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6 unusual facts about Liz Heaston


1997 Linfield vs. Willamette football game

During the game, Liz Heaston became the first woman to play and score in a college football game.

Ashley Martin

The only earlier female player to score in a college football game was Liz Heaston, who kicked for Willamette University, an National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) school, in 1997.

Liz Heaston had previously kicked two extra points for NAIA Willamette University on October 18, 1997 in a game against Linfield College.

Katie Hnida

Hnida is the third woman to have scored in a college football game, after Liz Heaston, who played for NAIA Willamette University in 1997, and Ashley Martin, who played for NCAA Division I-AA Jacksonville State University in 2001.

Liz Heaston

Ashley Martin, the first female to score in an NCAA game, and the first to score in a Division I game

National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics

In 1997, Liz Heaston became the first female college athlete to play and score in a college football game when she kicked two extra points during the 1997 Linfield vs. Willamette football game.



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