Vacunacionadultos

Tag: History

college

Vanderbilt’s Fuller wants to inspire female athletes after making college football history

[email protected]_84

(Reuters) – Sarah Fuller hopes to inspire young female athletes to follow their dreams after becoming the first woman to play in a Power 5 conference football match when she delivered the opening kick of the second half for Vanderbilt against Missouri Tigers on Saturday.

FILE PHOTO: Nov 28, 2020; Columbia, MO, USA; Vanderbilt Commodores kicker Sarah Fuller (32) before the game against the Missouri Tigers at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Hunter Dyke/Handout Photo via USA TODAY Sports/File Photo

Fuller, a goalkeeper for Vanderbilt University women’s soccer team, took the field for the Commodores men’s football team as place kicker in the third quarter and sent a low kick to the 35-yard line, carving her name in American sports history.

“I haven’t taken a second to soak it all in, really. I think it’s incredible that I am able to do this,” Fuller said. “All I want

… Read More
college

Sarah Fuller made college football history Saturday. She also delivered a fine halftime speech.

[email protected]_84

On Saturday around midday, people sprinkled around the country tuned in to watch Vanderbilt University play football. That did seem improbable. Then they watched the game with a hankering for something specific: When might Vanderbilt reach fourth down and try a field goal? That did seem unusual.

Vanderbilt’s Sarah Fuller makes history as first woman to play in Power Five football game

UP NEXT

UP NEXT

A winless team amid a wretched season with a disfigured roster had found a sports-historic moment on a sunny day in mid-Missouri. As Vanderbilt’s harsh helping of coronavirus quarantines and contact-tracing woes had left the team barren of kickers, Coach Derek Mason and staff turned to a goalkeeper from the soccer team, which had won the SEC tournament championship Sunday.

That would be the women’s soccer team.

“I think it’s just incredible that I am able to do this,” Sarah Fuller said hours

… Read More
college

Vanderbilt kicker Sarah Fuller makes history as first woman to play in a Power Five college football game

[email protected]_84

Vanderbilt kicker Sarah Fuller made history on Saturday when she kicked off at the start of the second half against Missouri, making her the first woman to play a snap in a Power Five college football game. Fuller, a starting goalkeeper on the Commodores’ SEC championship women’s soccer team, joined the football program this week after Vanderbilt lost multiple specialists due to COVID-19 issues.

Fuller’s squib kick was recovered by Missouri at its own 35-yard line.

“I just want to tell all the girls out there that you can do anything you set your mind to. You really can. If you have that mentality all the way through, you can do big things,” Fuller said after the game, a 41-0 loss for the Commodores. 

“I think it’s amazing and incredible,” Fuller said Friday when it was determined she would dress and travel with Vanderbilt. “But I’m also trying to separate

… Read More
college

Sarah Fuller making college football history

[email protected]_84

4:28 PM ET

  • ESPN

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Facebook Messenger
  • Pinterest
  • Email
  • print

Sarah Fuller made history on Saturday when she became the first woman to play in a Power 5 college football game when she made the second half kickoff between Vanderbilt and Missouri. Here is a look at the photos inside her path towards making history.

Vanderbilt women’s soccer goalkeeper Sarah Fuller a game against South Carolina on Oct. 11, 2020. The Vanderbilt football team was down a number of specialists due to COVID-19 testing and asked the All-Conference player to work out for them this week. Eric Glemser/Vanderbilt Athletics via AP
… Read More
university

Vanderbilt University senior Sarah Fuller makes college football history as kicker

[email protected]_84

Vanderbilt University senior Sarah Fuller made history as the first woman to play in a Power 5 football game when the Commodores faced the Tigers of Missouri University on Saturday afternoon.



a person wearing a helmet

© Provided by NBC News


Fuller, a soccer player by training, joined the game after halftime as Vanderbilt’s placekicker following absences from players who were exposed to Covid-19.

The 21-year-old player from Texas had recently finished soccer season as her team’s starting goalkeeper, helping the Commodores win their first SEC title in women’s soccer since 1994.

She acknowledged the magnitude of the moment earlier this week, saying she will play with the slogan “Play like a girl” on the back of her helmet. Fuller said the decision was a nod to the nonprofit organization I Play Like a Girl, which aims to expose girls to opportunities in sports and in STEM-related educational and professional fields.

The Commodores are 0-7

… Read More
college

Watch Sarah Fuller kick off for Vanderbilt and make college football history

[email protected]_84

At the start of the third quarter of the Vanderbilt-Missouri game Saturday, Sarah Fuller made college football history. By taking the field for the opening second-half kickoff for the Commodores, Fuller became the first woman to play in an SEC and Power 5 game.



a person standing on a baseball field

© Provided by For The Win


Winless Vanderbilt has struggled with kicking this season. Some of the team’s specialists were not available to play because of COVID-19 protocols, so it turned to Fuller, a 6-foot-2 Wylie, Texas native and senior goalkeeper on Vanderbilt’s soccer team, which finished its season last Sunday with its first SEC Tournament title since 1994. And not long after that, Fuller was with the football team practicing kicking through the uprights this week.

Related: 5 things to know about Sarah Fuller

And, as The Tennessean‘s Adam Sparks reported Saturday, Fuller was the only kicker to travel with Vanderbilt for the Missouri

… Read More
college

Stanford women inch Tara VanDerveer close to history with 68-point win

[email protected]_84

The college basketball season tipped off on Wednesday for most men’s and women’s teams around the Bay Area, but unlike a typical year, coaches and players may not measure their success in wins and losses.

As COVID-19 cases continue to rise around the country and in nearly every Bay Area county, simply staying healthy enough to play is a victory as dozens of programs were forced to cancel games this week.

The Stanford men’s team had its opener against Utah Valley called off on Wednesday after the Wolverines had a positive test within the program while the Cal men’s team shuffled its schedule to open the year in a non-conference matchup with Pac-12 foe Oregon State after its initial opponent, Colorado State, registered multiple positive coronavirus tests.

Cal had already stopped practices and team meetings earlier in the month due to the coronavirus, so the Bears understand that completing the

… Read More
college

Appalachian State is now owner of the single most dramatic alternate uniform reveal in college football history | This is the Loop

[email protected]_84

If you know us, then you know we enjoy few things more than a good college football alternate. A Bryson bomb. A Belichick presser. A cheeseburger and a beer, not necessarily in that order. But that’s it. That’s pretty much the list. So when we say that Appalachian State’s icy white unveiling ahead of this weekend’s BIG tilt with Coastal Carolina is straight-up, no-chaser the most dramatic, over-the-top, white-knuckle reveal in college football history, you damn well know we’re telling the truth. Sound WAY the hell up.

A piano plinks as cold winter sun filters through coniferous undergrowth. The wind whips stinging snow, blotting out the visage of a solitary pigskin, undeterred by the elements. Winter, as the ‘Game of Thrones’ stans used to say, is coming. Then the orchestra drops with all the might of Eminem in ‘8 Mile,’ and out of the blinding blizzard trudges Preseason First Team

… Read More
career

Bengals WR Peter Warrick was the least-efficient target in NFL history

[email protected]_84

The NFL has data for how many passes have been thrown to each player since 1992. And for the eight seasons since those records began, no one that had ever had at least 125 passes come his way had ever averaged as few as five yards per target. Only 1994 Kelvin Martin was even close. Then wide receiver Peter Warrick came along:

Warrick entered the NFL after a dazzling season at Florida State, which in 1999 became the first team ever to sit atop the AP rankings from the preseason through the end without ever being knocked off their perch. Throughout the season, Warrick had been their best player. It culminated with a resounding win over the Michael Vick-led Virginia Tech Hokies in the BCS National Championship Game, in which Warrick was the clear-cut Sugar Bowl MVP with 163 receiving yards and two touchdowns, a punt return he also took

… Read More
university

University of Hawaii football team looking to buck history against Boise State

[email protected]_84

Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!

… Read More