By Ed Piper
According to a local source, Madeleine Gates, standout volleyball player from La Jolla High, will join Stanford's national championship team as a graduate transfer after achieving her undergraduate degree at UCLA in three years.
The news comes alongside the selection of Gates, an athletic 6'3" middle hitter-blocker who was a Second Team All-American pick a year ago as a sophomore for the Bruins, for the U.S. National Team of 18-year-olds playing in Italy later this year.
"Joining Stanford, the national champions. Wow!" exclaimed the local source, a member of the La Jolla volleyball community who asked not to be named.
On the 247Sports website, a commenter lamented, "UCLA takes a hit again. (Gates) is their best player."
Under an NCAA rule, a student-athlete who graduates with eligibility remaining can transfer to another institution and play without sitting out a season. This is apparently what Gates, the former All-CIF performer for the Vikings, plans to do for the Cardinal.
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