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Chances are she didn't get into grad school at Stanford. That is the one downfall about playing here is that if you redshirt and hope to have a fifth year of eligibility you better be darn smart because grad school is not easy to get into. If you look at a lot of players from all sports at Stanford many choose (have no other option) to seek a transfer so they can fulfill their fifth year, so I'm sure she wanted to stay but just couldn't.

The requirement for graduate school only applies to people who graduate in order to transfer without penalty.  But students staying at Stanford don't have to graduate and go to graduate school.  They can just take a fifth year.  Now, players might feel that they are better off getting a free graduate degree elsewhere over taking some extra classes for fun and electing not to file for graduation until winter quarter of their fifth year.

BC

[BostonCard]

Chances are she didn't get into grad school at Stanford. That is the one downfall about playing here is that if you redshirt and hope to have a fifth year of eligibility you better be darn smart because grad school is not easy to get into. If you look at a lot of players from all sports at Stanford many choose (have no other option) to seek a transfer so they can fulfill their fifth year, so I'm sure she wanted to stay but just couldn't.

The requirement for graduate school only applies to people who graduate in order to transfer without penalty.  But students staying at Stanford don't have to graduate and go to graduate school.  They can just take a fifth year.  Now, players might feel that they are better off getting a free graduate degree elsewhere over taking some extra classes for fun and electing not to file for graduation until winter quarter of their fifth year.

BC