| Willamette Bearcats – No. 39[1] | |
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| Position | Placekicker |
| Class | Graduate |
| Major | Biology |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | 1977 (age 46–47) Richland (WA) |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
| Weight | 120 lb (54 kg) |
| Career history | |
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| High school | Richland |
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Elizabeth Heaston Thompson (born 1977) is an American athlete who is the first woman ever to score in a college football game. She accomplished this feat on October 18, 1997 as a placekicker for the Willamette Bearcats football team of Willamette University, which then competed in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) for small colleges.[2] She also played women's soccer for Willamette as a defender.[3] Heaston's accomplishment was widely noted by the media and the sports community.
+liz heaston +willamette.