The third leg of the California trip was to the Bay Area to visit
friends and family. We visited Jon Haskins, Director of Player Development
for Stanford Football. Jon took us on a tour of the changes athletic complex,
much of which my wife had not seen. The highlight for her was seeing the new
football stadium. We then visited my wife’s roommate/bridesmaid from Stanford. It
was fun visiting with her and her husband. Their son is director of Basketball
operation at LSU. From there it was onto to Sacramento to visit my brother in-law and
sister in law. My sister in-law Cindy Banks-Anderson was a pentathlete that I coached
at Cal from 1978 to 1980. What an athlete! At one time she held the school record
in the Discus, Shot Put, Javelin, Pentathlon and ran a leg on the school record
4 x 100m relay. Arguably she may be one of the best female track athletes ever
at Cal. Amazingly she is not in their hall of fame. It was really fun watching
their 14 year old daughter go through a training session. She may a better athlete
than her mother. Now back to reality. Today we start volleyball at Venice. Should
be an exciting season. Looking forward to starting, but missing California
