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Welcome to Women of Ginter '11! Today's subject is Heather Mitts, Champion Women's Soccer Defender.
According to Mitts' card write-up:
Like Sue Bird (the previous subject of the Women in Ginter '11 Week), Heather Mitts has already had a stellar career chock full of accomplishments. Unlike Sue Bird, Mitts has used her fame to promote herself both and off the field. Along with her athletic accomplishments, Mitts is also a model and television commentator. In fact, Mitts' personal webpage essentially boasts of both sides of Mitts' public persona by showing two photos - one of Mitts playing soccer and one of Mitts' all glitzed up in an evening dress.
On the pitch, Heather Mitts is a defender for the Atlanta Beat and for the US National team. Although fairly old for a soccer player (Mitts was born in '78), she is a "surely valuable player to have on the roster" according to her US team bio. Mitts has suffered a variety of injuries (including ACL and knee injuries) which probably have pushed her to develop her off-field modeling and announcing skills a bit earlier than perhaps she would have preferred.
According to her official women's league biography, Mitts has played for three different teams in the Women's professional league - Philadelphia, Boston, and Atlanta. To this day, she splits time with her professional team and the US National team as she did in her previous stops with both Atlanta and Boston.
Off the pitch, Mitts is married to A.J. Feeley - a back-up quarterback for the St. Louis Rams (I suppose that Mitts is also married while on the pitch, but you know what I mean). As her Ginter card biography indicates, Mitts is also an active model (and, as it turns out, an active self promoter).
Heather has an active Twitter feed (you can find her here) as well as a full page of modeling photos - including the following:
As for me, my favorite photo of Heather Mitts is the one on the following card as it is one of the harder relics to find in the 2011 Allen & Ginter set!
By and large, Heather Mitts appears deserving of inclusion in the Allen & Ginter set. Like Sue Bird, Mitts has a World Championship to her name plus a number of accolades from high school, college, and the professional leagues. Since I don't follow women's soccer (aside from the year the World Cup is on), I can't really comment on whether or not there is a more deserving woman's soccer player that could have been featured on a Ginter card. That said, I also can't say that Mitts shouldn't be on a card so I guess I'll give Topps credit for her inclusion as well...plus, I really love that relic card - and having it be two-colored is even nicer!
Image sources:
http://www.womensprosoccer.com/atlanta/players/bios/mitts-heather
http://pics.wikifeet.com/Heather-Mitts-Feet-79759.jpg
http://www.heathermitts.com/index.htm
According to Mitts' card write-up:
A Cincinnati native, Heather led Florida to its first NCAA women's soccer championship in 1998, and set several Gators records during her All-America career. The talented defender has enjoyed a stellar pro career, as a well, while also helping the U.S. garner gold medals in the 2004 Athens and '08 Beijing Summer Games. Mitts had enjoyed off-the-field success in modeling and as a TV soccer commentator.
Like Sue Bird (the previous subject of the Women in Ginter '11 Week), Heather Mitts has already had a stellar career chock full of accomplishments. Unlike Sue Bird, Mitts has used her fame to promote herself both and off the field. Along with her athletic accomplishments, Mitts is also a model and television commentator. In fact, Mitts' personal webpage essentially boasts of both sides of Mitts' public persona by showing two photos - one of Mitts playing soccer and one of Mitts' all glitzed up in an evening dress.
On the pitch, Heather Mitts is a defender for the Atlanta Beat and for the US National team. Although fairly old for a soccer player (Mitts was born in '78), she is a "surely valuable player to have on the roster" according to her US team bio. Mitts has suffered a variety of injuries (including ACL and knee injuries) which probably have pushed her to develop her off-field modeling and announcing skills a bit earlier than perhaps she would have preferred.
According to her official women's league biography, Mitts has played for three different teams in the Women's professional league - Philadelphia, Boston, and Atlanta. To this day, she splits time with her professional team and the US National team as she did in her previous stops with both Atlanta and Boston.
Off the pitch, Mitts is married to A.J. Feeley - a back-up quarterback for the St. Louis Rams (I suppose that Mitts is also married while on the pitch, but you know what I mean). As her Ginter card biography indicates, Mitts is also an active model (and, as it turns out, an active self promoter).
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| For her sake, I hope that's AJ Feeley in the photo. |
Heather has an active Twitter feed (you can find her here) as well as a full page of modeling photos - including the following:
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| Nice...uhm...soccer ball? |
As for me, my favorite photo of Heather Mitts is the one on the following card as it is one of the harder relics to find in the 2011 Allen & Ginter set!
By and large, Heather Mitts appears deserving of inclusion in the Allen & Ginter set. Like Sue Bird, Mitts has a World Championship to her name plus a number of accolades from high school, college, and the professional leagues. Since I don't follow women's soccer (aside from the year the World Cup is on), I can't really comment on whether or not there is a more deserving woman's soccer player that could have been featured on a Ginter card. That said, I also can't say that Mitts shouldn't be on a card so I guess I'll give Topps credit for her inclusion as well...plus, I really love that relic card - and having it be two-colored is even nicer!
Image sources:
http://www.womensprosoccer.com/atlanta/players/bios/mitts-heather
http://pics.wikifeet.com/Heather-Mitts-Feet-79759.jpg
http://www.heathermitts.com/index.htm
Nice soccer ball, lucky soccer ball. Same thing.
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