The numbers say it all: 354 varsity athletes, 25 NCAA titles, 117 full athletic scholarships, 10 alums playing in the WNBA. Those were some of the stats that helped convince the editors of Sports Illustrated for Women to name Stanford the No.1 college for women athletes.
Farm athletes pop up throughout the magazine's fall issue. Freshman volleyball phenom Logan Tom made the cover and was the subject of a doting profile inside. Olympic swimming hopeful Jenny Thompson, '95 (who still works out with the Stanford team), let a reporter and photographer follow her around for a "day in the life" feature. And junior Julia Stamps and senior Sally Glynn were tagged as the leaders of the nation's most promising cross-country team. "It's great that our athletic program is recognized," says women's basketball coach Tara VanDerveer. "It's well-deserved."
Then again, it didn't hurt that two of the cover story's three writers -- Kelli Anderson, '84, and Ivan Maisel, '81 -- are alums.
