The Vanderbilt football roster has a pair of No 32s on it. People won’t be as interested in fifth-year senior running back Jamauri Wakefield as they will the other player with those digits Saturday when the Commodores face Missouri in Columbia.
Vanderbilt officially added Sarah Fuller to its roster on Friday, The 6-foot-2 senior, a potential kicker, made the trip in anticipation of becoming the first woman to take part in a Power 5 football game.
Let’s make history. #PlayLikeAGirl #AnchorDown pic.twitter.com/3SgBP1qZru
— Sarah Fuller (@SarahFuller_27) November 27, 2020
Other Nashville teams have taken notice and wished the soccer goalkeeper, well.
From the pitch to the gridiron, history will be made tomorrow.
Nashville's club is rooting for you, @SarahFuller_27. #PlayLikeAGirl x #AnchorDown https://t.co/HX4t9H0glf
— x – Nashville SC (@NashvilleSC) November 27, 2020
It's your time, @SarahFuller_27! 🙌🏽
First woman to play in a Power Five college football game. LET'S GO! ⚓️ https://t.co/2erb2H9Wdh
— Tennessee Titans (@Titans) November 27, 2020
Fuller started nine of the 12 games Vanderbilt women’s soccer played during the fall 2020 season. She recorded three shutouts, and the team went 7-2 with her in the net.
Sarah Fuller is ready to make history with @VandyFootball. pic.twitter.com/Ls7fNIKnYX
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) November 28, 2020
Fuller plans to continue her soccer career and education at North Texas. She is from Wylie, Tx.
I am very excited to head to North Texas next fall to get my Masters in Hospital Administration and continue my soccer career with an incredible program! #GMG https://t.co/wiIsyrw45l
— Sarah Fuller (@SarahFuller_27) November 13, 2020
“I am happy for her,” UNT soccer coach John Hedlund said. “She’s a great athlete with a strong leg. It doesn’t surprise me the football team is interested in her.
“I will probably watch and cheer her on.”
ESPN noted other women who have made appearances in college football games.
Ashley Martin became the first woman to score at the Division I level when she kicked three extra points for FCS Jacksonville State against Cumberland on Aug. 30, 2001.
Two years later, New Mexico’s Katie Hnida became the first woman to score at the FBS level with two extra points against Texas State.
