpson College women’s soccer team opened its Texas trip with a 1-0 loss to Texas at Dallas on Friday evening.

September 9, 2022

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Women’s soccer downs Knox 5-0

Freshman Brissa Valadez scored two goals and the Simpson College women?s soccer team rolled to its first win of the season on Tuesday, defeating...

September 6, 2022

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Women’s soccer falls to St. Catherine in first road match

RV St. Catherine scored two goals in each half to top the Simpson College women’s soccer team in its first road match of the season, 4-1, on...

September 3, 2022

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Foelske’s late goal leads to 1-1 draw

The Simpson College women’s soccer team opened the 2022 season with a hard-fought 1-1 draw against Illinois Wesleyan on Thursday at Buxton...

September 1, 2022

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Storm tabbed third in A-R-C Preseason Poll

Fresh off its best season in 10 years, the Simpson College women’s soccer team was picked third with 51 points in the 2022 American Rivers...

August 16, 2022