Ashlea Klam

Ashlea Klam (born October 2004) She also excelled at a number of sports as a youngster: soccer, volleyball, basketball, baseball, softball, and track and field.

She played for the Texas Fury club based in Austin, Texas, created by her parents as a girls-only flag football team that has expanded to eight different teams for different age groups.

In 2023, she became the youngest player on the United States women's national flag football team, at the age of 19. She was a member of the American team which won the 2024 IFAF Women's Flag Football World Championship.

She settled for bronze at the in Panama, catching a touchdown in the loss to Mexico in the semifinals before defeating the hosts in the third place game.

In 2026 Klam transferred to Cal Poly for the Mustangs' inaugural season of NCAA Women's Flag Football. Cal Poly is one of the first 10 NCAA D1 schools to sponsor Flag Football as a Varsity NCAA D1 sport.

Personal life Klam has also worked as an actress, appearing in The Long Road Home miniseries, as well as a television show based on the Sage Alexander young adult novel series, and films such as Jack’s Apocalypse.