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Emerged as the team's starting setter last season and had a breakout season after primarily serving as a reserve setter in her first two years...Pre-season All-American candidate...Has a total of 2,017 career assists in three seasons and needs just 56 more to enter Stanford's all-time top five list...Excellent leadership qualities and is confident in that role...Runs a well-balanced offense and a smart player at setter...Uses all her hitters well...Excellent athlete with good quickness and jumping ability...Has improved her blocking skills.
As a Senior in 2000 - Started in all 31 matches for Stanford … Ranks fourth in career assists at Stanford with 3,407 … Only the fourth Cardinal to record over 3,000 assists for her career … Ranks fourth all-time as a Cardinal in single-season assists (1,390) … Set a career high with 80 assists vs. UC-Santa Barbara (12/1) - just three shy of the school record for a single match ... Had 75 assists vs. Oregon State (9/15) … The 75 assists was just one shy of fifth place on the Cardinal single season record list … Ranked fifth in the league in assists per game (12.99) … Led the squad with 238 digs on the year … Notched over 1,000 assists for the second straight season … Had 73 assists vs. Washington (11/2) … Tallied 64 assists and 19 digs vs. Utah (9/5) … Had five kills (5-0-6) and 48 assists vs. California (10/10) … Averaged 12.99 assists, 2.22 digs and 0.19 service aces per game … Recorded a career high four service aces vs. Oregon (11/16) this season … Had 10 or more digs in seven matches this year … Had five blocks vs. Utah (9/5) … Second on the team with 20 service aces … Tallied at least one service ace in seven of her last nine matches.
As a Junior in 1999 - Earned AVCA All-District 8 honors after a breakout season...Also named honorable mention All-Pac-10...Ranked second in the Pac-10 and #28 in the nation with a 13.18 assist per game average...Compiled a total of 1,358 assists, the fourth-highest single-season total ever by a Cardinal setter...Had three matches with 60 or more assists, including a career-high 62 at Texas (9/3) and nine games with 50 or more assists...Contributed 10 or more digs seven times, including a career-best 18 at Arizona State (11/12)...Had a career-high four service aces in NCAA semifinal win over Long Beach State (12/16)...Did not commit a single ball handling error in 15 of her 33 matches...Ranked third on the team with .25 service aces per game...Started 32 of the team's 34 matches and appeared in 33.
As a Sophomore in 1998 - Reserve setter ... Made four late-season starts while starter Robyn Lewis was out with a foot injury ... Posted a then-career-high 54 assists versus San Diego (9/5) in the San Diego State Tournament and at USC (11/22) ... Reached at least 25 assists on seven occasions ... Posted 465 assists on the year ... Registered at least five digs seven times, including a season-high-tying nine at USC (11/22) and vs. Southeast Missouri State (12/4) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament ... Had an impressive 13 service aces in just 40 games (.33 sapg).
As a Freshman in 1997 - Appeared in 24 matches (39 games), primarily as a back row specialist ... Made three early season starts at setter while Lisa Sharpley was out with a knee injury (9/2, at Nevada; 9/3, at Sacramento State; 9/5, vs. Missouri) ... Second on the team with 194 assists...Also added 47 digs, 14 blocks and 11 service aces ... Had a career-high five blocks at Nevada (9/2) ... Had a season-high-tying 48 assists at Sacramento State (9/3) ... Also had 48 assists, along with a season-best 13 digs vs. Penn State (9/6) ... Recorded two service aces vs. Arizona State (10/11).
Prep - 1996 North Coast Section Player of the Year ... Two-time West County Times Player of the Year (1995 and 1996) ... Four-time All-League selection ... Four-time team MVP and team captain ... Featured on ESPN's Scholastic Sports America ... Four-time North Coast Section Scholar Athlete ... Senior Class President ... Homecoming Queen ... Voted "Most Like To Succeed" and "Future Politician" by her classmates ... Played for Konrad Ott at Albany High School and for Dick Montgomery at Club Mizuno, along with former Stanford teammates Sarah Clark and Kerri Walsh.
Personal - Political Science major ... Born January 22, 1979 ... Daughter of Doug and Debra Kagawa ... Aspirations include a career in marketing.
Lindsay Kagawa Career Highs
- Kills: 6, vs. Fairfield, 9/7/00
- Aces: 4, twice, last vs. Oregon, 11/16/00
- Digs: 19, at Oregon State, 9/15/00
- Blocks: 5, twice, last at Utah, 9/5/00
- Assists: 80, at UC Santa Barbara, 12/1/00
Lindsay Kagawa Career Post-Season Statistics
| Year | G | K | KPG | E | TA | PCT | A | APG | SA | SE | SAPG | RE | DIG | DPG | BS | BA | TOT | BPG | BE | BHE |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | .00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | .00 | 0 | 1 | .00 | 0 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 6 | .86 | 1 | 15 | .333 | 86 | 12.29 | 3 | 1 | .43 | 0 | 15 | 2.14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .43 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 19 | 6 | .32 | 5 | 25 | .040 | 257 | 13.53 | 5 | 1 | .26 | 0 | 37 | 1.95 | 1 | 8 | 9 | .47 | 5 | 7 |
| Totals | 28 | 12 | .43 | 6 | 40 | .150 | 343 | 12.25 | 8 | 3 | .29 | 0 | 54 | 1.93 | 2 | 10 | 12 | .43 | 7 | 7 |
Lindsay Kagawa Career Statistics
| Year | G | K | KPG | E | TA | PCT | A | APG | SA | SE | SAPG | RE | DIG | DPG | BS | BA | TOT | BPG | BE | BHE |
| 1997 | 39 | 3 | .08 | 6 | 14 | -.214 | 194 | 4.97 | 11 | 16 | .28 | 1 | 47 | 1.21 | 1 | 13 | 14 | .36 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 40 | 20 | .50 | 6 | 61 | .230 | 465 | 11.63 | 14 | 23 | .35 | 0 | 72 | 1.80 | 1 | 13 | 14 | .35 | 5 | 13 |
| 1999 | 103 | 48 | .47 | 28 | 159 | .126 | 1358 | 13.18 | 26 | 22 | .25 | 0 | 227 | 2.20 | 2 | 52 | 54 | .52 | 10 | 26 |
| Totals | 182 | 71 | .39 | 40 | 234 | .132 | 2017 | 11.08 | 51 | 61 | .28 | 1 | 346 | 1.90 | 4 | 78 | 82 | .45 | 15 | 40 |