The parents of Stanford soccer player Katie Meyer revealed her cause of death while on the 'Today' show and said she faced disciplinary action
Meyer, a senior who helped secure the 2019 NCAA championship title for the Cardinal, was found dead in her dorm room on Tuesday, according to the university.
"She was excited and she had a lot on her plate, and she had a lot going on, but she was happy. She was in great spirits," Gina Meyer said.Gina Meyer acknowledged that the pressure to be perfect and"the best" could induce anxiety. But"the only thing we can come up with that triggered something," she said, was some form of disciplinary action at school.
"We're struggling right now, struggling to know, you know, what happened and why it happened. You know, we're just, like, heartbroken. We're so heartbroken," Gina Meyer said, her voice cracking with emotion.
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