Becky Pepper-Jackson, a transgender high-school track-and-field athlete from Bridgeport, West Virginia, placed third in the 2025 state-qualifying discus competition and was the only person in West Virginia who had sought to compete in girls' sports as a transgender athlete.
Notes on verification
Multiple independent sources (NPR, Fox News, Courthouse News, WV MetroNews, PlanetTrans) corroborate both her placement in the state-qualifying discus event and her status as the only transgender athlete seeking to compete in girls' sports in West Virginia. Minor discrepancies exist between regional qualifier vs. final state meet placements, but claim specifically references the qualifying event, which is consistent with sourcing. [tier=silver indep_score=0.857 clusters=7 claim_tier=notable | kind=empirical eligibility=medium]
Sources
- Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump's ... (seed:politics_and_current_events)
- https://wvmetronews.com/2025/05/20/transgender-athlete-qualifies-for-two-events-in-state-track-championships/ (corroboration)
- https://www.foxnews.com/sports/west-virginia-gov-vows-protect-womens-sports-trans-athlete-competes-girls-state-championship (corroboration)
- https://www.planetrans.org/2025/06/courageous-transgender-girl-medals-at.html (corroboration)
- https://www.npr.org/2023/04/06/1165133771 (corroboration)
- https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5648524 (corroboration)
- https://www.courthousenews.com/trans-rights-at-scotus-west-virginia-defends-statewide-sports-ban-for-one-teen/ (corroboration)
- https://www.wtap.com/2026/04/20/transgender-high-school-athlete-focuses-what-may-be-her-last-track-season-supreme-court-ruling-looms/ (corroboration)
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/gender-identity/an-11-year-old-trans-girl-was-barred-from-her-schools-cross-country-team-shes-suing/ (corroboration)