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Early Tuesday afternoon, Stanford junior Kristin Folkl didn't have a care in the world. Her team had just been given a number one seed in the NCAA Tournament, and there was the junior Folkl fielding questions, not so much about her team's first-round opponent, but rather about her potential professional basketball career...
...lightheartedness was apparent until one question darkened the mood and drew a noticeable pause from the Stanford star...
Thus, the Stanford coach is now left with another starting void and no Kristin Folkl to play the role of the savior...
...Stanford has played without Folkl in its lineup. For three straight seasons, while her teammates were battling through the first half of the season, Folkl's energies were focused on volleyball. Folkl, the 1997 NCAA Player of the Year, guided the Cardinal to its second straight NCAA Volleyball Championship this past fall...
...much as the Stanford coach hated the idea of a player missing a practice, let alone three months of the season, VanDerveer couldn't lose Folkl. The Stanford Coach had no choice, but to ask her sixth man to reconsider her decision. By Feb. 17, Folkl was back on the basketball court, and by post-season time she was averaging more than 12 points and eight rebounds per game...