 On top of her numerous soccer achievements, she also lettered in basketball for three years and graduated with a 4.17 GPA.Cox attended the University of Portland, where she started 23 matches her freshman year.In 2005, after returning to the Pilots following a redshirt season to play for the US, Stephanie helped lead her team to an undefeated record of 23–0–2 and an NCAA Championship and was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team.