"As her father, Steven Meyer, put it in the show interview, "Katie, being Katie, was defending a teammate on campus over an incident and the repercussions of her defending that teammate [possibly led to the disciplinary action]." The family subsequently filed a wrongful death claim against Stanford in November 2022, and now, over three years later, that is getting settled out of court."
"Stanford and the Meyer family issued a joint statement Monday about the settlement, saying they had agreed to work together on a new initiative focused on students' mental health. And a new Katie Meyer Leadership Award is being established, to be given to one student-athlete each year. The statement also refers to Katie Meyer's Law, which Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law in 2024, which mandates that public universities allow students facing a disciplinary issue to have an outside adviser in"
Katie Meyer, Stanford's star goalie, was found dead in her dorm room on March 1, 2022, at age 22, three months before graduation. Meyer had been part of the 2019 NCAA championship team and maintained a 3.84 GPA. Stanford issued a formal disciplinary notice the day before her suicide after an incident in which she reportedly poured coffee on a football player who had kissed a teammate without consent. Her parents spoke publicly about the university's disciplinary actions shortly after her death. The family filed a wrongful-death claim in November 2022. Stanford and the family reached an out-of-court settlement and agreed to create a mental-health initiative and an annual Katie Meyer Leadership Award. Katie Meyer's Law, signed in 2024, requires public universities to allow outside advisers for students facing disciplinary action.
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