Stanford Soccer Player Katie Meyer’s Cause of Death Revealed
The parents of Stanford University soccer star Katie Meyer are speaking out about her death by suicide with the hopes of helping other families. @stephgosk reports. https://t.co/hXTTpM7RWS pic.twitter.com/sPJReGPSD3
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The internet was shocked earlier this week when it was announced that a perfectly healthy 22-year-old star player on Stanford’s soccer team was found dead in a campus residence.
The college student, Katie Meyer, was one of the top players on the team and a senior international relations major. She was loved by so many on the campus, and was known for her incredible effort on the soccer field.
Stanford also praised Katie’s incredible athletic abilities: She made two critical saves in a penalty shootout against North Carolina to help her school win its third NCAA women’s soccer championship in 2019.
Before enrolling at Stanford, Meyer was a 4.3 GPA student at the Conejo Valley Unified School District’s online school Century Academy.
She seemed to have everything going for her, so when she was found dead on campus, people speculated, with some wondering if she was perhaps murdered.
But according to a new report from a spokesperson for the County of Santa Clara, Meyer died of self-inflicted injuries, “There’s no indication of foul play, and Meyer’s death was determined to be self-inflicted.”
They have not released any additional information at this time, but they did say the medical examiner is still “investigating” her death, but it sounds like the cause of death was apparent.
According to her parents, Steve and Gina Meyer, Katie had been stressed the past couple weeks because she was scared she would face disciplinary action from Stanford over an incident she was involved with. They say the incident stemmed from Katie defending a teammate.
Gina, who wore her late daughter’s red sweatshirt during the interview, added that they have not seen the email yet, but Katie was receiving letters about the potential disciplinary action for the last few months. ‘This letter was kind of the final letter that there was going to be a trial or some kind of something,’ she said. ‘This is the only thing that we can come up with that triggered something.’
They say she spoke with them on Facetime just hours before her death. According to them, she seemed like her normal self, “just the usual jovial Katie,” her father said.
But obviously she was hiding a lot of pain. Our thoughts and prayers go out to her friends and family. And if you need help, reach out to someone.
