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Sleep-deprived and feeling a bit down, coach Lindsay Gottlieb took a stroll last March a day after California's season ended in the NCAA tournament. She was still absorbing being abruptly thrown into the offseason.
Her phone buzzed with a text message. Hall of Fame Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer, whose team was still playing, wrote: "Do you have any scholarships left?"
Gottlieb had an open spot — but wanted to know who her colleague was talking about. VanDerveer provided a quick rundown on a 6-foot-3 forward from New Zealand named Penina Davidson. Gottlieb texted back with one word, "Interested!!!!!!" with "about 5,000 exclamation points," she said.
The rival coaches worked together to find Davidson a new home when the young woman's test scores didn't get her into Stanford, a thoughtful gesture by both sides not seen every day in college athletics.
Sleep-deprived and feeling a bit down, coach Lindsay Gottlieb took a stroll last March a day after California's season ended in the NCAA tournament. She was still absorbing being abruptly thrown into the offseason.
Her phone buzzed with a text message. Hall of Fame Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer, whose team was still playing, wrote: "Do you have any scholarships left?"
Gottlieb had an open spot — but wanted to know who her colleague was talking about. VanDerveer provided a quick rundown on a 6-foot-3 forward from New Zealand named Penina Davidson. Gottlieb texted back with one word, "Interested!!!!!!" with "about 5,000 exclamation points," she said.
The rival coaches worked together to find Davidson a new home when the young woman's test scores didn't get her into Stanford, a thoughtful gesture by both sides not seen every day in college athletics.