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Julia Smit Named Stanford/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week

Senior Julia Smit (Mt. Sinai, NY/Mt. Sinai High School) of the Stanford women?™s basketball team was selected as the Stanford/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week for the week of Feb. 25-Mar. 1.

March 2, 2010

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STANFORD, Calif.-- Stanford All-American Julia Smit (Mt. Sinai, NY) following the Cardinal's first conference title since 2005 was named Muscle Milk's Student-Athlete of the Week.

Smit at this past weekend's conference championships broke her own American and NCAA record in the 200 and 400 individual medleys, as well as her own school-record in the 200 backstroke. Smit was also a part of two relay titles.

Smit finished her career with eight individual Pac-10 titles, third-most amongst Cardinal swimmers all-time.

Others nominated: Hilary Barte (women's tennis), Samantha Buechner (squash), Sally Watson (women's golf), Nick Amuchastegui (wrestling), Alissa Haber (softball), Kelly Eaton (women's water polo), Kayla Pedersen (women's basketball), Brad Lawson (men's volleyball), Allyse Ishino (women's gymnastics), Tim Gentry (men's gymnastics), Elliott Heath (track), Katerina Stefanidi (track), Lauren Schmidt (Lacrosse).

Past Student-Athletes of the Week