April 07, 2010

Painful end to Jayne's Stanford career

We knew about Jayne's sprained right ankle. We saw in the past four weeks how the injury made it more and more difficult for her to elevate and score. We saw that she didn't let the pain stop her from being a strong defensive player and an inspiration to her teammates.

We didn't know that on March 21, after the first round of the tournament, she was diagnosed with a stress fracture in her right foot.

Jake Curtis reports, "On Wednesday, Stanford revealed that Appel also had a stress fracture of the distal cuboid, a bone on the outside of her right foot, the same foot that was sprained." Read more...

Michelle Smith writes, "What’s happened in the four weeks since Appel turned her ankle in a lay-up drill at practice doesn’t define an extraordinary career, one in which she set the Pac-10 rebounding record, broke Stanford school records for rebounds and blocked shots and established a new standard for toughness." Read more...

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