The Stanford Athletics Buck/Cardinal Clubhouse

 Photo credit: Rob Ericson

Editor’s note: Tyler Gaffney, a two-sport standout in football and baseball, took a year off from Stanford to pursue a professional baseball career with the Pittsburgh Pirates. A powerful running back, he has returned to the Farm to finish his degree in sociology and has one season of eligibility remaining in football. Gaffney will participate in the final two weeks of spring practice and hopes to play in the Cardinal & White Spring Game on April 13. In this exclusive guest blog for the Buck/Cardinal Clubhouse, he discusses his reasons for leaving school, his decision to return, and his excitement about helping Stanford defend its Pac-12 title.

By Tyler Gaffney

                Although leaving ... Continue Reading

Editor’s note: Kerri Walsh Jennings was born in Santa Clara, California, and was a four-time first-team All-American at Stanford, where she helped the Cardinal women’s volleyball team win national championships in 1996 and 1997. She was the Final Four MVP in 1996 and co-National Player of the Year in 1999. After graduating with a BA in American Studies in 2000, Walsh represented the US in four Summer Olympic Games, earning gold medals with partner Misty May-Treanor in women’s beach volleyball in 2004, 2008, and 2012. One of the best-ever players in women’s professional beach volleyball, Walsh is married to pro beach volleyball player Casey Jennings. The couple has two young sons and is expecting a girl next month.

By Kerri Walsh Jennings

When I reflect on my time at Stanford, I see it as such a launching pad for me. I walked in this young, shy, really naive 18-year-old and I left a 22-year-old woman, ready to take on life’s challenges. I grew so much in ... Continue Reading

Editor’s note: Jerry Yang, '90, MS '90, co-founded (with David Filo, MS '90) Yahoo! Inc., where he held a range of leadership roles, including CEO, over the course of 17 years. In addition to the Yahoo! board of directors, Jerry has served on the boards of a range companies and non-profits, including Cisco Systems, Alibaba, Yahoo! Japan, and the Asian Pacific Fund of San Francisco. He and his wife, Akiko Yamazaki, BS '90, have two children. Stanford service highlights: Stanford University Board of Trustees (current vice chair and development committee chair); The Stanford Challenge Executive Committee; Campaign for Undergraduate Education Executive Committtee (co-chair); Think Again (co-chair); School of Engineering Advisory Council; Class of 1990 Reunion Campaign (co-chair for 10th, 15th, and 20th ... Continue Reading