The safety, a junior at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Va., was tapped to play Saturday against Juniata College during a Division III game — delivering a successful quarterback hurry.
In 2020,from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., became the first female athlete to suit up for a Power Five college football game.
"I want to show other people this is what women can do, to show what I can do. It's a big moment. I made the impossible possible, and I'm excited about that," Van Voorhis toldVan Voorhis deserved her place on the field, says Shenandoah football coach, Scott Yoder.
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