Vanderbilt Commodores women's soccer goalkeeper-turned-kickerSarah Fuller became the first female to play and score in a Power 5 college football game.- Fuller's historic stint with the team has come to an end, but her Vanderbilt uniform is safely enshrined in the
College Football Hall of Fame . - Fuller called the feat "incredible" after the Hall of Fame shared photos of her jersey display on Twitter.
Sarah Fuller is still racking up accomplishments weeks after her remarkable stint with Vanderbilt Commodores football came to an end.
The women's soccer goalkeeper-turned-kicker - who made history this season as the first female to play and score in a Power 5 college football game - will now see the memory of her incredible strides on the gridiron enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame.
On Friday, the official Twitter account of the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame broke the
Fuller reshared the tweet shortly thereafter, calling the feat "incredible!!"
—Sarah Fuller (@SarahFuller_27) December 18, 2020
The Wylie, Texas, native first joined Vanderbilt's football team late last month when the squad's typical special teams group was sequestered due to COVID-19 protocols. She debuted later that week, with then-head coach Derek Mason employing his newest player for a squib kick against the Missouri Tigers.
Then, in Vanderbilt's next game two weeks later, Fuller was tapped to kick two extra points against the Tennessee Volunteers. She was perfect on the day, drilling two kicks between the pipes after Commodores touchdowns. Still, Vanderbilt lost 42-17 to their in-state rivals, knocking the team back to 0-9 on the season.
Though her kicking days are behind her, Fuller's college
Fuller and her teammates secured Vanderbilt's first SEC Championship since 1994 in improbable fashion back in November. Despite heading into the tournament as the seventh seed, the Commodores racked up a record 14 goals and won three straight games before upsetting the No. 1 Arkansas Razorbacks in the title game. Though the SEC champions typically earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, the nature of team selection for this year's competition remains in question, thanks to the uncertain nature of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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