It's really sad to see her quit, and hopefully she does resume running as a pro after graduating and after she gets healthy.
I think part of the problem may be Aggieland culture. Johnny Manziel has to resort to taking classes online, otherwise he stirs a frenzy when he's on campus. Meanwhile, Natosha Rogers, an NCAA champ and who, had she not fallen in the trials, would have been an Olympian; yet she can walk on campus in complete anonymity. Somebody mentioned it earlier in the thread, that had she gone to another school, say, to her home state Colorado, or even Oregon or the like, then she would not be in this predicament. (We can, however, put such speculation aside, as she wasn't highly touted coming out of HS.) Simply put, A&M just isn't a mecca for distance runners. Sure, they've had some good ones, but they are an exception to the rule (Barrios, Gulli, and now Rogers and Lelei). Not only does the track program take a second billing to its rabid, cult-like following of its football team, but also within the track and field team, distance runners take second billing to Pat Henry's touted sprint program. My understanding from hearing from a former distance runner on the team, Henry did not cloak his favoritism to the sprinters and treated his distance runners as red-headed stepchildren.
My observation with runners graduating from A&M is that once they're done competing, they go on with their merry, little lives. Most marry right after college, and most have used their competitive experience as a means to an end: it (at least partially) paid for school. Most have successful careers outside of running. They are doctors and engineers. Yet, not a one of them go into the pro running circuit. Sure, there are some who do show up to claim a title or two at local road races (Andrew Cook, Logan Sherman, Melissa Cook ne' Gulli), but for the most part, all of the others disappear completely out of the running scene. They are too involved making babies, buying that home in the burbs, making an occasional trip back to Northgate to revel with old friends, and of course, following that football team.
In the mindset of Rogers, she's really not walking away from anything. I hope that she gets her head out of the Aggieland fog and realizes and taps into her preternatural talent.