Julie Harshbarger

Who is Julie Harshbarger?

Julie Harshbarger is an American football placekicker for the Chicago Blitz of the Continental Indoor Football League. She is most known for being the first woman to score a field goal in Indoor football, as a member of the Chicago Cardinals of the CIFL.

She grew up in Rockton, Illinois where she was a standout on both the soccer and football field playing for Hononegah Community High School. Her play on the soccer field attracted a scholarship offer from Rockford College. She was twice named All-Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference as a soccer player. Her junior year, she transferred to Benedictine University where she earned All-NIIA Conference twice more and lead the team in assist her senior season.