Danielle Jackson, Online Outreach Associate

Check out these mentions of NWLC in the news over the past week!

September 12

• Sororities at Swarthmore?, Inside Higher Ed

September 13

• Time's Rosin Ignores Data, Conjures Monster Women, Women’s e-News
• Latest News: Thursday, September 13, Talk Radio News Service
• Contrary to criticism, Obama policies benefit key demographics, SUNY Geneseo Lamron

Welcome to another roundup! Now that we’re past Labor Day, schools nationwide are back to class in full swing – and for many students, that means back to their school sports teams, too. Some girls will lace up their cleats for soccer or sneakers for cross country. But 17-year-old Erin DiMeglio will lace up her cleats, pull on her pads, and strap on her helmet—as the third-string quarterback for her high school’s football team.

Yep, football. Full contact, full speed football in Florida – a state known for churning out some of the nation’s top male college prospects. I admire Erin for sticking to her guns and landing a spot on this team. But the most heartwarming part of this story is that to the rest of the team, she’s just another teammate. She happens to be a girl… but they don’t really care.

Erin’s been playing football since elementary school. Her father taught her to throw a ball, and she was one of four girls in her fourth grade flag football league. Since arriving at South Plantation High School, she’s helped out with managing the boy’s football team, and she joined the girl’s flag football team in the spring.

Erin’s football coach Doug Gatewood already knew Erin could throw well when she started pestering him about joining the boy’s team, because Gatewood coaches the girl’s flag team, too.