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A Mexican American woman is the first female kicker at Jackson State University, an NCAA Division I historically black college and university. Leilani Armenta told CNN that although she was nervous before taking the field for the team’s September 23 game against rival Bethune-Cookman University, she also knew that she had a job to do. […]

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At Jackson State, the first female kicker to compete in NCAA Division I at an HBCU makes her debut.

A Mexican American woman is the first female kicker at Jackson State University, an NCAA Division I historically black college and university. Leilani Armenta told CNN that although she was nervous before taking the field for the team’s September 23 game against rival Bethune-Cookman University, she also knew that she had a job to do. […]

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The first female kicker to compete in the NCAA Division makes her debut at Jackson State.

At Jackson State University, an NCAA Division I historically black college and university, a Mexican American woman is the first female kicker. Before the team’s September 23 game against rival Bethune-Cookman University, Leilani Armenta told CNN that she was anxious, but she also understood that she had a duty to fulfil. She insisted that the […]

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At Jackson State, the first female kicker to compete in Division I makes her debut.

An American woman of Mexican descent has made history by becoming the first female kicker at Jackson State University, an NCAA Division I historically black college and university. On September 23, Leilani Armenta, the team’s player against rival Bethune-Cookman University, told CNN that although she was nervous, she knew she had a job to do. […]

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