With limited football opportunities for women in a country town, Simmons turned her athletic interests to basketball.
At junior age, she won gold with the Australia women's national basketball team in the 2019 World University Games.
[2] Simmons spent three years at Oregon State University playing basketball prior her return home to New South Wales.
[5] Simmons was officially drafted to the Adelaide Crows as a rookie signing in 2021,[2] despite interest from Richmond and North Melbourne.
She played three games in her first season at the Power, but was not involved in Port Adelaide's historic 2024 campaign in which they made finals.