Haley Van Voorhis

Jersey Number: 1
Position: LB
Age (on April 1, 2025): 21
Height: 5-6
Weight: 150
Hometown: The Plains, VA
High School: Shenandoah University
Previous Football Experience: 11 Years
3 years – middle school (rec)
4 years – 3 seasons – high school (1 JV, 3 V) 1 year with Divas (2021)
4 years – college (d3)

 

Haley Van Voorhis Q & A

What sports do you currently play and for how long?
Shenandoah University Football 2021-2024
Shenandoah University Track and Field – 2021-2024

What sports have you played in the past and for how long?
Tennis – 18 years, Soccer – 3 years, Baseball – 2 years, Basketball – 9 years, Lacrosse – 4 years,
Flag Football – 4 years

Have you received any awards or honors for playing sports?
– First female to play football at an NCAA school
-First female to play in a college football game
-First female to log a QB hurry and pass break in any college football game

How did you hear about women’s tackle football?
Family

Why do you want to play women’s tackle football?
To have the opportunity to be apart of something special and elevate not just the game

What does it mean to you to become a D.C. Diva?
To be a D.C. Divas means I am on a mission to win football games, elevate the game for all, and support the community.

What charities and/or causes do you support and would like to see the team do the same in some manner?
Got Her Back Women’s Sports Foundation

What are your favorite hobbies or special interests?
Cooking, Lifting Weights, Being Outdoors

What is your favorite movie or TV Show?
Blindside

What is your favorite travel location?
Florida

What is your favorite book?
Can’t Hurt Me – David Goggins

Who is your favorite musician or group?
Lil Tecca

Who is your favorite NFL player?
Patrick Mahomes – best to ever do it

Who is your female sports idol? Why?
Caitlyn Clark. She literally elevated the game of basketball for all females not by influencing, but by action.

What was the first sport you ever played?
Tennis – Age 3

What is your favorite sports memory?
The journey

Who was your childhood idol? Why?
Santana Moss + Pierre Garçon – as an aspiring receiver, I looked up to these two guys who played on the Washington Redskins (my home team) at the time

Who is your biggest supporter?
Parents

If you could have a conversation with anyone, dead or alive, who would you choose?
My grandfather – Skip – we always had the best conversations and he was just a great human being

What is your favorite quote?
“life isn’t about finding your limits, it’s about realizing you have none”

Rank the top five priorities currently in your life.
My family and friends
Football
Taking care of me
Pursuing a career

How important is an athlete’s public image?
It is important to maintain a good public image as an athlete, not just for myself and the team, but for the game itself.

How would your friends, coaches and teammates describe you?
Driven, Influential, Chill

What do you look for in a coach?
A coach that is willing to push everyone to their limits. (There is no growth in being comfortable)

What is the best piece of advice you have gained from your coaches?
“Find a way” – if there is a will, there is a way

How would you describe yourself in three words?
Disciplined, Accountable, Respectful

 

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