Kristin Lucia
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| Season(s) Played with the Divas: 2011 | ||||||||
| Jersey Number: 64 | ||||||||
| Position: OL | Age: 33 | |||||||
| Height: 5-8 | Weight: 195 | |||||||
| Hometown: Merrillville, IN | ||||||||
| College: Indiana University | ||||||||
| Occupation: Georgetown University Hospital | ||||||||
Kristin Lucia Q&A
| Who was your childhood idol? Why? |
| Mary Lou Retton…she was the first American all-around Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics, and I remember watching her over and over again, hoping that one day I could be her. Being 5’8″ put a little damper on my gymnastics career! |
| Who is your biggest supporter? |
| I would have to say my parents, even though all of my friends are a close second. My parents have supported me my whole life in whatever idea/sport I wanted to try, even if it killed them because I wanted to participate in a million things at once! They were always there and helped me be the best in everything I did. |
| What is your favorite sports memory? |
| My freshman year in high school when my gymnastics team won the Indiana State Championship. |
| Why do you play women’s tackle football? |
| I am always one who is up for a challenge. Why not play football and show everyone what us ladies can do? |
| What does it mean to you to be a Diva? |
| I really got my first glimpse of what it means when after a tryout, a few of us went out to lunch. Not only were the girls on the team so welcoming, even though they didn’t know if I made the team or not, it just showed how great of a group I was hoping to join. What definitely hit me the most, though, was being stopped by three different groups of kids…boys and girls. They asked if I was part of the team, and when I told them I was hoping to be, the smiles that they had on their faces were fabulous. Being a positive image for kids and letting them know you can do whatever you set your mind to…words just can’t explain what it means! |
