{"id":424705,"date":"2026-09-03T05:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T05:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/424705\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T05:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T05:08:08","slug":"dallas-college-launches-womens-flag-football-program-ahead-of-2028-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/424705\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas College Launches Women\u2019s Flag Football Program Ahead of 2028 Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Dallas College) Dallas College is launching a collegiate women\u2019s flag football program in Texas, as women\u2019s flag football surges nationwide and prepares to make its Olympic debut at the 2028 Los Angeles Games.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning this academic year, six Dallas College campuses, Brookhaven, Cedar Valley, Eastfield, Mountain View, Richland, and North Lake are preparing to field teams competing in the National Junior College Athletic Association. Official practices are slated for late October, with preseason scrimmages scheduled for Feb. 11-12, 2027, and the inaugural regular season kicking off Feb. 19.<\/p>\n<p>The expansion positions Dallas College at the forefront of one of the nation\u2019s fastest-growing sports, creating new opportunities for women student-athletes while helping build the next generation of collegiate competition. In addition, Dallas College has partnered with BSN SPORTS to have NIKE be the preferred supplier of all athletic gear needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-103846\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WomensFlagFootball-DWG-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"391\"   data-eio=\"p\"\/>(DWG Studio)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDallas College Athletics is proud to be part of growing women\u2019s flag football as a collegiate sport,\u201d said Lynn Nabi, executive director of athletics at Dallas College. \u201cThe sport has shown tremendous growth within the area and the country, and we look forward to seeing one of the Dallas College campuses holding a NJCAA national trophy soon, perhaps even one of the young ladies becoming an Olympic hopeful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among the program\u2019s inaugural recruits is Garland native A\u2019jaLynn Bostic, a four-time Texas state champion in powerlifting who has set multiple state records. Bostic, who previously played football in eighth and ninth grade as a defensive lineman, will join the Dallas College Richland Thunderducks this fall, bringing elite strength, athleticism and a championship pedigree to the new program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was struggling with where to go for college and was unsure of whether or not to stay in the Dallas area,\u201d Bostic said. \u201cAfter meeting with Coach Cain and learning about the program I decided, I want to be here.\u201d She is excited to start practicing with the team and meeting with her teammates. \u201cI look forward to the team becoming a family and being able to get out of my comfort zone.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Dallas College) Dallas College is launching a collegiate women\u2019s flag football program in Texas, as women\u2019s flag football&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":["post-424705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}