# @flagfootball on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CSCe7NSge0V
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/16514529-flagfootball-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/e076323321.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-08-01T16:39:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** American Flag Football League (@Flagfootball) — https://gondola.cc/Flagfootball

## Caption

An inspiring story from Team USA’s QB, vanitakrouch4 : 
#on1ygirl 

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“Asian girls don’t play sports.” 
“Girls should be cooking.” 
“Girls are supposed to be cleaning.” 

Growing up, my mom and I had to break social and cultural norms of a women’s place is in the house. Going against this norm came slander and ridicule on our family name. My mom was the only mom to let her only daughter play sports during this time…the 80s. With the love and support of her and many teachers and coaches, I fell in love with many sports…soccer, basketball, volleyball, and track. Succeeding the most in basketball, I landed a scholarship at SMU in Dallas and with this success came more noise from our culture, but this time it was different. “Wow, Phonnary, your daughter is amazing!” “I can’t believe she went to school for free.” “Your daughter is so fit and strong and smart.” We shattered the stigma and I was the #on1ygirl to be awarded a full scholarship and by sports. Post my basketball career, I fell in love with flag football—my true love and passion. Football?! With women?! Yet another wall to be shattered by women. I started out playing in all men’s leagues and was the #on1ygirl to quarterback in it. Driven by the “you can’t” and “you shouldn’t” motivated me then and it motives me now—“I can!” and “I will!”

I was the #on1ygirl then, so no one has to be the #on1ygirl now.

Thanks for growing this game, flagfootball 

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