During her freshman season, she injured the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in her right knee, and missed the final 21 games of the year. While recuperating, she met her future husband, Curtis Borchardt, then a sophomore on Stanford's men's basketball team, who had just suffered a stress fracture in his right foot and missed the final 14 games of his season. Eventually, they married in August 2003.
After graduating with a degree in psychology, she was selected by the Minnesota Lynx during the 2005 WNBA draft. She saw limited time with the Lynx, playing in only three games during the regular season[1] before being waived by the team.