Bixby also played for Putnam High School's varsity gridiron football team as a placekicker, completing 89 of 96 extra point attempts and two of three field goals, including a 40-yard game-tying field goal in the final seconds of a 2013 game. Her performances in 2013 and 2014 led to the Northwest Oregon Conference naming her both the top girls' soccer goalkeeper and top gridiron football extra point attempt kicker.
