| Katie Hnida Timeline: 1998-2004 |
| 1998: |
She connects on 27 of 28 PAT's and is 3-for-3 on field goals as a senior at Chatfield High School in Littleton, Colo., earning an invite to walk on at Colorado by then-coach Rick Neuheisel. |
| 1999 preseason: |
With Neuheisel gone to Washington, new coach Gary Barnett keeps the offer to Hnida open and she joins the Buffaloes. |
| Sept. 18, 1999: |
In a 51-17 win over Kansas, she becomes the second woman to suit up for a Division I-A football game. Over the course of the season, Hnida "dealt with a lot of sexual harassment." |
| Dec. 31, 1999: |
Makes history by becoming the first woman to suit up for a bowl game when Colorado beats Boston College 62-28 in the Insight.com Bowl. She does not see the field in her first season and Barnett remarks that she "wasn't a very good kicker." |
| Summer 2000: |
Hnida is allegedly raped by a fellow member of the CU football team. She does not report the incident. |
| Fall 2000: |
She falls ill with tonsillitis and does not make the team roster. |
| Spring 2001: |
A depressed Hnida drops out of Colorado after her sophomore year. |
| Fall 2001: |
She begins classes at Santa Barbara (Calif.) City College but does not play football. |
| Fall 2002: |
After transferring to New Mexico, she joins the Lobos team as a junior walk-on and becomes the third-string kicker under coach Rocky Long. |
| Dec. 25, 2002: |
Hnida becomes first female to play in a I-A football game, but her extra-point attempt against UCLA in the Las Vegas Bowl is blocked. |
| Aug. 22, 2003: |
A story in the Albuquerque Tribune contains her first public allegations of sexual harassment during her time spent at Colorado. |
| Aug. 30, 2003: |
She kicks two extra-points in a 72-8 win over Texas State-San Marcos to become the first female to score in a I-A football game. |
| Feb. 13, 2004: |
Hnida submits an application to the NCAA asking to be granted sixth year of eligibility, due to her inactivity during the 2000-01 season. A ruling has not yet been made. |
| Feb. 17, 2004: |
Hnida makes her first allegation of rape against a former Colorado teammate in a Sports Illustrated column by Rick Reilly. |
| Information gathered from SI.com wire reports, AP and the Albuquerque Tribune. |
