Katie Meyer: 5 Things To Know About Stanford Soccer Star, 22, Who Has Died

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Katie Meyer, 22, the goaltender for the Stanford women’s soccer team, has tragically passed away in a campus residence, reported the New York Post. “Katie was extraordinarily committed to everything and everyone in her world,” Stanford vice provost for student affairs Susie Brubaker-Cole and athletic director Bernard Muir said in a message on the university’s communications site, not revealing the cause of death. “Her friends describe her as a larger-than-life team player in all her pursuits, from choosing an academic discipline she said ‘changed my perspective on the world and the very important challenges that we need to work together to overcome’ to the passion she brought to the Cardinal women’s soccer program and to women’s sports in general.” They added, “Fiercely competitive, Katie made two critical saves in a penalty shootout against North Carolina to help Stanford win its third NCAA women’s soccer championship in 2019.

Katie was a bright shining line for so many on the field and in our community. There are no words to express the emptiness that we feel at this moment.

We are reaching out to all of you in our community, because this impacts all of us.” Here are five things to know about the talented soccer player. She was a California native  Born in Burbank, California, Katie was the daughter of Steven and Gina Meyer.

She also had one older sister, Samantha, and a younger sister, Siena. Katie was a senior at the school and was majoring in International Relations with a minor in history, a field she said “changed my perspective on the world and the very important challenges that we need to work together to overcome,” per the school’s communications website. She helped Stanford win its third NCAA women’s soccer