Ashlea Klam
American flag football player (born 2004)
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Ashlea Klam (born October 2004)[1] is an American international flag football player. She has represented the United States national team since 2023, winning the 2024 IFAF Women's Flag Football World Championship. She plays college flag football for the Keiser Seahawks.
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| Born | 2004 (age 21–22) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Austin, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Flag football | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Center, defensive back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
Born to Amber and Jason Klam and raised in Austin, Texas, she started playing flag football at age six after seeing her brother Peyton play. She began to play competitively the year after, initially playing on boys' teams.[2][3] She also excelled at a number of sports as a youngster: soccer, volleyball, basketball, baseball, softball, and track and field.[1]
Flag football career
Klam received a scholarship to study sports management and play flag football for Keiser University in Florida.[2]
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.[4][5]
In 2023, she became the youngest player on the United States women's national flag football team, at the age of 19.[6] She was a member of the American team which won the 2024 IFAF Women's Flag Football World Championship.[7]
She settled for bronze at the 2025 IFAF Americas Continental Flag Football Championship in Panama, catching a touchdown in the loss to Mexico in the semifinals before defeating the hosts in the third place game.[8]
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.[1]