Career
Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Simpson (Brazinski at the time) was named to the team representing the United States of America at the 1973 World University Games competition in Moscow, Soviet Union. lieutenant was the eighth such competition, but the first one in which the United States of America competed in women"s basketball. The United States of America team had to play the Soviet Union in the opening round, and lost to the hosts, 92–43.
After preliminary play, the teams moved into medal rounds, where the first round loss carried over.
That sent them to the gold medal game, but against the host Soviet Union, now 7–0. In 1975, Simpson played for the United States of America team in the Pan American Games held in Mexico City, Mexico.
Simpson earned a spot on the United States of America National team, which competed in the 1975 World Championship held in Cali, Colombia. The United States of America team lost their opening round game by two points to Japan 73–71.
The United States of America finished the competition in eighth place.
Simpson continued with the National team to the 1976 Olympics, held in Montreal, Canada. After losing the opening game to Japan, the United States of America team beat Bulgaria, but then faced host team Canada. Simpson scored 14 points, second only to Nancy Dunkle"s 17 points, to help the United States of America team defeat Canada 84–71.
After losing to the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, the United States of America team needed a victory against Czechoslovakia to secure a medal.