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04-18-2017, 10:45 PM
Badass kicker becomes first woman to earn NCAA football scholarship
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College football got a little more interesting this year.*
One high school senior just made history by becoming the first female to receive a football scholarship at an NCAA Division II school or higher.
SEE ALSO: First woman to run Boston Marathon returns, and this time she has a**ther powerful message (http://mashable.com/2017/04/17/first-woman-run-boston-marathon-returns/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Becca Longo signed with Adams State University in Colorado as a kicker - the same position she played at Basha High School in Arizona. About a dozen women have played football for NCAA schools but **ne on a scholarship, CNN reported (http://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/13/sport/becca-longo-college-football-scholarship/).
Upon hearing that she was the first NCAA scholarship player, Longo said (http://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/13/sport/becca-longo-college-football-scholarship/) she was "completely shocked." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/18/first-female-ncaa-football-scholarship-becca-longo/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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College football got a little more interesting this year.*
One high school senior just made history by becoming the first female to receive a football scholarship at an NCAA Division II school or higher.
SEE ALSO: First woman to run Boston Marathon returns, and this time she has a**ther powerful message (http://mashable.com/2017/04/17/first-woman-run-boston-marathon-returns/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Becca Longo signed with Adams State University in Colorado as a kicker - the same position she played at Basha High School in Arizona. About a dozen women have played football for NCAA schools but **ne on a scholarship, CNN reported (http://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/13/sport/becca-longo-college-football-scholarship/).
Upon hearing that she was the first NCAA scholarship player, Longo said (http://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/13/sport/becca-longo-college-football-scholarship/) she was "completely shocked." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/18/first-female-ncaa-football-scholarship-becca-longo/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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