04-06-2020, 12:39 PM
(04-06-2020, 11:58 AM)WBB fan Wrote: Jennifer Azzi, Sonja Henning, Kate Starbird, Kristen Fokl, Val Whiting are all strong candidates for this list. Of the ones you mention, Goodenbour and Nygaard were very, very good, but not in the same class. Note that all the ones I've listed were 1st team all Americans, and IMHO they fully deserved the honor. Re Henning, who doesn't often get mentioned on such lists, for my money, she was the best point guard that Stanford has ever had, consummate play-maker and team glue. The 2nd best was probably Jamila Wideman. Both were players who made everyone else on the team better.
Agree that Sonja and Jamila among most underrated players in Stanford WBB history (might add Amber Orrange, Kate Paye, and Vanessa Nygaard to that group, too).
On any All Time Starting 5 for Stanford women's BB, you have to have Kristin Folkl in there. She may be the best Stanford athlete I've ever seen play. And she was soooo good in hoops (and she didn't come near her ceiling, at least with any consistency). Pederson has to be in for consideration. And I'd add one other for consideration - who would never make it - but she is my all time favorite glue player: Jillian Harmon (also very underrated).
