anything that she set out to do. >> mandy stavik was a bright, vivacious, gregarious 18-year-old. s in her very first semester at central washington university. >> mandy loved anything athletic. she could do things that i could never do. she could jump on a horse bareback and take off running across the field. she loved softball. she loved track. she loved baseball. she loved basketball. >> she played everything she could. i said to her, you can't turn out for track and play basketball at the same time. and she says, you want to bet? never bet with mandy. she always wins. >> in '89 i was the band director at mount baker. mandy wanted to be the best at whatever she was doing. >> we spent a lot of time going for walks and things and just talking. you know, we talked about relationships and just different things and things that you would talk about, you know, as young teenage girls. >> what i loved about her, she's independent. i met mandy when i was a sophomore, and maybe she was a freshman. i was a year ahead of her. first big love, of course. and for some reason she loved me. i thi