Guest speakers and clinicians from the Pittsburgh Passion professional women’s football team will share their experiences and enthusiasm for the game during St. 博纳旺图尔大学的女生们 & 4月18日的妇女运动日.

The annual event usually draws up to 500 female high school athletes from across the region to connect over their love of sports.

Dr. Paula Scraba, organizer of the event and associate professor of physical education, is thrilled to welcome Passion co-head coach 丽莎•霍顿 and player 德文郡和平 to campus.

“Flag football is now an official sport for New York State Public High School Athletic Association and we are featuring flag football this year during our 女孩 and 妇女参加运动会,斯克拉布说.

在白天, the high school student-athletes will choose from among a number of sports and health clinics run by St. Bonaventure student-athletes and coaches.

除了认识St. Bonaventure’s National Championship women’s rugby team at the event, every school attending 女孩 and 妇女参加运动会 will go home with a rugby ball autographed by the team, Scraba说.

她还指出. Bonaventure’s Department of 体育运动 is extending special invitations to girls under age 12 and their families to attend the St. 博纳旺蒂尔女子2月. 14 game in celebration of the national 女孩 & 妇女参加运动会.  

The Pittsburgh Passion women’s football team is the most recognized women’s full-contact football franchise in the world. Founded in the Steel City in 2002, the team competes in the Women’s Football Alliance Pro Division.

霍顿是克利夫兰人, 俄亥俄州, native who attended Baldwin-Wallace College and then Cleveland State University in her undergraduate years to play NCAA volleyball and softball. She then pursued her master’s degree in exercise science at Slippery Rock University while coaching softball as a graduate assistant.

That was where her football career began as she was part of the Passion’s inaugural season. Horton serves as the co-head coach and offensive coordinator for the Pittsburgh Passion as well as an assistant offensive coach at Slippery Rock.

Horton played more than 15 years in the world of woman’s full-contact football as the starting QB and captain. 在她众多著名的成就中, she was selected as a first team All-American more than 14 times during her career, led her team to three undefeated national championships and had multiple MVP selections. Her career totals include more than 18,000 total passing yards and 200 scoring touchdowns.

In 2017, Horton was one of three quarterbacks who led the Women’s USA National Team to a gold medal in Vancouver, and in 2022 she participated as both a coach and player on the U.S. National Team that won the gold medal in Vantaa, Finland.

She was inducted into the Minor Pro Football Hall of Fame at the Heinz 历史 Center in Pittsburgh, 她在哪里?. 14号球衣今天展出. Horton is in her fifth season as the co-head coach and offensive coordinator for the Pittsburgh Passion.

In an effort to build her coaching career, Horton spent time with the Cleveland Browns through a coaching fellowship in 2022. She truly believes and lives the Passion’s mission of “teaching life lessons through sport” in all her career endeavors.

Player 德文郡和平 is a Western New York native and a graduate of Portville Central School. She competed in the long and triple jump at Robert Morris University, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in accounting and master’s degree in information security and assurance. She is a manager in the internal audit practice at KPMG in Pittsburgh.

Peace found the Pittsburgh Passion women’s tackle football team in 2018 and has played primarily as an outside linebacker, 在特殊团队中, 作为一名外接手. 她是三届全美选手.

Peace has also participated in the Passion’s flag football tournaments across the country. She is thankful for the opportunity to play tackle football with a team of other talented and dedicated women who are living their dream.

The Pittsburgh Passion competes in the Women’s Football Association, which holds the national championship at the Hall of Fame stadium in Canton, 俄亥俄州, 七月底.

今天,2月. 7, marks the 38th Annual National 女孩 & 妇女参与运动日(NGWSD). A vibrant movement powered by the Women’s Sports Foundation, NGWSD honors the achievements of girls and women in sports and continues to “Lead Her Forward” by acknowledging the power of sports to unlock limitless potential.

For more information about the April 18 event at St. Bonaventure, contact Scraba at (716) 375-2444.

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