[81alum]

I'm correct:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/70008...tml?pg=all

Yes, I remember that.  On the one hand, our coaches have consistently said that they will not guarantee a fifth year in the event of a redshirt.  The fifth year depends completely on the needs of the team at the time, so a player who has to take a medical redshirt is guaranteed four years of education but not four years of basketball.  Some like Mel Murphy were given the fifth year, some like Sara Boothe either were not or did not desire it, some like Ruef were initially not given the fifth year but eventually found their way back to a scholarship.  In Michelle's case, she did not get the fifth year, but she got a very supportive coach who basically arranged for her transfer to her regional home school where she got much more playing time than she would have at Stanford.  Many coaches would not have been so helpful, but Tara does have the reputation of going out of her way to help her players (and even recruits--see what she did for Penina Davidson) when it comes to such things. 

[81alum]

I'm correct:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/70008...tml?pg=all

Yes, I remember that.  On the one hand, our coaches have consistently said that they will not guarantee a fifth year in the event of a redshirt.  The fifth year depends completely on the needs of the team at the time, so a player who has to take a medical redshirt is guaranteed four years of education but not four years of basketball.  Some like Mel Murphy were given the fifth year, some like Sara Boothe either were not or did not desire it, some like Ruef were initially not given the fifth year but eventually found their way back to a scholarship.  In Michelle's case, she did not get the fifth year, but she got a very supportive coach who basically arranged for her transfer to her regional home school where she got much more playing time than she would have at Stanford.  Many coaches would not have been so helpful, but Tara does have the reputation of going out of her way to help her players (and even recruits--see what she did for Penina Davidson) when it comes to such things.