Sarah Schkeeper
Encyclopedia
Sarah Schkeeper is an American football
Guard
for the New York Sharks
. Nicknamed "The Viking" because she wears braided pigtails in games, she joined the New York Sharks
in 2009 as a rookie and has started in every career game.
with her two older brothers, Aaron and Brian, by her mother Liane Schkeeper. Though she played football with the boys growing up Schkeeper didn't play an organized sport until joining the New York Sharks
in 2009.
Schkeeper graduated from Temple University with a B.A. in Studio Art/Photography in 2007 and from Pratt Institute with a M.Arch in 2011.
An avid cyclist, she has been hit twice by vehicles within a 4 month span before the start of the 2010 season while cycling in Brooklyn and suffered no broken bones (her injuries included a concussion and a dislocated rib that went untreated for 6 months) earning her a reputation among her teammates for being "unbreakable".
She also enjoys playing full contact flag football with several of her teammates on a team called The Honey Badgers.
, the longest running and winningest professional women's football team in history. She has started as right guard
in every career game.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
Guard
Guard (American football)
In American and Canadian football, a guard is a player that lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team....
for the New York Sharks
New York Sharks
The New York Sharks are a women's American football team playing out of New York City. They are a member of the Women's Football Alliance...
. Nicknamed "The Viking" because she wears braided pigtails in games, she joined the New York Sharks
New York Sharks
The New York Sharks are a women's American football team playing out of New York City. They are a member of the Women's Football Alliance...
in 2009 as a rookie and has started in every career game.
Early years
The youngest of three children Schkeeper was raised in Livingston, New JerseyLivingston, New Jersey
Livingston is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 29,366.Livingston was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 5, 1813, from portions of Caldwell Township and Springfield...
with her two older brothers, Aaron and Brian, by her mother Liane Schkeeper. Though she played football with the boys growing up Schkeeper didn't play an organized sport until joining the New York Sharks
New York Sharks
The New York Sharks are a women's American football team playing out of New York City. They are a member of the Women's Football Alliance...
in 2009.
Schkeeper graduated from Temple University with a B.A. in Studio Art/Photography in 2007 and from Pratt Institute with a M.Arch in 2011.
Current
Schkeeper currently resides in Brooklyn, NY.An avid cyclist, she has been hit twice by vehicles within a 4 month span before the start of the 2010 season while cycling in Brooklyn and suffered no broken bones (her injuries included a concussion and a dislocated rib that went untreated for 6 months) earning her a reputation among her teammates for being "unbreakable".
She also enjoys playing full contact flag football with several of her teammates on a team called The Honey Badgers.
New York Sharks
Schkeeper plays guard for the New York SharksNew York Sharks
The New York Sharks are a women's American football team playing out of New York City. They are a member of the Women's Football Alliance...
, the longest running and winningest professional women's football team in history. She has started as right guard
Guard (American football)
In American and Canadian football, a guard is a player that lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team....
in every career game.
External links
- Profile at New York Sharks
- espnW article in espnW