Two-time NCAA champion shares nice story about fan encounter

Val Whiting was on a pair of national championship winning basketball teams during her time at Stanford. In doing that, Whiting left quite an impression on someone — as she found on on Saturday.

Whiting, who was on Stanford’s championship-winning teams in 1990 and 1992, shared a story on X (formerly Twitter) about being approached by a person asking about her college days.

“So I was sitting outside at a table of my fave natural grocery store @PCC and this guy pulls up and says, ‘Excuse me ma’am, did you win a national championship at Stanford.’ I’m thinking it’s a friend playing a joke on me. So I look closer especially since I don’t have my glasses on. But I don’t know this guy. So I say, ‘Yes. Yes I did.’ The two teen boys in the back look at each other and yell out in disbelief. The man then looks back at them and says, ‘See I told you so. Now you owe me $20.’ That made my day. It’s nice to be remembered.”

So I was sitting outside at a table of my fave natural grocery store @PCC and this guy pulls up and says, “Excuse me ma’am, did you win a national championship at Stanford.” I’m thinking it’s a friend playing a joke on me. So I look closer especially since I don’t have my glasses…

— Val Whiting (@iamcoachval) July 13, 2024

While her achievements at Stanford came more than three decades ago, there’s good reason to remember Whiting.

Among her many achievements in college, Whiting was the Pac-10 (as it was then known) and National Freshman of the Year in 1990. She was also on the 1992 All-Final Four Team and was an All-American in both 1992 and 1993.

[Val Whiting on X, Photo Credit: Positive Coaching Alliance on YouTube]