Katharine Anne Hnida, better known as Katie Hnida (born May 17, 1981), on August 30, 2003, became the first woman to score in a NCAA Division I football game. As a placekicker for the University of New Mexico she scored two extra points against Texas State University in the fourth quarter of a 72-8 New Mexico win. May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A or N-C-Two-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... Division I (or DI) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Placekicker is the title of the player in American and Canadian football who is responsible for the kicking duties of field goals, extra points, and, in many cases, kickoffs. ... The University of New Mexico (UNM) is a public university in Albuquerque, New Mexico. ... In American football, the extra point, point after touchdown, or PAT is the act of lining up to kick, as in a field goal, immediately following a touchdown. ... ...

She attended Chatfield High School near Littleton, where she was a member of the football team. She was 3 for 3 in field goal attempts, and 27 for 28 in extra point attempts in her senior year. She was a member of the varsity team and named one of America's "20 most influential teens" by Teen People Magazine. Rick Reilly wrote a Life of Reilly column about her. Chatfield High School is a high school located in Jefferson County, Colorado near Littleton. ... Littleton is a city located in the Denver-Aurora metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Colorado. ... A field goal (formerly goal from the field) is a general term used in some sports wherein a goal may be scored either during general play (from the field) or via some sort of free shot. ... In American football, the extra point, point after touchdown, or PAT is the act of lining up to kick, as in a field goal, immediately following a touchdown. ... People is a weekly American magazine of celebrity and human interest stories, published by Time Inc. ... Richard Rick Paul Reilly (born February 3, 1958 in Boulder, Colorado) is the back-page sportswriter for Sports Illustrated. ...

She joined her first college team when she entered the University of Colorado as a walk-on freshman placekicker. She never saw play there, however and did not try out for Colorado in 2000 after head coach Gary Barnett released her saying that she would have to compete against other kickers for the job. She eventually transferred to the University of New Mexico, where she made the football team as a walk-on. When she left Colorado she claimed that she was the target of sexual harassment, but did not mention rape. While at New Mexico she played in the Las Vegas Bowl against UCLA, when her extra point attempt was blocked. She graduated in December 2005 and is no longer playing football. The University of Colorado at Boulder (CU-Boulder, UCB officially[2]; Colorado, CU colloquially) is the flagship university of the University of Colorado system. ... Placekicker is the title of the player in American and Canadian football who is responsible for the kicking duties of field goals, extra points, and, in many cases, kickoffs. ... Gary Barnett, former CU Head Football Coach Gary Barnett (born May 23, 1946 in Lakeland, Florida) was head coach of the University of Colorado football team, whose onfield success was shadowed by off-the-field controversies. ... The Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl is an NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A post-season college football bowl game that has been played annually at 40,000-seat Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada since 1992. ... Binomial name Ucla xenogrammus Holleman, 1993 The largemouth triplefin, Ucla xenogrammus, is a fish of the family Tripterygiidae and only member of the genus Ucla, found in the Pacific Ocean from Viet Nam, the Philippines, Palau and the Caroline Islands to Papua New Guinea, Australia (including Christmas Island), and the...

Hnida made more news in February 2004 when she joined a group of women that accused her former Colorado teammates of rape, telling Sports Illustrated writer Rick Reilly that she had been sexually molested and abused by some of her teammates, and raped by one of them. She never pressed any charges and the Boulder district attorney's office decided not to file any charges against any players based on any of the allegations. Later that year, Gary Barnett, then head coach at Colorado, stated "[w]e have not done anything wrong, there isn’t a shred of evidence to this date to back up any allegations that have been made, and there won't be.” 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The first issue of Sports Illustrated, August 16, 1954, showing Milwaukee Braves star Eddie Matthews at bat in Milwaukee County Stadium. ... Richard Rick Paul Reilly (born February 3, 1958 in Boulder, Colorado) is the back-page sportswriter for Sports Illustrated. ... Gary Barnett, former CU Head Football Coach Gary Barnett (born May 23, 1946 in Lakeland, Florida) was head coach of the University of Colorado football team, whose onfield success was shadowed by off-the-field controversies. ...

Hnida currently lives in New York City because it is easier for her to manage her speaking engagements and book tour from there. She wants to be a sportscaster someday.

Book

She has written a book titled Still Kicking: My Dramatic Journey as the First Woman to Play Division One College Football. It was released on November 21, 2006 and is 242 pages. It details her accounts of abuse and sexual assault while at Colorado, transferring to New Mexico, and then making history.^[1] November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

External links

• University of New Mexico Biography of Katie Hnida
• Katie Hnida timeline
• NOW conference profile
• Still Kicking Book Description
• ESPN.com article (Jemele Hill, Page 2)

References

1. ^ Iliana Limon (2006-08-15). Hnida's book finished. DailyCamera.com.