Tonya Lynn Butler (born October 20, 1980) is an American athlete who is the first woman ever to score a field goal in a college football game. She accomplished this feat on September 13, 2003, as a placekicker for the University of West Alabama Tigers, which was competing in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II. Playing career High school Butler was raised in Fayetteville, Georgia, where she played the placekicker position for Riverdale High School. She won the starting kicking job when she was in tenth grade after serving as the junior varsity kicker for her freshman year. As a sophomore, Butler converted seven of eight field goal attempts and 28 of 31 extra points and became the first female to both make the all-area team for Clayton and Henry Counties and honorable mention for Class AAA all-state team as picked by the Georgia Sportswriters Association. Butler converted five of ten field goal attempts and 20 of 23 extra points as a junior; and seven of thirteen field goals and 64-of-65 extra points as a senior. She completed her Riverdale career with 165 total points, for second place all-time in points scored at Riverdale. For her performance on the field, Butler was named to the 1998 Class AAA all-state football team as picked by the Georgia Sportswriters Association as the first female ever selected. She also lettered in soccer in high school. College During her senior year of high school, Butler received interest from Central Michigan in Division I-A and over two dozen schools in Division I-AA for her services as placekicker. In January 1999 Butler announced she would play college football at Middle Georgia College for head coach Randy Pippin and signed a national letter of intent for a football scholarship to compete as placekicker on February 3, 1999. The signing made Butler the first female to earn a football scholarship at a state school. During her two years at Middle Georgia, Butler made 36 of 42 extra points and one field goal for the Warriors. After earning her associates degree at Middle Georgia, she did not receive any scholarship offers to compete as a placekicker elsewhere. Butler ended up going to Georgia Southern where she graduated in 2003. After graduating from Georgia Southern, former Georgia College head coach Randy Pippin, who was now the head coach at West Alabama, offered Butler a scholarship to serve as