First Girl To Play College Football

Nationwide antoinette toni harris a 22 year old black woman is the first woman ever to attend college on a full football scholarship.

First girl to play college football. Longo also has ties to college footballs first female kicker katie hnida who played for both colorado and new mexico state and was the first woman to score in a division i football game. Athlete who became the first female quarterback to take a pop warner youth league to the national championships. Her story was depicted in the film the longshots. Toni harris who attends east los angeles college was already the first woman the schools history to play football and now she is heading to central methodist university in missouri.

The 18 year old kicker is believed to be the first female to receive a football scholarship to a division ii school or higher sealing the deal with a signing ceremony last week at basha high. In 1997 liz heaston became the first female to score in a college football game when she kicked an extra point for willamette. Prior to this game female athletes at duke and louisville had come close to playing in a game but did not. Jasmine plummer is a us.

About a dozen women have played college football at various levels. Longo is the first woman to receive college football scholarship from a d ii school or higher. Born may 17 1981 is an american football player who became the first woman to score in an ncaa division i a game college football s highest level. On october 18 1997 liz heaston became the first woman to play and score in a college football game kicking two extra points.

She accomplished this as placekicker for the university of new mexico lobos on august 30 2003. She has overcome challenges brought about by her gender build what other people say and even a fatal illness she was diagnosed with.