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https://www.ndinsider.com/story/sports/2...415996001/ 

Story on Maya Dodson and her decision to transfer to ND. Interesting she wants to play another year in college and I assume would be eligible with Covid. I don't see her playing professional basketball at least not in the ultra competitive WNBA. I wish her the best in her future endeavors except when she's playing against Stanford. She seemed to be a great teammate and represented Stanford well on and off the court in her time on the farm.

Good article.
Also highlights that non-starters at Stanford can go to other programs - very strong ones, even - and play a LOT more (Dodson averaging 29+ minutes/game now, per article).  And as much as we all love Stanford University, it's worth remembering that the student-athletes probably love playing their sport even more than they love Stanford (although I hope it's "close").

Maya DODSON (2021) is the 3rd Cardinal to transfer out to Notre Dame since 2017, following Lili THOMPSON (2017) and Martha SNIEZEK (2019).  The timing is certainly good for her, as she can still play another season (due to covid year) for the Irish if she wants to, assuming that she's in grad school so her basketball scholarship can cover her grad studies expenses.  And Notre Dame will definitely need her for another year, since they are lacking in post players next season unless they're able to acquire a post player from the transfer portal.

[joemontes]

https://www.ndinsider.com/story/sports/2...415996001/ 

Story on Maya Dodson and her decision to transfer to ND. Interesting she wants to play another year in college and I assume would be eligible with Covid. I don't see her playing professional basketball at least not in the ultra competitive WNBA. I wish her the best in her future endeavors except when she's playing against Stanford. She seemed to be a great teammate and represented Stanford well on and off the court in her time on the farm.

Good article.
Also highlights that non-starters at Stanford can go to other programs - very strong ones, even - and play a LOT more (Dodson averaging 29+ minutes/game now, per article).  And as much as we all love Stanford University, it's worth remembering that the student-athletes probably love playing their sport even more than they love Stanford (although I hope it's "close").

Maya DODSON (2021) is the 3rd Cardinal to transfer out to Notre Dame since 2017, following Lili THOMPSON (2017) and Martha SNIEZEK (2019).  The timing is certainly good for her, as she can still play another season (due to covid year) for the Irish if she wants to, assuming that she's in grad school so her basketball scholarship can cover her grad studies expenses.  And Notre Dame will definitely need her for another year, since they are lacking in post players next season unless they're able to acquire a post player from the transfer portal.