Becca Longo
| Adams State Grizzlies – No. 45 | |
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| Position | Placekicker |
| Class |
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| Major | Kinesiology |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | March 17, 1999 Chandler, Arizona |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 140 lb (64 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Chandler (AZ) Basha |
Rebecca Longo (born March 17, 1999) is an American football kicker who became the first woman to earn a college football scholarship to an NCAA school at the Division II level or higher when she signed a letter of intent with Adams State University.[1] She attended Basha High School in Chandler, Arizona and started playing football competitively her sophomore year. In 2014, she was a junior varsity kicker at Queen Creek High in Arizona, but after transferring to Basha High she was forced to sit out her junior year.[2]
In her final year, she converted 30 extra points on 33 attempts and was successful on her lone field goal attempt of the season of 30 yards.[3] She was listed as 5 foot 11 inches tall and 140 pounds.[4][5]
See also
References
- ^ Margin, Jill (2017-04-13). "Becca Longo: Female kicker makes college football history with scholarship". CNN. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Female kicker signs LOI for Div. II football". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ^ Al-Khateeb, Zac (2017-04-13). "Female kicker Becca Longo makes college football history". Sporting News. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Arizona teenager Becca Longo makes history with college football scholarship". The Guardian. 2017-04-13. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Obert, Richard (2017-04-12). "This young Arizona woman just made college football history". azcentral. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
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