Sydney Leroux

Oh, gosh. Yeah. That one was a hard one. Hardest story I've ever done. Yeah. So Katie Meyer was a former player and captain who played at Stanford who died by suicide in 2022. And I just remember at the time, because she was such a force of personality and a presence. And I didn't know Katie well.

Oh, gosh. Yeah. That one was a hard one. Hardest story I've ever done. Yeah. So Katie Meyer was a former player and captain who played at Stanford who died by suicide in 2022. And I just remember at the time, because she was such a force of personality and a presence. And I didn't know Katie well.

I had met her, of course, through Stanford and calling the national championship that they won in 2019. And and knew of her big personality. And so for all of us in the Stanford community, and I think anyone who knew Katie, it came as a huge shock when we found out that she died by suicide. And. I, of course, had a lot of questions.

I had met her, of course, through Stanford and calling the national championship that they won in 2019. And and knew of her big personality. And so for all of us in the Stanford community, and I think anyone who knew Katie, it came as a huge shock when we found out that she died by suicide. And. I, of course, had a lot of questions.

I had met her, of course, through Stanford and calling the national championship that they won in 2019. And and knew of her big personality. And so for all of us in the Stanford community, and I think anyone who knew Katie, it came as a huge shock when we found out that she died by suicide. And. I, of course, had a lot of questions.

And so after doing a lot of digging, and I took a year before asking her parents because I knew they were grieving. And you just can't imagine. It's every parent's nightmare, right, to get that call and said, hey, I'd really like to tell Katie Meyer's story and your story. and really shine a light on how amazing she was as a human being.

And so after doing a lot of digging, and I took a year before asking her parents because I knew they were grieving. And you just can't imagine. It's every parent's nightmare, right, to get that call and said, hey, I'd really like to tell Katie Meyer's story and your story. and really shine a light on how amazing she was as a human being.

And so after doing a lot of digging, and I took a year before asking her parents because I knew they were grieving. And you just can't imagine. It's every parent's nightmare, right, to get that call and said, hey, I'd really like to tell Katie Meyer's story and your story. and really shine a light on how amazing she was as a human being.

And they were, I mean, talk about an inspiration to see Gina and Steve, her parents, in this process of grieving your daughter daily. And this is a process that started two years ago. So we spent two years with them. um, doing this story. And I'm, I'm incredibly grateful that they were willing to trust us and share it with us because what they had to do was relive a lot of it as well. Right.

And they were, I mean, talk about an inspiration to see Gina and Steve, her parents, in this process of grieving your daughter daily. And this is a process that started two years ago. So we spent two years with them. um, doing this story. And I'm, I'm incredibly grateful that they were willing to trust us and share it with us because what they had to do was relive a lot of it as well. Right.

And they were, I mean, talk about an inspiration to see Gina and Steve, her parents, in this process of grieving your daughter daily. And this is a process that started two years ago. So we spent two years with them. um, doing this story. And I'm, I'm incredibly grateful that they were willing to trust us and share it with us because what they had to do was relive a lot of it as well. Right.

You're asking them to go back to this day, this moment, the, you know, these memories. And so, um, It was incredibly hard on them. It's hard on a lot of people. And so for them to share as much as they did and be willing to trust us to tell her story was amazing. And it was hard for me as a Stanford alum, right? Because we pointed out that there were things that I think in Stanford...

You're asking them to go back to this day, this moment, the, you know, these memories. And so, um, It was incredibly hard on them. It's hard on a lot of people. And so for them to share as much as they did and be willing to trust us to tell her story was amazing. And it was hard for me as a Stanford alum, right? Because we pointed out that there were things that I think in Stanford...

You're asking them to go back to this day, this moment, the, you know, these memories. And so, um, It was incredibly hard on them. It's hard on a lot of people. And so for them to share as much as they did and be willing to trust us to tell her story was amazing. And it was hard for me as a Stanford alum, right? Because we pointed out that there were things that I think in Stanford...

actually with their own investigation, before Katie actually took her life, found that their process, their disciplinary process was flawed. I won't give away too much of the story, but it gets into a lot of that. And it really should have been like a three-part series. There's so much that we could still tell about Katie and her life.

actually with their own investigation, before Katie actually took her life, found that their process, their disciplinary process was flawed. I won't give away too much of the story, but it gets into a lot of that. And it really should have been like a three-part series. There's so much that we could still tell about Katie and her life.

actually with their own investigation, before Katie actually took her life, found that their process, their disciplinary process was flawed. I won't give away too much of the story, but it gets into a lot of that. And it really should have been like a three-part series. There's so much that we could still tell about Katie and her life.

But the most important thing we wanted to get across is how amazing she was and Katie was and how... How Gina and Steve have taken that pain and turned it into purpose and really have passed Katie Myers law. There's a bill that's passed to try and prevent this from happening, this tragedy happening to other families. But it just eats you every day. You're like, man, that's a hard one.

But the most important thing we wanted to get across is how amazing she was and Katie was and how... How Gina and Steve have taken that pain and turned it into purpose and really have passed Katie Myers law. There's a bill that's passed to try and prevent this from happening, this tragedy happening to other families. But it just eats you every day. You're like, man, that's a hard one.

But the most important thing we wanted to get across is how amazing she was and Katie was and how... How Gina and Steve have taken that pain and turned it into purpose and really have passed Katie Myers law. There's a bill that's passed to try and prevent this from happening, this tragedy happening to other families. But it just eats you every day. You're like, man, that's a hard one.