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  CNN.com - University asks police to look into alleged rape - Feb. 18, 2004
Katie Hnida, a 1999 placekicker for the team and the only woman ever to play football for the school, told the magazine Sports Illustrated she was verbally abused, harassed and molested by other players and -- on one occasion -- raped by a teammate.
Hnida, an award-winning kicker in high school, was brought to the Colorado campus as a walk-on by then-coach Rick Neuheisel.
Hnida was a walk-on kicker for the University of New Mexico in 2002.
www.cnn.com /2004/US/Central/02/18/colorado.football   (980 words)

  
 Once silent, now strong voice - The Boston Globe
Katie Hnida should have been forever known as the woman who made NCAA history when she kicked an extra point for New Mexico Aug. 30, 2003, becoming the first female to record a point in a Division 1-A football game.
Hnida made those explosive charges amid a major scandal at Colorado that involved investigations of "alcohol-fueled sex parties" for football recruits and claims by three women that they were raped.
Hnida could try to forget her ordeal and move on with her life, but she has decided she must confront her experience to allow herself to heal, while helping others who have lived through similar horrors.
www.boston.com /sports/articles/2005/03/31/once_silent_now_strong_voice   (1426 words)

  
 SI.com - NCAA Football - Katie Hnida Timeline - Tuesday February 17, 2004 9:54AM
Hnida is allegedly raped by a fellow member of the CU football team.
Hnida becomes first female to play in a I-A football game, but her extra-point attempt against UCLA in the Las Vegas Bowl is blocked.
Hnida submits an application to the NCAA asking to be granted sixth year of eligibility, due to her inactivity during the 2000-01 season.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2004/football/ncaa/02/16/hnida.timeline   (360 words)

  
 cbs4denver.com - After Trying Times At CU, Katie Hnida Finds Home In New Mexico   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Hnida says she was raped by a teammate in 2000 and harassed by others.
Not only did Hnida prove to be mentally tough and a hard worker in the training room, she even baked banana bread to share with teammates, Ena said.
Hnida argued she lost a year while dealing with the mental trauma and other health issues that resulted from her time at Colorado.
cbs4denver.com /topstories/local_story_051191607.html   (702 words)

  
 Lobo kicker speaks out - News
Hnida said she is telling her story now in light of the allegations made in January against the CU football team by three women who said they were raped during or after a recruiting party in 2001.
Hnida said she didn't go to the police because she was scared of what the player would do to her, and because she didn't want the publicity.
Hnida said in the article she was depressed and suffered from insomnia for two years after the rape and eventually went into therapy.
dailylobo.com /news/2004/02/18/News/Lobo-Kicker.Speaks.Out-610293.shtml   (671 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Hnida's memoir details time as college kicker
Hnida, who was a Lobos backup kicker from 2000-03, recently completed her memoir.
Hnida first turned heads as a prolific kicker at Chatfield High in Littleton, Colo. She seemed to lead a charmed existence as homecoming queen and football star.
Hnida kept her tumultuous experience at Colorado quiet initially, but she spoke up about it when other women said they had been raped by CU players.
sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=2551404&type=story   (919 words)

  
 It's not a level playing field, so don't set foot on it - smh.com.au
Katie Hnida became the first woman to play in an National Collegiate Athletics Association Division I-A American Football game in the US on Wednesday when she attempted to kick an extra point for New Mexico against UCLA in the Las Vegas Bowl.
Hnida considers Long a special kind of hero, a man of "courage and integrity", she says.
Hnida says she belongs on a Division I-A football team, that she makes all her extra points in practice, that her leg strength is fine, that she is not intimidated by men twice her size running at her.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/12/26/1040511135098.html   (916 words)

  
 Katie Hnida
Katie Hnida (born 1981) is a native of Colorado who, on December 25 of 2002 made history by becoming the first woman ever to play in a NCAA division 1 American football game, when she placed a kick for the University of New Mexico[?] team against UCLA at the Las Vegas Bowl[?].
She was the homecoming queen at Chatfield High School in Littleton, where she was a member of the football team.
She never saw play there, however, so after two years, she was released and she transferred to the University of New Mexico, where she once again made the football team as a walk-on, leading to her participation in the bowl game, where she made women's sports history the moment she kicked the football.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ka/Katie_Hnida.html   (185 words)

  
 New Look for Lobo Football: Woman On the Field :: Katie Hnida is one of nine kickers vying for a spot on the team.
Katie Hnida is one of nine kickers vying for a spot on the team.
Hnida stopped to wipe away smeared eye makeup and joked that she better be the only person on the field doing that.
Hnida dresses and showers in the woman's locker room at the stadium and said she will make do if other teams don't have the accommodations.
www.collegesports.com /sports/m-footbl/stories/080202aaq.html   (639 words)

  
 Elevated Voices - Katie Hnida Back in the Spotlight
Katie Hnida, the kicker who last year said she was raped by a fellow University of Colorado football player, will be interviewed Monday by Katie Couric on NBC’s Today Show.
Now that her college football career is over, Hnida is hiring an agent and evaluating the various book and movie offers she had to pass up under NCAA rules.
Hnida has offers to work as a sidelines reporter and is considering attending graduate school at UNM after earning her bachelor’s degree in psychology last month.
www.5280.com /blog/?p=427   (341 words)

  
 Boulder Weekly | NewsandViews | CoverStory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Katie Hnida was the exclamation point to the most tumultuous era in CU football.
On Nov. 28, Hnida published Still Kicking, a memoir of her experiences as a woman playing organized football at the high school and collegiate levels.
Hnida was recently in Colorado for a series of book signings and made time to sit down with Boulder Weekly to discuss her new book, her post-gridiron life and the rise of women playing organized football.
www.boulderweekly.com /coverstory.html   (2602 words)

  
 Big12.Net -- Colorado Buffaloes: CU's Hnida must earn her chance 09/30/99
Katie Hnida would love to be seen as just another freshman football player, a walk-on at Colorado trying to make the grade in Division I football.
Hnida, the first woman to play football at CU, gets her leg into a kick at Wednesday's practice.
She was invited to walk on by the former regime, and when he was named head coach in January, he had the choice of rescinding the invitation or keeping the commitment.
www.big12.net /stories/093099/col_0930993767.shtml   (943 words)

  
 Hnida still kicking, hopeful : NCAA : Albuquerque Tribune
Hnida said in a phone interview with The Tribune on Tuesday that writing her memoir, "Still Kicking: My Journey as the First Woman to Play Division I Football," was a difficult but worthwhile trip through her past.
Hnida said it was worth the ordeal of writing about some of her best and worst college experiences.
Katie, on the other hand, graduated with honors, fulfilled her obligations as a player for UNM for 3 years, despite undergoing recurrent post-traumatic stress episodes.
www.abqtrib.com /news/2006/nov/29/hnida-still-kicking-hopeful   (1419 words)

  
 Q & A With Katie Hnida ::
Senior Katie Hnida first made history at the 2002 Las Vegas Bowl when she became the first woman to appear in an NCAA Div.
She came on at the 8:20 mark of the first quarter to try the Lobos' first PAT after Desmar Black's interception return for a TD, but the attempt was blocked, leaving UNM with a 6-3 lead.
Hnida began sending out personal football highlight tapes to universities early last year and after reviewing the tapes, UNM special teams coordinator Jeff Conway contacted Hnida and an arrangement was made for her to visit UNM in May of 2002.
golobos.cstv.com /sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/100303aaa.html   (734 words)

  
 UNM Today: Former Lobo Kicker Katie Hnida Featured Guest at Book Signing Event
Photo: Katie Hnida, former UNM kicker, will be at the UNM Bookstore to sign copies of her new book.
On August 30, 2003, Katie Hnida became the first woman ever to play and score in NCAA Division I football.
Fate came knocking for the 14-year-old Hnida in the unlikely form of a torn thigh muscle -- an injury that would drive her off the soccer field in search of another outlet for her athletic talent.
www.unm.edu /~market/cgi-bin/archives/001578.html   (476 words)

  
 9NEWS.com - Newsroom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Katie Hnida said in a Sports Illustrated article that she is now coming forward because of recent allegations that CU is using sex and alcohol to lure recruits.
He said he talked with Hnida on a regular basis when she played on the team and that she never told him she was sexually assaulted.
Hnida is the fourth female to allege sexual assault by members of the CU football team or its recruits.
www.9news.com /storyfull.aspx?storyid=24489   (616 words)

  
 Scout.com: New Allegations Include Female Kicker
Hnida said she got out from underneath her teammate when the phone rang and he reached for it.
Hnida says she has been in contact with the Boulder Police, but has decided not to file any charges at this time.
Hnida would go on to become the first woman to compete in a Division I-A football game when she made an extra point for New Mexico in the 2002 Las Vegas Bowl.
colorado.scout.com /2/235351.html   (887 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Female placekicker claims she was raped when at Colorado   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The disclosure Tuesday by Katie Hnida, a placekicker last year at New Mexico, is the latest bombshell in a three-week string of allegations of football abuses on the Boulder campus.
Hnida issued a statement Tuesday through the University of New Mexico to say she was "healing" from "horrors endured" while with Colorado.
Hnida did not try out for the Buffaloes in 2000 after Barnett said he told her she would have to beat out other kickers for the job.
www.usatoday.com /sports/college/football/big12/2004-02-17-colorado-rape-allegation_x.htm   (937 words)

  
 ESPN.com - NCF - Lobos gave Hnida a chance to make history
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Katie Hnida was looking for a fresh start when she left the "horrors" of the Colorado football team.
Hnida (pronounced NYE-da) says she was raped by a teammate in 2000 and harassed by others.
Hnida proved to be mentally tough and a hard worker in the training room, Ena said.
sports.espn.go.com /ncf/news/story?id=1740225   (799 words)

  
 Ex-Lobo's tale finds a national audience : Local : Albuquerque Tribune
Hnida's agent Bob Barnett took her to meet with a series of New York publishers after she completed her eligibility with the UNM football team in December 2004.
Hnida kept her tumultuous experience at Colorado quiet for years, but she spoke up about it when other women said they had been raped by Colorado football players.
Wareham said when she began working with Hnida on her book, she was intrigued by what Hnida's story said about the best way to lead people and be a member of a team.
abqtrib.com /albq/nw_local/article/0,2564,ALBQ_19858_4899741,00.html   (1200 words)

  
 KOBTV.com - CU football coach on leave over Hnida comments   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Barnett had criticized Hnida’s play—saying besides being a girl she was a terrible placekicker.
Hnida had told Sports Illustrated she was molested by teammates at CU during the 1999 season and eventually raped.
Hnida transferred to the University of New Mexico, where she became the first woman to appear in a Division I bowl game in 2002.
www.kobtv.com /index.cfm?viewer=storyviewer&id=8718&cat=NMTOPSTORIES   (415 words)

  
 Hnida first woman to play Division I-A game
Hnida, a walk-on junior, had her kick blocked but by then she had already made history.
Katie Hnida's extra-point attempt was blocked in the first quarter vs. UCLA, but the place-kicker had already made history.
Hnida's try came after teammate Desmar Black returned an interception 55 yards for a touchdown that gave New Mexico a 6-3 lead.
espn.go.com /ncf/bowls02/s/lasvegas_hnida1225.html   (508 words)

  
 ABC News: Woman Kicker Shares Triumph, Tragedy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Hnida, the woman who accused a Colorado teammate of rape, has written a book describing her rise, fall and rise again as a Division I kicker, hoping her tale of success and sorrow will inspire other girls to take a chance and try to make it in a men's sport.
In her new book, Hnida does the important work of retelling that tale, hoping the positive parts of her story will inspire other young women to take a chance and try to make it in a men's sport.
Hnida was a star high school kicker in suburban Denver, promised a chance to compete for a kicking spot at CU by former coach Rick Neuheisel.
abcnews.go.com /Sports/wireStory?id=2705356   (547 words)

  
 CNN.com - Transcripts
Katie Hnida never sued, never identified her alleged rapists, but she did battle depression for two years before finally making history at the University of New Mexico.
HNIDA: You know, I tend to believe in the goodness of people, and it's really important to point out that there were a lot of good guys on that team.
HNIDA: Well, I think there is something inside of me that feels like I have a bit of a moral obligation to do that, but I also know that the chances for a conviction are so slim.
cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0611/28/lkl.01.html   (6884 words)

  
 SI.com - Writers - Rick Reilly: Another Victim at Colorado - Wednesday February 18, 2004 12:47PM
As a CU placekicker in 1999, Katie Hnida says she endured a kind of sexual hell you can't imagine.
After being verbally abused and molested by teammates, Hnida says, she was raped by one of them.
Katie went into therapy, enrolled at a junior college and then had the guts to walk on at New Mexico in 2002.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2004/writers/rick_reilly/02/16/hnida/index.html   (986 words)

  
 CNN.com - Sixth rape allegation surfaces at CU - Feb. 20, 2004
Katie Hnida, a Colorado placekicker in 1999, has alleged she was raped by a teammate.
The scandal gained momentum this week when Hnida told Sports Illustrated that she was raped by a teammate and that she was verbally abused, harassed and molested by her fellow players.
In a written statement Tuesday, Hnida -- who dropped out of CU after her sophomore year and eventually walked on at the University of New Mexico in 2002 -- said she decided to go public now because of the swirling controversy surrounding Boulder's program.
www.cnn.com /2004/US/Central/02/19/colorado.football   (1362 words)

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