Female Athlete of the Year

William Blount’s Roddy made hard work, team first, winning philosophy

Lindsey Roddy produced Blount County’s only sectional track and field championships this season. Photos by Wallace Bowden

By Stefan Cooper
Editor
Blount Press Row

Did you know she was once one of Blount County’s best young running backs?

Trying her hand at several sports as a kid, Lindsey Roddy first spent a season as a Fairview Raiders cheerleader, the next as a home run threat for the Parks & Rec youth football team out of the backfield.

On the basketball court, Roddy became the program’s eighth inductee into the 1,000-point club while earning district player of the year honors.

She went the length of the field for a touchdown in that year’s super bowl.

True story.