Olivia Miles is transferring from Notre Dame to complete her college profession on the TCU.
Miles introduced his determination on “NBA on TNT” Tuesday night and was speaking to Candace Parker when he acquired a field from Shaquille O’Neal with a TCU shirt.
“Very grateful to go there, very excited,” he stated.
The 5 ft guard-10 had spent the entire college profession in Notre Dame and was a alternative of the lottery projected within the draft, which takes place in New York on April 14. Last week he determined to not enter the draft and as a substitute pursue one final yr of school. He entered his title within the switch portal and was one of many 1,200 girls’s basketball gamers who did it because the portal was opened two weeks in the past.
His time in Notre Dame ended when the Irish misplaced in opposition to TCU within the Sweet 16 of the feminine NCAA event.
“Words can not specific how honored I’m of getting met, spoken and performed for every of you previously 4 years,” Miles wrote on social media. “Your assist means all the pieces to me whereas I put together to compete my diploma. I do know that the University of Notre Dame will all the time be a elementary a part of my story.”
TCU has misplaced within the subsequent spherical in Texas. The cuckold have been very profitable within the switch portal in recent times, including 11 transfers to construct the workforce from scratch. The coach of TCU Mark Campbell has contributed to revitalizing the careers of Hailey Van Lith and Sedona Prince.
Miles began all 34 video games this season for Notre Dame, with a median of 15.4 factors, 5.8 assists and 5.6 rebounds. He remained a yr of eligibility after sitting out of the 2023-24 season whereas he recovers from a knee harm suffered a yr earlier.
The determination to go away the faculty for professionals is extra fraught than it was time for faculty gamers can earn cash from a worthwhile title, the picture and the resemblance gives. Remaining to varsity, Miles additionally advantages from a brand new collective bargaining settlement of WNBA which might give larger wages rookie. The greatest decisions in WNBA at the moment earn about $ 78,000.
Notre Dame may have a distinct side subsequent season. Sonia Citron, Maddy Westbeld, Liatu King and Liza Karlen are graduating. The serial quantity Kate Koval has introduced that he’s transferring to LSU.
Reporting by the Associated Press.
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