But “the only thing we can come up with that triggered something,” she said, was some form of disciplinary action at school. Gina Meyer acknowledged that the pressure to be perfect and “the best” could induce anxiety.

“She was the usual jovial Katie,” added Katie’s father, Steve Meyer. She was in great spirits,” Gina Meyer said. “She was excited and she had a lot on her plate, and she had a lot going on, but she was happy. The Meyers told NBC they spoke to their daughter just hours before she died. “The last couple of days are like a parent’s worst nightmare and you don’t wake up from it, so it’s just horrific,” Gina Meyer, Katie’s mother, said in the taped interview.

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. Stanford University star soccer player Katie Meyer died by suicide, her mother told NBC’s “Today” show during an emotional interview Friday.

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