RALEIGH, NC - Shaw placekicker India Pulphus was named CIAA Special Teams Player of the Week on Monday for her historic kick against Virginia State over the weekend.

Pulphus connected on her extra point attempt late in the fourth quarter to make history as the first female kicker to kick an extra point in Shaw football and CIAA football history Saturday afternoon as the Bears fell to Virginia State 38-19 inside Durham County Memorial Stadium. 

A Cleveland, OH, native, Pulphus also made history as the first female to capture a CIAA football player of the week honor.