Final spring proved to be one of many busiest switch portal seasons we’ve seen in girls’s school basketball. Stars swapped squads and all-conference skills discovered new groups. Some gamers from the mid-major ranks moved as much as the Energy 4 and vice versa.
The motion from the spring goes to form a number of the outcomes we see on the ground this winter. They’ll influence narratives, convention races, nationwide title possibilities and far more.
Every of the final handful of nationwide champions has had no less than one switch within the beginning lineup. UConn bought assist final season from Princeton’s Kaitlyn Chen. In 2024, Kamilla Cardoso and Te-Hina Paopao — who began their careers at Syracuse and Oregon, respectively — performed large roles for South Carolina in its undefeated season. Angel Reese leaving Maryland for LSU proved to be a program-changing transfer for the Tigers in 2023.
It’s possible that we’ll see one other switch offering a giant increase to no matter workforce wins this yr’s nationwide title too.
Forward of the 2025-26 season tipping-off, these are the transfers that might make the largest impacts with their new squads:
Olivia Miles: Notre Dame to TCU
A dynamic guard who will possible be a prime 5 choose within the upcoming WNBA Draft, Miles has established herself as among the finest and most inventive playmakers in all of faculty basketball. At Notre Dame, she led the ACC in assists in every of the final three seasons she performed in and averages 6.5 per sport for her profession. Miles added a wrinkle to her sport final season by enhancing tremendously as a 3-point shooter, flattening 40.6 p.c of her makes an attempt from deep vary for the Irish final season. Mark Campbell refreshed and reloaded his TCU roster this previous offseason after guiding the Horned Frogs to the Elite Eight for the primary time ever, and Miles has the keys to their offensive assault.
Ta’Niya Latson: Florida State to South Carolina
After main the nation in scoring final season with 25.2 factors per sport for the Seminoles, Latson reunites along with her highschool teammate Raven Johnson within the backcourt for South Carolina, giving the Gamecocks a dynamic scoring possibility at guard. Latson additionally averaged career-highs in rebounds (4.6) and assists (4.6) per sport final season for the Seminoles, and shot north of 43 p.c from the ground for the third straight season. Taking part in for a perennial nationwide title contender now, Latson goes to be within the highlight typically as she meshes along with her new workforce.
Gianna Kneepkens: Utah to UCLA
Top-of-the-line 3-point shooters within the nation final season for the Utes, Kneepkens ranked ninth nationally in 3-pointers made per sport with 3.1. She was almost a member of the 50-40-90 membership too, taking pictures 50.4 p.c from the ground, 44.8 p.c from 3-point land, and 89 p.c from the charity stripe. She joins a UCLA workforce coming off a Last 4 journey and is anticipated to play a giant function in getting them again there and giving them a brand new wrinkle on offense. Whereas the Bruins dominated within the paint with Lauren Betts, they ranked simply one hundred and sixty fifth nationally in 3-point price and 79th in 3-point share. In its Last 4 loss to UConn, UCLA shot simply 4-of-16 from 3-point land. Kneepkens ought to assist flip a few of these misses from deep into makes.
Cotie McMahon: Ohio State to Ole Miss
The highest participant in Yolett McPhee-McCuin’s massive and gifted Portal class, McMahon was a three-time All-Huge Ten choice for the Buckeyes and a former finalist for the Cheryl Miller Award. The versatile ahead averaged 16.4 factors, 4.7 rebounds and a couple of.1 assists per sport final season and in addition drastically improved her 3-point taking pictures, connecting on 38 p.c of her seems to be from deep after making simply 23 p.c within the 2023-24 marketing campaign. She might be the bus-driver for the Rebels this season.
Laura Ziegler: St. Joseph’s to Louisville
A finalist final season for the Becky Hammon Mid-Main Participant of the Yr as she was starring at St. Joe’s, Ziegler was extremely sought-after within the portal by a number of main Energy 4 packages. Louisville was the winner of her providers, giving Jeff Walz a gifted and versatile anchor within the frontcourt. As a junior for St. Joe’s, she averaged 17.5 factors, 10.4 rebounds and 4.3 assists per sport. Her defensive rebounds per sport, 8.9, have been third nationally. The 6-foot-2 ahead from Denmark was additionally the one participant within the nation final season to common no less than 17 factors, 10 rebounds and 4 assists per sport. Ziegler was voted to the preseason All-ACC workforce and large issues are anticipated from her.
Additionally thought of: MiLaysia Fulwiley (South Carolina to LSU), Madina Okot (Mississippi State to South Carolina), Khamil Pierre (Vanderbilt to N.C. State), Gal Raviv (Quinnipiac to Miami), Yarden Garzon (Indiana to Maryland), Serah Williams (Wisconsin to UConn), Oluchi Okananwa (Duke to Maryland), Tonie Morgan (Georgia Tech to Kentucky), Katie Davidson (IU Indy to USF), Janiah Barker (UCLA to Tennessee), Haleigh Timmer (South Dakota State to Oklahoma State), Rachael Rose (Wofford to Clemson)
