Anna Zerilli was the first ever female kicker (in 2015) on the boys' Manchester-Essex Hornets team[1] breaking a 60-year-old school record[2] at Manchester-Essex for most points scored (7 points)[3] by a placekicker in a game.[4][5] She became the first female freshman in American history to score in a Varsity game. She studied at Rockport High School[6] and began training at Cape Ann Kicking Academy with Rick Gonsalves.[7] In 2018 The New England Patriots[8] invited her to kick at Gillette Stadium[9] with Stephen Gostkowski through the NFL network.[10] In fall of 2018 she became the first New England female to sign to play college football; she currently plays for Lake Forest College, and scored the first point ever by a female in a varsity football game for the college on October 26, 2019.[11] She is also the first female to score in a varsity football game in the history of the Midwest Conference. She is 5 feet 3 inches (1.60 m) tall.
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edit- ^ "Manchester-Essex Player Becomes Football Team's First Ever Female Kicker". November 11, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- ^ "Sports in a Minute: Manchester Essex boasts talented female kicker". Eagle-Tribune. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- ^ "Manchester Essex kicker Anna Zerilli got a surprise visitor at Gillette". USA Breaking News. February 3, 2018. Archived from the original on April 4, 2019. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- ^ "Anna Zerilli's Football Recruiting Profile". www.ncsasports.org. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- ^ Anna Zerilli highlights, retrieved December 18, 2018
- ^ "Rockport High announces honor roll". Wicked Local Rockport. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- ^ Editor, Nick Curcuru Sports. "Trailblazer". Gloucester Daily Times. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
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has generic name (help) - ^ "Meet Anna Zerilli. She's the kicker on her high school football team. And she got a chance to kick around with @Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski!". theScore.com. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- ^ Larson, Craig. "Manchester Essex kicker Anna Zerilli got a surprise visitor at Gillette – The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- ^ Allenby, Scott. "Proctor Athletics: Anna Zerilli '19 Kicking With the Best". blogs.proctoracademy.org. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- ^ "Making History: Anna Zerilli '19 Signs National Letter of Intent".