World, it’s time you meet Mary Kate Smith, a Mississippi student-athlete who’s not only the reigning Homecoming Queen, but the starting kicker for her high school football team.
Yup, you read that correctly. Homecoming Queen. Starting Kicker.
The 17-year-old blonde bombshell is entering her senior year at Hattiesburg’s South Jones High School, where she’s been a star of the soccer team up until now. Mark Kate’s tremendous kicking power put her on the football coach’s radar and she was invited to the team’s tryouts.
“When she came out, she was a better kicker period,” coach Cory Reynolds told NBC. “She very much earned it.”
“It’s been crazy. It’s almost like a mental game when you’re out there,” Smith told NBC. “It’s been a challenge, but it’s been good.”
Mary Kate has received nothing but encouragement from the community and teammates alike, inspiring other little girls as the town hero.
So will this rockstar take her newfound love of football to the big leagues? Nope, instead Mary Kate will be heading back to her life-long soccer roots next fall at the University of Southern Mississippi, flying high as a USM Golden Eagle.
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