Female football player has multiple duties during the game

DUBUQUE, IA (KTRK) -- A teen in Iowa is trying to change sports fans' minds about women in sports.

Melissa Olibares just became her school's first female varsity football player. She made the team as a kicker.

Her teammates say she's got their full support.

"She's just another one of us," Benjamin Kubitz said. "We're a big family."

But unlike many of her male teammates, Olivares won't get a break during half time. She's also the lead trumpet player for the school's marching band.

"That's going to be difficult because I am probably be marching in my football jersey outfit," Olivares said.

So why did she decided to make history at her high school?

"I am not doing football because I am a girl and it's something new. I am doing it because it's fun," Olivares said.