| 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. She also played women's soccer for Willamette as a defender. Heaston's accomplishment was widely noted by the media and the sports community. (Full article...)