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Stanford's 2025 commencement speaker is Katie Ledecky - Spiny_Norman - 02-18-2025

How can you be considered a school that hates fun when you invite a decorated Olympic athlete to be the commencement speaker?

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/02/katie-ledecky-20-olympian-and-stanford-student-athlete-to-speak-at-commencement

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RE: Stanford's 2025 commencement speaker is Katie Ledecky - 82lsju - 02-18-2025

(02-18-2025, 01:42 PM)Spiny_Norman Wrote:  How can you be considered a school that hates fun when you invite a decorated Olympic athlete to be the commencement speaker?

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/02/katie-ledecky-20-olympian-and-stanford-student-athlete-to-speak-at-commencement

this made me chuckle

Quote:Zadie Schaffer ’25 also hopes that Ledecky’s age and recent Stanford graduation will allow her to connect with the graduating class. Schaffer believes Ledecky can provide “more current and relatable advice,” as opposed to “some random venture capitalist who has no idea how the world works for the vast majority of people now.”

https://stanforddaily.com/2025/02/17/katie-ledecky-to-deliver-2025-commencement-address/

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RE: Stanford's 2025 commencement speaker is Katie Ledecky - BostonCard - 02-18-2025

I mean, I've known some amazingly personable athletes (Kristin Folkl comes to mind), so it is possible, but yeah, it is also possible that Ledecky is not exactly representative.

BC

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RE: Stanford's 2025 commencement speaker is Katie Ledecky - Nobadeer - 02-18-2025

Ledecky is the GOAT distance swimmer! 14 Olympic medals, 21 world championships, 16 world record swims, 37 American records!

Hoping she'll be somewhat relatable for the class of '25 undergrads. "Yes, like all of you and everyone else, I too have failed terribly at times . . . like when I've won only a silver Olympic medal instead of my usual gold. Or that time I didn't break my own world record in the 800 freestyle."

She will indeed be able to say that there is life after and away from The Farm. (In Gainesville!)

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RE: Stanford's 2025 commencement speaker is Katie Ledecky - BostonCard - 06-20-2025

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stanford-university_you-cant-go-the-distance-alone-katie-activity-7340503087305904128-k3_J?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAAZvt2kBrnRgpou3KZ-bzBUUcRIO9Qg0Yk0


Her graduation speech.

BC

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RE: Stanford's 2025 commencement speaker is Katie Ledecky - Griffins78 - 06-21-2025

Thanks for sharing. Loved it. Here’s her full speech.

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RE: Stanford's 2025 commencement speaker is Katie Ledecky - MV72018 - 06-21-2025

(06-21-2025, 03:06 PM)Griffins78 Wrote:  Thanks for sharing. Loved it. Here’s her full speech.

Wonderful, extremely compelling speech. Bravissima, Katie!

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RE: Stanford's 2025 commencement speaker is Katie Ledecky - PVTree - 06-25-2025

Andrew Luck - 2026-2030 commencement speaker one of those years (my guess).

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RE: Stanford's 2025 commencement speaker is Katie Ledecky - Mick - 06-26-2025

(06-25-2025, 08:31 PM)PVTree Wrote:  Andrew Luck - 2026-2030 commencement speaker one of those years (my guess).

Former Stanford TE RB and current NJ Senator Cory Booker was my youngest son's graduate speaker. Did a great job and snuck in not one, not two but three Stanford references (5:08, 12:37, 13:00). Very likeable and even more so because P'ton has a tradition of awarding a beer jacket to the speakers (the graduates all wear beer jackets), and Booker both wore it and posed for pictures with it on (36:38). Classy guy.

Cory Booker speaks at Princeton University's Class Day 2018

Former VP Al Gore spoke at my older son's graduation. He followed a student who was extremely amusing, and Gore's first two minutes were actually quite funny (rumor is that the same student speaker wrote his first two minutes). Gore -- a graduate of the Stanford of the East -- declined to wear the Princeton jacket. Sigh.

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RE: Stanford's 2025 commencement speaker is Katie Ledecky - BobK - 06-26-2025

Great post however Booker was a TE

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RE: Stanford's 2025 commencement speaker is Katie Ledecky - Mick - 06-26-2025

(06-26-2025, 07:06 AM)BobK Wrote:  Great post however Booker was a TE

Fixed, thanks.

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RE: Stanford's 2025 commencement speaker is Katie Ledecky - Mick - 09-03-2025

(06-26-2025, 06:10 AM)Mick Wrote:  

(06-25-2025, 08:31 PM)PVTree Wrote:  Andrew Luck - 2026-2030 commencement speaker one of those years (my guess).

Former Stanford TE RB and current NJ Senator Cory Booker was my youngest son's graduate speaker. Did a great job and snuck in not one, not two but three Stanford references (5:08, 12:37, 13:00). Very likeable and even more so because P'ton has a tradition of awarding a beer jacket to the speakers (the graduates all wear beer jackets), and Booker both wore it and posed for pictures with it on (36:38). Classy guy.

Cory Booker speaks at Princeton University's Class Day 2018

Former VP Al Gore spoke at my older son's graduation. He followed a student who was extremely amusing, and Gore's first two minutes were actually quite funny (rumor is that the same student speaker wrote his first two minutes). Gore -- a graduate of the Stanford of the East -- declined to wear the Princeton jacket. Sigh.

Speaking of whom, Booker just got engaged. First time for the 56 year old. Congratulations to Senator Booker!

Sen. Cory Booker announces engagement to Alexis Lewis on Instagram | AP News

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RE: Stanford's 2025 commencement speaker is Katie Ledecky - Mick - 11-30-2025

(09-03-2025, 09:46 PM)Mick Wrote:  

(06-26-2025, 06:10 AM)Mick Wrote:  

(06-25-2025, 08:31 PM)PVTree Wrote:  Andrew Luck - 2026-2030 commencement speaker one of those years (my guess).

Former Stanford TE RB and current NJ Senator Cory Booker was my youngest son's graduate speaker. Did a great job and snuck in not one, not two but three Stanford references (5:08, 12:37, 13:00). Very likeable and even more so because P'ton has a tradition of awarding a beer jacket to the speakers (the graduates all wear beer jackets), and Booker both wore it and posed for pictures with it on (36:38). Classy guy.

Cory Booker speaks at Princeton University's Class Day 2018

Former VP Al Gore spoke at my older son's graduation. He followed a student who was extremely amusing, and Gore's first two minutes were actually quite funny (rumor is that the same student speaker wrote his first two minutes). Gore -- a graduate of the Stanford of the East -- declined to wear the Princeton jacket. Sigh.

Speaking of whom, Booker just got engaged. First time for the 56 year old. Congratulations to Senator Booker!

Sen. Cory Booker announces engagement to Alexis Lewis on Instagram | AP News

And Senator Booker just got married to Ms. Lewis. Congratulations to the happy couple!

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