Avg 17 ppg and 6 rpg at Western Illinois this year in 10 games played before season ending elbow injury. Scored 16 at Iowa. 5’11
2026 Transfer Portal Tracker
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Tenn's 6-3 F Lauren Hurst enters the portal. she was the #50 overall recruit. She was not a huge contributor as a frosh, but started to produce some towards the end of the season. 41% on 3pt shots
She is also a volleyball star, one we coveted last cycle. We did offer. But her final three were Tenn, NCSU, and Clemson.
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Reserve player Kaniya Boyd also enters the portal.
That is the 4th Tenn player to declare. With graduating seniors and transfers out of the picture, four players are currently slated to return next season: Talaysia Cooper, Mia and Mya Pauldo, and Jaida Civil. They also have two recruits: #4 6-3 PF "Big O" Edwards and and #43 SG Gabby Minus.
She is also a volleyball star, one we coveted last cycle. We did offer. But her final three were Tenn, NCSU, and Clemson.
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Reserve player Kaniya Boyd also enters the portal.
That is the 4th Tenn player to declare. With graduating seniors and transfers out of the picture, four players are currently slated to return next season: Talaysia Cooper, Mia and Mya Pauldo, and Jaida Civil. They also have two recruits: #4 6-3 PF "Big O" Edwards and and #43 SG Gabby Minus.
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Going small will not work against the elite teams like UCONN, SC, Texas, UCLA, etc.
last season the portal was already open at this point: it opened the day after the 2nd round on March 24th.
this year we have to wait until April 6th, after the championship. But obviously well over 100 D1 players have already announced their intentions.
her are some timelines from last season
players we pursued and did not land:
this year we have to wait until April 6th, after the championship. But obviously well over 100 D1 players have already announced their intentions.
her are some timelines from last season
- end of conference tournaments: some players started announcing intentions to enter portal
- Mar 24th: portal opens with a flood: 400 players by end of day 1
- Approx April 1st: top portal players started announcing their decisions
- April 3rd: Tray Crisp enters the portal, our only departure.
- April 4th: Nyla Harris commits to UNC
- April 4th: Thomas and Zubich commented on Insta indicating they would return to UNC.
- April 12th: we first hear of Aarnisalo interest in UNC with news of visit scheduled the following week-end.
- april 15th: Elina Aarnisalo announces for UNC (before Her and Scott were su-posed to visit that weeke-end)
- april 15th: Tray Crisp commits to Miss St
- april 30th: Serah Williams commits to UConn. Our last prospect so this unofficially ends our portal recruiting season. We pursued her for a whopping 7 weeks.
players we pursued and did not land:
- Serah Williams - Wisconsin All-B1G 1st team enters portal 3/12. LSU, UConn and UNC are her only scheduled visits (UConn commit April 30th)
- Gal Raviv: MAAC ROY at Quinipiac ( Miami commit on April 6th)
- Carter McCray: Wisconsin player enters portal 3/26 (closed recruiting with Harris commit, comits to WVU on April 13th)
- Marta Suarez: Cal, we were a finalist on April 7th ( TCU commit on April 11th)
- Yuting Deng: Auburn, entered portal 3/27 (Baylor April 15th)
- Ta’Miya Scott: MTSU, we were a finalist on April,9th with visit scheduled on April 17th ( Bama commit on the 21st, we probably pulled out with Aarnisalo commit)
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Thanks for sharing 3397Char. We know why they had to move the date back for transfers. They had to make it fair for the teams that are still playing to have a chance to go after them too. This is what Tom Izzo was stating last year on the men's side. How is was unfair for coaches who teams were still playing did not have the opportunity to pursue players who had hit the portal because they were still playing.