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PostPosted: 11/07/14 8:23 pm    ::: A Tip From Stanford Finds Player a Home at Cal Reply Reply with quote
Great story about some good "sportswomanship" reaching across the bay. Tara is a class act.

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Sleep-deprived and feeling a bit down, coach Lindsay Gottlieb took a stroll last March a day after California's season ended in the NCAA tournament. She was still absorbing being abruptly thrown into the offseason.

Her phone buzzed with a text message. Hall of Fame Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer, whose team was still playing, wrote: "Do you have any scholarships left?"

Gottlieb had an open spot — but wanted to know who her colleague was talking about. VanDerveer provided a quick rundown on a 6-foot-3 forward from New Zealand named Penina Davidson. Gottlieb texted back with one word, "Interested!!!!!!" with "about 5,000 exclamation points," she said.

The rival coaches worked together to find Davidson a new home when the young woman's test scores didn't get her into Stanford, a thoughtful gesture by both sides not seen every day in college athletics.

Gottlieb, who led Cal to its first Final Four in 2013, credits not only VanDerveer's commitment to doing right by Davidson but also her care for the game of women's basketball.


Full story here: http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/tip-stanford-finds-player-home-cal-26762711?singlePage=true
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PostPosted: 11/07/14 8:32 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Very nice story. Competitors can still be civil and even nice to each other. Of course Tara's biggest motivation was being nice to the player she had been recruiting, which is laudable in its own right.
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PostPosted: 11/07/14 8:37 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Sweet. Tara could easily have reached out to a non-conference foe instead.



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PostPosted: 11/08/14 12:09 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
myrtle wrote:
Sweet. Tara could easily have reached out to a non-conference foe instead.


Well, I think Tara is also genuinely interested in building the Pac 12 into a great conference. Meanwhile, Nina ends up at the top public university in the land. Good deal for the student-athlete, Cal and the conference.
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PostPosted: 11/08/14 2:43 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Just what I needed to read today!

Thanks! (and about 4,999 more Smile ).
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