PALO ALTO, Calif. - In an emotional interview, the parents of Stanford University soccer star Katie Meyer are struggling to understand why their daughter – a star athlete with a bright future and plenty of friends – died by suicide this week.
Gina Meyer told NBC's The Today Show on Friday that it's been a "horrific" experience."The last couple days are like a parent's worst nightmare and you don't wake up from it," Gina said as she choked up, sitting beside her husband Steve. "So, it's just horrific."They saw no red flags that suggested she was depressed or contemplating harming herself.
She was just months away from graduating."She was excited," Gina said. "She had a lot on her plate. She had a lot going on. But she was happy.
She was in great spirits."The Meyers now wonder if the pressure of Stanford and sports was too much. They revealed that their daughter faced a potential disciplinary action at Stanford."This is the only thing that we can come up with that triggered something," Gina said.The Meyers' final conversation with their blond, bright-eyed daughter was on FaceTime just hours before she took her own life in her dorm room on Tuesday."She was the usual, jovial Katie," Steve said.The Santa Clara County Medical-Examiner on Thursday confirmed that Meyer died by suicide.