Who was the first female football player to score in a college game?

Answer 1

Only seven women have ever dunked in an official NCAA game. The first was Georgeann Wells, a West Virginia Mountaineer. Her first dunk was on Dec. 21, 1984, against Charleston, and her second was eight days later against Xavier.

Six others have dunked since:

Charlotte Smith (North Carolina)

Michelle Snow (Tennessee) [thrice]

Sancho Lyttle (Houston)

Candace Parker (Tennessee) [seven times]

Sylvia Fowles (Louisiana State)

Brittney Griner (Baylor) [thrice]

Answer 2

Sandy Tregarthen was the first woman to score in a college game when she kicked an extra point for LA Harbor College vs. Compton College on 10/24/92.

Liz Heaston was the first woman to score in a college game when she kicked two extra points for Williamette University in an NAIA game against Linfield College in 1997. Williamette won the game 27-0.

Katie Hnida was the first woman to score in a Division 1 game when she kicked two extra points for the University of New Mexico in a game against Texas State University in 2003. New Mexico won the game 72-8.

Ashley Martin was the first woman to score in a Division 1-AA footall game when she kicked three extra points for Jacksonville State University in a game against Cumberland University. Jacksonville won 72-10.

Answer 3

1997 - Liz Heaston of Willamette University, Salem, OR, kicks two extra points to become the first woman to play in a college football game.

Ashley Martin (born c. 1981) is an American athlete who became the first woman to play and score in an NCAA Division I-AA American football game, and one of the first ever to score points in any College Football game. She accomplished this feat August 30, 2001 as a placekicker for the Jacksonville State University Gamecocks against Cumberland University. 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.

Katharine Anne Hnida, better known as Katie Hnida (pronounced NYE duh) (born May 17, 1981), on August 30, 2003, scored in a NCAA Division I-A football game. As a placekicker for the University of New Mexico she scored two extra points against Texas State University in the fourth quarter of a 72-8 New Mexico win.