First Female Reynoldsburg Football Player is a Kicker
Alexis Sheffield heard the freshman football team was looking for a kicker, so she tried out and made the team. So far this season, the freshman team is 4-0 and their kicker is making an impact on the field in games.
Sheffield has always been a talented athlete, playing a lot of sports growing up. When it came time for her to focus more time on a single sport, she chose soccer and made the Reynoldsburg varsity team as a freshman. Then she heard the freshman football team needed a kicker.
Having never done it before, padded up and stepped on the field to try out.
Lexi made the team and history becoming the first female to play football at Reynoldsburg.
Watch the story in this video from ABC6 News
Posted: Friday, September 23, 2016