I know Alanna liked to be able to bring human trafficking to this kind of platform to be able to say, 'Hey, it's not OK and we've got to do something about it.'" I think the Stanford athletes as a whole are very caring and passionate people. "She's not just about basketball, she's not just about academics, she's into her studies and I think it's a great statement that she cares about more than just dribbling and shooting. "That's kind of Alanna as a quintessential Stanford student," said Cardinal coach Tara VanDerveer, who won her 900th game at the school on Sunday. Smith has not only recruited campus officials, fellow students and others to attend but took part in an in-game video message. Smith took a class last quarter on human trafficking and Betty Ann Hagenau, Stanford's public address announcer who works in the anti-trafficking field, spoke as a guest lecturer. I'm really happy this day kind of came together." Our whole team is really caring and we love to give back, and as athletes that's something I think is really important to do. I'm not just about basketball and that's our whole team, too. "But to have a big crowd and to win a huge game and to play well, it means a lot. "I didn't plan to have it on this day, I was just hoping to do it at some point in this season," she said of the awareness game. More importantly, she helped organize that contest to be the school's first Human Trafficking Awareness Game. She scored a career-high 34 points on Sunday in a 21-point win over Washington.
NEW YORK (AP) - Stanford's Alanna Smith picked a great game to have a career day.