National Championship Mom | Kate Paye, Stanford Moms In Coaching Podcast

We talked with Stanford Associate Head Coach Kate Paye this week about winning a national championship, her history on The Farm, and her beautiful journey to motherhood. Her Cardinal team won the 2020-2021 NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship, deemed “the COVID championship.” The nickname was given with tongue-in-cheek, but also with an appreciation for all the unusual obstacles overcome to win this year’s title amidst the pandemic. Stanford’s team spent much of ‘20-’21 on the road, living out of suitcases, just to make the season happen. In this podcast episode, Kate talks about what that was like for her with a wife and two young children back home.

Kate has a wealth of basketball knowledge to share. She was a freshman on Stanford’s second national championship team in 1992. She’s been on the sidelines at her alma mater since 2007 with legendary head coach, Tara VanDerveer. Kate is part of a legacy family at Stanford. She opened up to us about the special bond she had with her late mother, Anne, and how that inspired her to become a mother herself. Kate was a single mom to kids Cass (10) & Anne (5) until she married her wife, Raquel, last summer. She shared with us some championship habits she keeps both on the court with her team and at home with her family!