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Katie Hnida was born on 17 May, 1981, is an American football player (born 1981). Discover Katie Hnida's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 42 years old?

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Born 17 May 1981
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Katie Hnida Height, Weight & Measurements

At 42 years old, Katie Hnida height is 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) and Weight 138 lb (63 kg).

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Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 138 lb (63 kg)
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She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.

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Katie Hnida Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Katie Hnida worth at the age of 42 years old? Katie Hnida’s income source is mostly from being a successful player. She is from . We have estimated Katie Hnida's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1981

Katharine Anne Hnida (born May 17, 1981) is a former American football player who became the first woman to score in an NCAA Division I-A game, college football's highest level.

1997

Hnida is the third woman to have scored in a college football game, after Liz Heaston, who played for NAIA Willamette University in 1997, and Ashley Martin, who played for NCAA Division I-AA Jacksonville State University in 2001.

1998

Neuheisel left Colorado in 1998, but his replacement Gary Barnett kept the walk-on offer open.

1999

While at University of Colorado Boulder in 1999 she became the second woman to dress for a Division I-A game, and the first to do so for a bowl game.

Hnida (pronounced without the H) grew up in Littleton, Colorado.

She attended Chatfield Senior High School near Littleton, where she was a member of the football team.

She went 3 for 3 in field goal attempts, and 27 for 28 in extra point attempts in her senior year.

She was a member of the varsity team and named one of America's "20 most influential teens" by Teen People magazine.

Rick Reilly wrote a "Life of Reilly" column about her.

After high school, Hnida enrolled at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Due to her success in high school football, she was invited to join the Colorado Buffaloes football team as a walk-on freshman placekicker by then coach Rick Neuheisel.

Hnida never saw playing time at Colorado, though she did suit up for games, becoming the second woman to do so in Division I football, and the first to do so in a bowl game, when Colorado went to the 1999 Insight.com Bowl.

2000

In 2000, after falling ill with mononucleosis and tonsillitis, Hnida was unable to compete for a roster spot.

2001

Hnida left Colorado in 2001 and eventually transferred to the University of New Mexico the following year.

There she made the New Mexico Lobos football team as a walk-on placekicker.

2002

While at New Mexico, she became the first woman to play in a Division I-A bowl game when she played in the 2002 Las Vegas Bowl against UCLA, where her extra point attempt was blocked.

2003

She accomplished this as placekicker for the University of New Mexico Lobos on August 30, 2003.

On August 30, 2003, she became the first woman to score in a Division I-A game when she kicked two extra points against Texas State University in the fourth quarter of a 72–8 New Mexico win.

2004

She graduated in December 2004.

Hnida made more news in February 2004 when she told Sports Illustrated writer Rick Reilly that she had been raped by one of her teammates at Colorado in 2000, and sexually harassed on other occasions.

She was one of several women who reported being assaulted by members or recruits of the Colorado football team during this time.

Colorado coach Gary Barnett denied Hnida's allegation in a statement, during which he also criticized Hnida's abilities as a player.

The school subsequently suspended Barnett for his comments.

Hnida travels around the country to share her athletic story and her journey as a victim of sexual assault.

She commonly speaks at colleges and universities to educate and raise awareness about assault.

Katie has worked with many organizations that help victims of assault, including The Joyful Heart Foundation and the Voices and Faces Project.

She resides in Los Angeles where she manages her speaking engagements and book tour.

Hnida's father, Dave, is a physician and the medical reporter for the CBS affiliate in Denver.

He is also the author of "Paradise General: Riding the Surge at a Combat Hospital in Iraq."

2006

In 2006, Hnida wrote a book about her experiences, titled Still Kicking: My Journey as the First Woman to Play Division One College Football.

It details abuse and sexual assault she experienced while at Colorado, as well as her experiences afterward at the University of New Mexico.

2010

In 2010, Hnida became the kicker for the Fort Wayne FireHawks in the Continental Indoor Football League.

The league's first female player, and only the second female professional football player in history (after placeholder Patricia Palinkas), Hnida played in the first three games of the team's season but was released later that year after developing a blood clot in her kicking leg.

2018

In 2018, Hnida became gravely ill after an adverse reaction to a prescribed antibiotic sent her into multiple organ failure; her family reported her kidneys and liver failed and her bone marrow quit functioning, resulting in admission to an intensive care unit and emergency dialysis.