Sarah Fuller CFB Appearance Leads To $13k Donations For 'Play Like A Girl'

Vanderbilt senior Sarah Fuller's historic college football game appearance has led to national exposure for a Nashville nonprofit.

"Play Like a Girl" founder and CEO Dr. Kimberly Clay confirmed to FOX 17 News' Nikki Junewicz that it received $13,000 in donations as of Sunday (November 29) morning, hours after Fuller became the first woman to appear in a Power 5 conference college football game.

Fuller printed the phrase "Play Like A Girl" on the back of her helmet, giving a nod to the nonprofit, which aims to keep girls in sports, during Vanderbilt's game against Missouri broadcasting on SEC Network Saturday afternoon.

“It meant so much because girls need to not only hear about the possibilities but see the possibilities,” explains Clay. “There is no limit. The possibilities for girls are boundless, but they have to know they can actually shatter the glass ceiling. What Sarah was able to do yesterday was just reaffirming our message.”

Fuller, the starting goalkeeper on the Vanderbilt women's soccer team, kicked off the second half of the Commodores' game against the Missouri with a squib kick to the Missouri 35-yard-line.

The senior began practicing with the football team last week, several weeks after the women's soccer team was eliminated in the final of the SEC Tournament, but there was no confirmation on her involvement prior to last Friday's announcement that she would dress for the Vanderbilt-Missouri game.

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