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| Position | Safety |
| Class | Junior |
| Major | Business |
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| Born: | The Plains, Virginia |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Weight | 145 lb (66 kg) |
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| High school | Christchurch School (Christchurch, Virginia) |
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Haley Van Voorhis is the first woman to play a position other than kicker in an NCAA football game, at any level. She accomplished this as a safety for the Shenandoah University Hornets on September 23, 2023.[1][2]
Early life
Van Voorhis grew up in The Plains, Virginia. She attended Christchurch School near Urbanna, Virginia where she was a member of the football, basketball, and lacrosse teams. She was 2019 All-State Honorable Mention in Virginia, playing wide receiver and defensive back.[3] Her senior season at Christchurch was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Van Voorhis' coach reported she would have been a team captain and starting receiver that year.[4]
College
Before starting college, Van Voorhis played strong safety in the Pro division of the Women's Football Alliance for the D.C. Divas in Washington D.C., recording 21 tackles in 5 games.[5] On Saturday, September 23, 2023 she entered the game in the first quarter for the Shenandoah Hornets against the Juniata Eagles and recorded a quarterback hurry.[6]
See also
- Tonya Butler, the first female to score a field goal in an NCAA game
- Sarah Fuller, the first woman to score in a Power Five conferences football game
- Liz Heaston, the first woman to score in a college football game, done in the NAIA
- Katie Hnida, the first woman to score in a NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision football game and the first woman to dress for a bowl game.
- Ashley Martin, the first female to score in an NCAA game, and the first to score in a Division I game
- List of female American football players
References
- ^ https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38470836/haley-van-voorhis-becomes-first-female-non-kicker-play-ncaa-football-game
- ^ https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/haley-van-voorhis-female-kicker-play-ncaa-football/story?id=103437566
- ^ https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2023/09/23/haley-van-voorhis-ncaa-history-first-woman-non-kicker-play/70948776007/
- ^ https://www.winchesterstar.com/sports/female-defensive-back-wide-receiver-commits-to-play-football-for-shenandoah/article_016f056e-ef39-5a74-aa61-bf6fd8f85dc9.html
- ^ https://www.fauquier.com/news/article_38900bde-0357-11ec-9c12-53830b4f0d73.html
- ^ https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/25/sport/haley-van-voorhis-history-first-female-non-kicker-ncaa-spt-intl/index.html