Anna Zerilli

{{short description|American football placekicker}}

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Anna Zerilli was the first ever female kicker (in 2015) on the boys' Manchester-Essex Hornets team{{Cite web|url=https://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/11/11/female-kicker-manchester-essex-high-school-anna-zerilli/|title=Manchester-Essex Player Becomes Football Team's First Ever Female Kicker|date=November 11, 2017|language=en|access-date=December 18, 2018}} breaking a 60-year-old school record{{Cite web|url=https://www.eagletribune.com/sports/local_sports/sports-in-a-minute-manchester-essex-boasts-talented-female-kicker/article_6eb57594-93cd-5a62-b900-0a8d3a5d89d7.html|title=Sports in a Minute: Manchester Essex boasts talented female kicker|website=Eagle-Tribune|language=en|access-date=December 18, 2018}} at Manchester-Essex for most points scored (7 points){{Cite web|url=https://www.usabreakingnews.net/2018/02/manchester-essex-kicker-anna-zerilli-got-a-surprise-visitor-at-gillette/|title=Manchester Essex kicker Anna Zerilli got a surprise visitor at Gillette|date=February 3, 2018|website=USA Breaking News|language=en-US|access-date=December 18, 2018|archive-date=April 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404044610/https://www.usabreakingnews.net/2018/02/manchester-essex-kicker-anna-zerilli-got-a-surprise-visitor-at-gillette/|url-status=dead}} by a placekicker in a game.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncsasports.org/football-recruiting/massachusetts/rockport/rockport-high-school/anna-zerilli|title=Anna Zerilli's Football Recruiting Profile|website=www.ncsasports.org|language=en|access-date=December 18, 2018}}{{Citation|title=Anna Zerilli highlights|url=https://www.hudl.com/video/3/6527047/5a552c53c123bd0d682779b4|access-date=December 18, 2018}} She became the first female freshman in American history to score in a Varsity game. She studied at Rockport High School{{Cite web|url=http://rockport.wickedlocal.com/news/20170721/rockport-high-announces-honor-roll|title=Rockport High announces honor roll|website=Wicked Local Rockport|language=en|access-date=December 18, 2018}} and began training at Cape Ann Kicking Academy with Rick Gonsalves.{{Cite web |last=Curcuru |first=Nick |title=Trailblazer |url=https://www.gloucestertimes.com/sports/local_sports/trailblazer/article_9133c561-c4e0-5ca3-b4d8-c11922fdb141.html |access-date=December 18, 2018 |website=Gloucester Daily Times |language=en}} In 2018 The New England Patriots{{Cite web|url=https://www.thescore.com/s/3930292|title=Meet Anna Zerilli. She's the kicker on her high school football team. And she got a chance to kick around with @Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski!|website=theScore.com|access-date=December 18, 2018}} invited her to kick at Gillette Stadium{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/high-schools/2018/02/02/manchester-essex-kicker-anna-zerilli-got-surprise-visitor-gillette/HE6sgrnJ8DX5wMM5nrvyLL/story.html|title=Manchester Essex kicker Anna Zerilli got a surprise visitor at Gillette – The Boston Globe|last=Larson|first=Craig|website=BostonGlobe.com|access-date=December 18, 2018}} with Stephen Gostkowski through the NFL network.{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.proctoracademy.org/proctor-athletics-anna-zerilli-kicking-the-best|title=Proctor Athletics: Anna Zerilli '19 Kicking With the Best|last=Allenby|first=Scott|website=blogs.proctoracademy.org|language=en-us|access-date=December 18, 2018}} In fall of 2018 she became the first New England female to sign to play college football; she currently plays for Lake Forest College, and scored the first point ever by a female in a varsity football game for the college on October 26, 2019.{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.proctoracademy.org/making-history-anna-zerilli-19-signs-national-letter-of-intent|title = Making History: Anna Zerilli '19 Signs National Letter of Intent}} She is also the first female to score in a varsity football game in the history of the Midwest Conference. She is {{convert|5|ft|3|in}} tall.