Vanderbilt kicker Sarah Fuller makes history, becoming first woman to play in Power Five football ga
Source: USA Today
Vanderbilt's Sarah Fuller kicked off to start the second half against Missouri on Saturday, becoming the first woman to play in a Power Five football game.
It was a squib kick to the Missouri 35-yard line.
Fuller, a senior goalkeeper for Vanderbilt's soccer team, was asked to join the football team this week after COVID-19 contact tracing depleted the roster of specialists. She was the only kicker who traveled with the Commodores, according to Vanderbilt spokesperson Alan George.
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Congratulations Sarah Fuller!
Stallion
(6,474 posts)with an extra point
aggiesal
(8,914 posts)Hoping she gets it.
ProfessorGAC
(65,010 posts)...would be a much bigger deal.
Her name would appear in the NCAA record books, because the kicker gets credit for those points.
She'd not just the the first, but the record is permanently etched.
That'd be cool!
aggiesal
(8,914 posts)but yes that would be cool!
d_r
(6,907 posts)For extra point also
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)Play like a WOMAN!
muriel_volestrangler
(101,311 posts)paleotn
(17,912 posts)No serious talent at that position coming out of 2019, then Covid hit. Really, they've been weak in punting and place kicking for a number of years. Glad she got the opportunity. Hats off to coach Mason.