Former WBB player Krouch named IWGA Athlete of Year finalist
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2025 11:38 pmFrom SMUMustangs.com:
Former SMU WBB player Vanita Krouch named IWGA Athlete of the Year finalist
DALLAS (USA FOOTBALL) – Former SMU women's basketball player Vanita Krouch is a finalist for The World Games Athlete of the Year 2024. Krouch is the quarterback of USA Football's U.S. Women's Flag Football National Team. She led the U.S. National Team to a gold medal at the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) Flag Football World Championship in Lahti, Finland this past August.
Krouch is the most decorated woman in U.S. National Team history. She's 33-1 in her international career, including world championship victories in 2018, 2021 and 2024 and a gold medal finish in the first-ever IFAF Americas Continental Flag Football Championship in 2023. Krouch won a silver medal when flag football debuted as a World Games sport in Birmingham, Ala., in 2022.
Krouch advanced to the final ten nominees for The World Games Athlete of the Year out of an initial pool of 22 athletes. You can support Krouch's candidacy by voting for her once per day here. Voting ends on Jan. 31 at 12:00 GMT. The award race is competitive. Don't miss out on your chance to support a world champion!
The women's team went 8-0 in Lahti across four days of competition that featured 23 women's national teams in the largest-ever event held by IFAF.
Krouch started playing basketball in the fourth grade and played four seasons (2000-03) at SMU, winning a Western Athletic Conference Championship and earning an appearance in the NCAA Tournament as a freshman. After college, Krouch played semi-pro basketball with the Dallas Diesels before making the transition to flag football. Her nearly two-decade flag football career started after she did an internet search for rec leagues in the Dallas area and began playing 4-on-4 flag in a men's division.
Former SMU WBB player Vanita Krouch named IWGA Athlete of the Year finalist
DALLAS (USA FOOTBALL) – Former SMU women's basketball player Vanita Krouch is a finalist for The World Games Athlete of the Year 2024. Krouch is the quarterback of USA Football's U.S. Women's Flag Football National Team. She led the U.S. National Team to a gold medal at the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) Flag Football World Championship in Lahti, Finland this past August.
Krouch is the most decorated woman in U.S. National Team history. She's 33-1 in her international career, including world championship victories in 2018, 2021 and 2024 and a gold medal finish in the first-ever IFAF Americas Continental Flag Football Championship in 2023. Krouch won a silver medal when flag football debuted as a World Games sport in Birmingham, Ala., in 2022.
Krouch advanced to the final ten nominees for The World Games Athlete of the Year out of an initial pool of 22 athletes. You can support Krouch's candidacy by voting for her once per day here. Voting ends on Jan. 31 at 12:00 GMT. The award race is competitive. Don't miss out on your chance to support a world champion!
The women's team went 8-0 in Lahti across four days of competition that featured 23 women's national teams in the largest-ever event held by IFAF.
Krouch started playing basketball in the fourth grade and played four seasons (2000-03) at SMU, winning a Western Athletic Conference Championship and earning an appearance in the NCAA Tournament as a freshman. After college, Krouch played semi-pro basketball with the Dallas Diesels before making the transition to flag football. Her nearly two-decade flag football career started after she did an internet search for rec leagues in the Dallas area and began playing 4-on-4 flag in a men's division.