Haley Van Voorhis, a security at Section-III Shenandoah College, was the primary feminine non-kicker to look in an NCAA soccer recreation on Saturday in opposition to Juniata.

She got here on within the first quarter and registered a quarterback accelerate on 3rd i’m sick.

A 5-foot-6, 145-pound teenage, Voorhis spent the ultimate two seasons enjoying on teenage varsity. The Plains, Virginia, local went to highschool at Christchurch and used to be 2019 All-Condition Honorable Point out. Her senior season used to be prohibited because of COVID-19.

Voorhis could also be a member of Shenandoah’s observe and garden workforce, operating sprints.

In 2014, defensive again Shelby Osborne was the primary feminine non-kicker to take part in an NAIA program at Campbellsville College. Then again, she didn’t seem in a recreation.

A couple of ladies have performed kicking positions in faculty soccer. In 2003, Kirst Hinda was the primary lady to attain in an NCAA Section I-A soccer recreation because the placekicker at Untouched Mexico. Seventeen years next, Sarah Fuller was the primary lady to attain in a Energy 5 soccer recreation because the kicker at Vanderbilt.

In an interview with ESPN in 2021, Voorhis mentioned she’s worn to crowd stating that she’s the one woman enjoying soccer, whether or not it used to be all through Pop Warner or highschool.

“There’s definitely people out there who see the story and think, ‘This girl’s going to get hurt,'” she mentioned. “I hear that a lot. Or, ‘She’s too small, doesn’t weigh enough, not tall enough.’ But I’m not the shortest on my team, and I’m not the lightest.”

Shenandoah tutor Scott Yoder instructed ESPN in 2021 that Voorhis is “very determined” younger individual.

“What has really helped me has been when you peel everything back it’s about a young person who wants an opportunity, who works for it and has earned an opportunity,” he mentioned. “For 21 years I’ve been fortunate to be on the coaching side of that. And at the core of this, it’s no different.”