ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. (WTOC) - Mary Ford Fitzjurls, the starting kicker for the Frederica Academy Knights, was crowned the 2025 Homecoming Queen at the halftime ceremony of last night’s football game against Brookwood Academy on September 19, 2025.

In a press release, the school states, "Frederica Academy is proud to announce the school’s first FA football player to be named Homecoming Queen."

"As the only female player on the Frederica Academy football team, she has defied expectations and earned the respect of her teammates, coaches, and her classmates who elected her this year’s Homecoming Queen."

The release calls Fitzjurls “a trailblazer on and off the field” and says that "Mary Ford not only made history as the first female kicker on the school’s football team, but she is also a

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