Becca Longo won't be the first female kicker in college football, but she's believed to be the first to earn a scholarship in Division I or II, after Longo, 18, signed a letter of intent to play for Adams State University in Colorado next year.

Longo says she wasn't aware she might be making history when she accepted the scholarship offer during a signing ceremony at the Phoenix-area Chandler Basha High School in Arizona.

"I didn't know until ... Coach Todd was saying that I had just made history that I was," Longo tells local TV station Channel 12 , citing her former coach Gerald Todd. "Like, I had no idea. I just thought I was just signing a piece of paper, that I was just going to go do what I love to do."

Longo kicked for the Basha Bears for two seasons, wearing number 4. As a senior, she made 35 of 38 extra-point attempts and also hit a 30-yard field goal, according to Adams State .

"It was like recruiting any other athlete," Adams State coach Timm Rosenbach told AZ Central . "In Division II, we can see their workouts. To me, there is no doubt she can be competitive. She has a strong leg and she can be very accurate."

In addition to football, Longo, who is listed at 5'11" and 145 pounds, has signed a letter of intent to play basketball for the women's team at Adams State. She's ranked among Arizona's top 60 hoops players by the MaxPreps site .

Longo has won new fans and followers with her signing — but along the way, she's also heard from people who told her football is a man's sport.

"All the time, I get it all the time," she told Channel 12. "I just ignore it, and don't listen to it. I just do what I do."

Longo has a distant link to another history-making football player: Katie Hnida , the University of New Mexico kicker who in 2003 became the first woman to score in a Division I football game. Hnida was coached on special teams by Everett Todd — the brother of Longo's coach, Gerald Todd.

During this week's signing ceremony in Basha High's gym, Gerald Todd recalled asking his brother after that historic game, "How do you coach a girl?"

"I don't coach girls," Everett Todd replied, according to his brother. "I coach football players."

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