As Fast As Her

This book is the autobiography of Kendall Coyne. Growing up, she played a number of sports. But she saw her older brother playing ice hockey. So at a young age, she talked her parents into letting her play too.

Kendall often tried to play on boys teams. There was a lot of resistance to that. When that did not work, she would play against girls older than her. This was to push her limits and increase her skills.

One of the highlights of the book was when Kendall was recruited by a number of colleges. She decided on Boston College, who promised a full scholarship. She declined all other colleges. But when she called Boston College to indicate her acceptance, her guy would not answer the call. Eventually he called her mom and said due to circumstances, they were not able to offer her a scholarship.

Kendall regrouped with a counselor, who talked her into taking a fifth year of high school. Then she applied again for college a year later. She almost had deja vu. When she called a year later to accept at another college, she also had trouble getting in contact with her guy at the college. Luckily it was just a mishap, and she got a 5 year scholarship. She decided to use that money to get a bachelors and masters degree at the same time.

Kendall eventually met and married an NFL football player. She has fought for the right of girls to play hockey, and to get the same financial backing that boys do.