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The Stanford baseball team learned late yesterday that their "mother away from home," Kathy Wolff (Stanford baseball's administrative guru) passed unexpectedly in her sleep Tuesday night.

Stanford mourns the loss of Kathy Wolff

If you've ever attended a camp, been recruited by Stanford, called the baseball office or emailed/mailed with the baseball office, you met Kathy. Season ticket holders, longtime fans, alums, parents, players, coaches...she touched us all. She was a wonderful person who was inseparable from Stanford baseball for around 20 years.

Every kid who has played there during her time with the team owes a debt of gratitude to Kathy. She was the glue. The kind "mother away from home" when things were tough. And she was there with her scorebook in hand, just above the dugout cheering louder than anyone when things were good. She was SO looking forward to a return trip to Omaha this year. She was very truly a "face" of Stanford baseball.

I never, ever heard anything but genuine love for this lady. Former, current and future players will deeply miss her presence. The coaches are undoubtedly hurting very badly right now...emotionally. So is our family and other parents and players throughout the program. Frown

She was, truly the very best that college athletics has to offer!

My prayers go out to her family and friends...and everyone she touched during her wonderful stay here on earth. I suppose she will now have the best seat in the house for the CWS.

Thanks for everything Kathy!
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I have never been able to figure out why things like this happen, happy times often overshadowed by grief. Frown

Prayers to Kathy's family and the Standford family. I understand, the secretary in son's baseball office was like a mom to many of the boys and always made sure they had everything they needed. Those types of people are not replaceable and it's those who make the programs better.

She'll be watching, possibly the force to lead the team to victory.
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I'm very saddened to learn of Kathy's passing. Though I never met her in person, I talked to her on the phone a number of times, and via email so felt like I knew her a bit. She was always personable and a wonderful "Team Mom" for the Cardinal.

I hope that she'll be the inspiration that leads the Cardinal to victory in Omaha. Winning it all for Kathy is something that would've made her very proud, I'm sure.

May God bless her.

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