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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Slippery Rock University women's flag football head coach Lisa Horton has announced the active recruiting period for The Rock flag football program has opened as she works to build a roster for the launch of the sport at SRU in 2027-28.
 
"I'm very excited to hit the ground recruiting this year and to work on building the inaugural roster for the launch of flag football at The Rock," said Horton. "The sport is growing at a rapid rate and we look forward to welcoming the first class of women's flag football student-athletes to SRU next year."
 
Prospective student-athletes can fill out the recruiting form linked at the top of this page to join the recruiting database.
 
Horton will also be actively recruiting high school and transfer students throughout the region and nation during the upcoming 2026-27 academic year and will visit multiple showcases this summer, including the 2026 NFL Flag Championship Showcase in Indiana July 23-26 and the "We Run the World" Nationals in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania August. 7-9.
 
Coach Horton can be reached via email at lisa.horton@sru.edu.
 
ABOUT SLIPPERY ROCK FLAG FOOTBALL
Slippery Rock announced in November of 2025 that the University would be adding women's flag football in 2027-28. One of the fastest growing sports in the country is on the fast track to become the next NCAA championship sport. Each NCAA Division will vote in January of 2027 on a proposal that would see the NCAA host the inaugural national championship event in the spring of 2028. Lisa Horton was hired as head coach of the program and began her tenure July 1, 2026 with a full year to recruit and build the foundation for the program before competition begins in 2027-28. 
 
ABOUT SLIPPERY ROCK ATHLETICS
Slippery Rock University is a thriving NCAA Division II institution located in western Pennsylvania that currently sponsors 19 varsity athletics teams with the addition of men's wrestling and women's flag football coming in 2027-28. The Rock's student-athletes excel on and off the field with SRU leading all athletics departments in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference in academic performance in 2025-26 with student-athletes combining for a 3.528 GPA. SRU ranks sixth all-time among all schools in Division II in the total number of Academic All-Americans and has produced more than 100 PSAC team champions. To learn more about Rock Athletics, visit RockAthletics.com.
 
ABOUT SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY
Slippery Rock University is a thriving public institution located 45 minutes north of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on a beautiful 660-acre campus with more than 60 buildings and structures. The University, which is part of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, offers more than 150 undergraduate majors and 40 graduate degrees and certificate programs and enrolls more than 8,600 students. It is routinely included among the "Best Regional Universities in the North" by U.S. News & World Report and as one the "Best in the Mid-Atlantic" by the Princeton Review. To learn more about SRU, visit SRU.edu.
 




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