Vanderbilt will make Power 5 Conference college football history on Saturday against Missouri as it is expected to have Sarah Fuller kick for the Commodores.
Fuller, a goalkeeper on the SEC-winning team. would become the first female to kick in a Power 5 game.
From an @SEC championship with @VandySoccer to the league’s first female football student-athlete. Introducing @SarahFuller_27. #PlayLikeAGirl | #AnchorDown
— Vanderbilt Football (@VandyFootball) November 27, 2020
So excited for you and for college football. Amazing opportunity and its the right person for the job! https://t.co/uLb8wUyE5h
— Darren Ambrose (@Darren__Ambrose) November 27, 2020
Off the field Fuller strives to make the world a different place and her resume includes a summer internship with Thistle Farms and End Slavery Nashville. When she straps on her helmet Saturday the back of it will read “Play Like A Girl” to encourage young women to get involved in athletics and to become aware of a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics camp scheduled for March in Nashville.
Tomorrow I will be wearing “Play Like a Girl” on the back of my helmet. @iplaylikeagirl is nonprofit that encourages girls to play sports and get exposure to STEM opportunities. Check them out! #playlikeagirl https://t.co/2inXh5PM2V pic.twitter.com/W7lF9dXkUR
— Sarah Fuller (@SarahFuller_27) November 27, 2020
Some background from her biography on the Vandy soccer site:
As a Senior (2020):
- Started nine of Vanderbilt’s 12 games during the fall 2020 season, posting three clean sheets on the way to a 7-2-0 record in net
- With an 0.97 goals against average, the number stands as the eighth-best mark in a season in Vanderbilt soccer history
- Starting all four games during Vanderbilt’s 2020 SEC Tournament championship run, posted a shutout in the second round against Mississippi State (11/15/20) and had an assist in the quarterfinals against No. 13 Tennessee (11/17/20)
- Made her first career start in goal at home against South Carolina (10/11/20) and tallied six saves
- Earned her first collegiate win in the 2-1 double-overtime victory at Florida (10/18/20)
- Kept a clean sheet in Vanderbilt’s 1-0 victory over No. 15 Georgia (10/25/20)
- Earned a second consecutive clean sheet in the 2-0 victory at LSU (10/30/20)
- Had a shutout streak of 314:34 during the regular season stretching from Oct. 18 at Florida to Nov. 7 against Ole Miss
Fuller is an exceptional student, too. Her major is Medicine, Health and Society
HONORS
2019 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2018 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2017 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
History in the making. #PlayLikeAGirl | #AnchorDown pic.twitter.com/ZnlI1DLbYB
— Vanderbilt Football (@VandyFootball) November 27, 2020
Coach Derek Mason was clued into the women’s soccer team when it won the SEC title.
Congrats @Darren__Ambrose and @VandySoccer for a great season🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Raise the 🏆 high for everyone to see! https://t.co/0QQNgp2Awc— Derek Mason (@CoachDerekMason) November 22, 2020
