Santia Deck

“ I started off with tennis when I was four years old, a lot of people didn’t know I played tennis. Then I started with basketball then track, now I play professional football.”

Q. Thanks for interviewing with us tell everyone who you are and what you do?

A. Hello I am Santia, aka Track baby, aka Queen of Abs. I am a professional women football player & Owner of Tronus a shoe company.

Q. What made you want to become and athlete?

A. Honestly, I feel I was just born to be an athlete. I was always an athletic. I started off with tennis when I was four years old, a lot of people didn’t know I played tennis. Then I started with basketball then track, now I play professional football.

Q. So, If I am correct you are the first professional woman football player to sign a multimilliondollar contract?

A. Yes, back in December of 2019, I became the highest paid female football player in history. I play for the WFLA and my team is the LA Fames. I think it really is going to be exciting this year.

Q. What has been the advantages and disadvantages being an athlete?

A. I would say the advantages has been, of course one would be making history. It has allowed me to meet a lot of people and be invited to travel to a lot of places.it has been insane in a good way. The disadvantage would be, the pandemic and with the season being cancelled, not being able to play as normal. Other than that, there are not too many disadvantages.

Q. Can you tell me about your sneaker company and how you got started?

A. My shoe company is name Tronus. Which is Greek for throne. It started off about two years ago with just getting my own shoe designed and then being offered my own line with another company. I posted it on my Instagram, and it went crazy and then we started a whole shoe company out of it. My mom stated she had faith that I could hold up against the major companies and here we are.

Q. I know you just had a birthday how did you celebrate this year?

A. My birthday was during the Versus between Jeezy and Gucci, so I went out, I enjoyed my birthday watching the Versus in a Corona-safe environment. I had fun.

Q. How close are you to your set retire age?

A. I set my goal to retire by 30. I think I am on track. I’m staying true to my word!

Q. Who is/are your sports Hero(s)?

A. I would say my idle is FloJo. It was her style and outfits for me. I was like that in high school with my socks. A few others are Michael Johnson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, and now Barry Sanders for football.

Q. What was it like transforming from track to football?

A. It wasn’t too hard. Just because I had brothers that I played along with when I was younger. I was a tomboy, so it was pretty easy. I would say learning the playbook was the hardest thing, because I was just used to running around the field and not learning plays.

Q. Are you an ambassador for Fashion Nova?

A. I used to be, but right now I just wear it because I like the clothes and they fit well. They have a lot of different clothes for everyone.

Q. Where can the readers follow you?

A. Everyone can follow me on Instagram, TikTok Twitter at Trackbaby001 and Facebook Queen of Abs