Missy Franklin’s College Choices Down to Three, Drops Stanford in Wake of Maurer Resignation

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LONDON, England, July 26. MISSY Franklin noted today that she's taking recruiting trips to UC-Berkeley, University of Southern California and Georgia this fall.

Beth Harris of The Associated Press, who is in London covering the Olympics, talked with Franklin in London and posted the following on her Twitter account: “@franklinmissy says she'll make college recruiting trip to #cal on aug. 31. also visiting #georgia and #USC.”

Harris also posted that Franklin is no longer interested in Stanford, now that Lea Maurer has stepped down as head coach. Maurer resigned earlier this month to “commit more time and energy to my family.”

NCAA rules allow prospective student-athletes to take as many as five paid recruiting trips. It's not known if Franklin is capping her visits at three, or if two more will be decided later — most likely after competition is over at the Olympics.

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