Former college volleyball star Kaylie Ray opens up on viral clash with Arizona Democratic senator

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Former Utah State volleyball star Kaylie Ray became a viral folk hero in the "save women's sports" movement after sparring with Arizona state Sen. Catherine Miranda. 

Ray shared her experience enduring the San Jose State volleyball scandal and leading a team forfeit in protest of a male athlete, at a state education hearing Tuesday, while lobbying for a bill that would provide protections for girls' and women's sports in Arizona. 

Miranda responded by commenting on Ray's body before asking, "So how competitive do you think you really are?" 

It did not go over well with Ray, during or after the hearing. 

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"How could you look me in the eyes and ask me if I'm competitive. Obviously I'm standing in front of you fighting for something right now. I don't know what part of that is not competitive to you. But if you want to go toe-to-toe then we can go toe-to-toe," Ray told Fox News Digital. 

Ray fired back in the chamber, reiterating her point in the same tone she began with. But she had to make an effort to keep her composure.

"I, in the moment, was trying to maintain professionalism, we're in a professional environment. I was just trying to be respectful and courteous," she said. "But inside, I was fuming." Ray even had to call her parents after the hearing, to vent.

When Miranda initially began to address Ray, the senator said, "I mean, you look pretty healthy… You look very much in shape and strong." 

Ray didn't even know what to make of it.

"When she started saying those words,