Who is Alexa Anderson? Division I athlete leading legal battle for free speech

Track & field athlete Alexa Anderson discusses her protest against a transgender opponent after an Oregon high school competition on ‘America’s Newsroom.’

University of South Alabama freshman Alexa Anderson was a top recruit nationally in the women's track and field pole vault this past year and still found time to take on the establishment. 

Anderson filed a lawsuit against the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) over the summer after she stepped down from a medal podium to protest a transgender athlete. Anderson's lawsuit alleges she was told to get out of the medalist photo shoot and wasn't given her third-place medal. 

The lawsuit aims to ensure that high school athletes in Oregon are allowed to express their First Amendment right to free speech without fear of retaliation from officials. The lawsuit has already cleared one of the OSAA's motions to strike.

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Anderson told Fox News Digital in a June interview she comes from a family of Oregon Democrats. However, she said they also firmly agreed with her stance on protecting women's sports from male trans athletes. But she had her own approach. 

"I think whoever I vote for would be whoever aligns most with my personal values, whether that's a Democrat or Republican," she said. 

Then, in September, she witnessed the assassination of Charlie Kirk. 

"I followed that very closely," she said. "I think it is so incredibly horrible that a young man was taken from his family, taken from his children, just for standing up for what he believed in." 

Anderson became inspired by Kirk after seeing him lead discussions with women's sports activist Riley Gaines. 

"It was really great to see people with such influence