Olivia Miles is transferring from Notre Dame to complete her school profession at TCU.
Miles introduced her determination on “NBA on TNT” on Tuesday evening and was speaking to Candace Parker when she obtained a field from Shaquille O’Neal with a TCU jersey in it.
“Very grateful to be going there, very excited,” she mentioned.
The 5-foot-10 guard had spent her complete school profession at Notre Dame and was a projected lottery decide within the draft, which takes place in New York on April 14. She determined final week to not enter the draft and as an alternative pursue one ultimate 12 months of school. She entered her title within the switch portal and was certainly one of 1,200 girls’s basketball gamers to have performed so for the reason that portal opened two weeks in the past.
Her time at Notre Dame ended when the Irish lost to TCU within the Candy 16 of the ladies’s NCAA Event.
“Phrases cannot categorical how honored I’m to have met, spoken with and performed for every of you over the previous 4 years,” Miles wrote on social media. “Your assist means every thing to me as I put together to compete my graduate diploma. I do know that the College of Notre Dame will at all times be a key a part of my story.”
TCU lost in the next round to Texas. The Horned Frogs have had loads of success within the switch portal the previous few years, including 11 transfers to construct the staff from scratch. TCU coach Mark Campbell has helped revitalize the careers of Hailey Van Lith and Sedona Prince.
Miles began all 34 video games this season for Notre Dame, averaging 15.4 factors, 5.8 assists and 5.6 rebounds. She has a 12 months of eligibility left after sitting out the 2023-24 season whereas recovering from a knee damage sustained a 12 months earlier.
The choice to go away school for the professionals is extra fraught than it was now that school gamers can earn cash from profitable title, picture and likeness offers. By staying in school, Miles additionally stands to profit from a brand new WNBA collective bargaining settlement that might give rookies greater salaries. Prime picks within the WNBA at the moment make about $78,000.
Notre Dame will look totally different subsequent season. Sonia Citron, Maddy Westbeld, Liatu King and Liza Karlen are graduating. Freshman Kate Koval introduced she’s transferring to LSU.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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