Having now spent more than 10 years in the women's football league, Tasha Lemke said she is ready to pass on her knowledge to a new generation — particularly other deaf players.
When Lemke isn’t working her day job at the IRS, she plays free safety for the Outlaws — one of the nation’s longest-running, full-contact women's football teams. Lemke just wrapped up her fifth year with the team."Part of me is questioning — should I stay or should I leave?" she said."Mentally I’m a teenager, but physically, you know, I’m older, and so I have to make that decision if I want to stay for the long haul.
"I’m trying to recruit other deaf players and encourage them to participate, so I can pass the baton, you know?" she said."Teach them my knowledge. Impart the skills I have onto them, so that they can continue."Lemke loved sports growing up. But it wasn't until she moved to Washington, D.C., to attend Gallaudet University that she was introduced to women’s tackle football.
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