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The top 40 players in the women's college basketball transfer portal – 247Sports
Here is an updated look inside the women’s college basketball transfer portal as we expand our rankings to include the top 40 prospects. These rankings are weighed in part by how many years of eligibility a prospect has remaining. Much like professional leagues, a younger prospect with more eligibility on the books holds slightly more value than an older counterpart with similar statistical production.
1. Aneesah Morrow , SO., F: COMMITTED TO LSU FROM DEPAUL
Morrow’s numbers were absolutely staggering this season. The All-American averaged 25.7 points and 12.2 rebounds per game in 35 minutes a contest. Morrow chose LSU over South Carolina and USC, giving Kim Mulkey’s Tigers the No. 1 transfer class in the country.
2. Hailey Van Lith, JR., G: COMMITTED TO LSU FROM LOUISVILLE
Van Lith is the most explosive offensive player on this list.
Her shooting percentage took a step backwards in 2022-23. That being said, Van Lith’s volume increased drastically as she finished with 19.7 points in 36.9 minutes player per game. It was love at first sight for Van Lith and LSU. After visiting Baton Rouge, she didn’t take another visit and chose the Tigers.
3. Lauren Betts, FR., C: COMMITTED TO UCLA FROM STANFORD
Betts place on this list is in large part due to the potential she flashed as a high school prospect just a year ago. She put up reserve levels numbers across the board finishing with 5.9 points and 3.5 rebounds in just under 10 minutes per game playing behind All-American Cameron Brink. She’s the only Freshman we have rated in the Top 25 list. UCLA should have plenty of playing time available for Betts.
4. Lexi Donarski, JR., G: COMMITTED TO NORTH CAROLINA FROM IOWA STATE
Donarski saw some slippage in the 2022-23 season mainly from beyond the three-point line, dropping from 37% a game to 31.8%. Still, Donarski is the premier shot maker in the portal. As of now, the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year is planning to use both years of eligibility remaining with an eye on the 2025 WNBA Draft. She only took two visits stopping at Indiana and North Carolina before ultimately choosing the Tar Heels.
5. Kennedy Todd-Williams, SO., W: COMMITTED TO OLE MISS FROM NORTH CAROLINA
Todd-Williams produced at an All-ACC level, averaging 13.4 points per contest to go along with 5.4 rebounds. She will have two years remaining. Todd-Williams will need to be more efficient from the field at her next stop after averaging just 39% from the field last season. However, she’s still a factor on both ends of the hardwood. Her style of play appears to fit perfectly at Ole Miss.
6. Endyia Rogers, SR., G: COMMITTED TO TEXAS A&M FROM OREGON
Rogers had the best year of anyone in the portal with a single year of eligibility remaining. She went for 15.9 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.9 assists for a Ducks roster that won 20 games. In addition, she shot over 45% from the field and just under 39% from three-point range. In picking Texas A&M, Rogers is an elite level upgrade for a roster that did not get to 10 wins in Joni Taylor’s first season as coach.
7. Jewel Spear, SO., G: COMMITTED TO TENNESSEE FROM WAKE FOREST
Spear put up great numbers in the ACC last season, averaging 16.5 points and 3.7 rebounds a game. Her field goal percentage should improve from 37.7% at Wake Forest. Yet Spear did shoot over 35% from the three-point line and 83.9% from the free throw line. She should help fill some of the production that Jordan Horston has left behind.
8. Jayda Curry, SO., G: COMMITTED TO LOUISVILLE FROM CALIFORNIA
Playing for a team that finished 13-17, Curry had the freedom to do whatever she needed to do to keep the Golden Bears in games this past season. She scored 15.5 points a game but only shot 37.9% from the field in the process after averaging 18.6 on 38.6% as a freshman. Curry was an All-Pac-12 selection but will she will look to be more efficient when surrounded by better talent in Louisville.
9. Celeste Taylor, SR., G: COMMITTED TO OHIO STATE FROM DUKE
Taylor was the ACC Defensive Player of the Year in 2022-23, averaging 2.2 steals a game. On the offensive end, Taylor brings a shooting guard mindset and was able to give Kara Lawson’s roster 11.4 points a game. Her field game percentage has increased her season from 34% as a freshman to 39.4% in 2022-23. Coupled with Cotie McMahon and Jacy Sheldon, Taylor fits right into arguably the most premier backcourt in the Big 10 next season.
10. Lauren Gustin, JR., P: STAYING AT BYU
Gustin’s numbers through three seasons are staggering. She has averaged a double-double in points and rebounds in each of her first three seasons. Gustin has the COVID year of eligibility, so she potentially has two years remaining. In 2022-23, Gustin was named as the WCC Defensive Player of the Year after averaging 16.7 rebounds a game. That number actually outpaced her point production of 16.1 a game. Gustin was only in the portal for about 10 days before choosing to return to BYU next season.
11. Te-Hina Paopao, JR., G: COMMITTED TO SOUTH CAROLINA FROM OREGON
There is statistical value written all over her game for Dawn Staley’s team next season. Paopao was ranked as the seventh best non-senior three-point shooter in the country at 42.4% for the 2022-23 season. Add that to her 13 points and 3.3 assists per game, and you have a guard capable of impacting the game at the point or off the ball.
12. Kiki Jefferson, SR., W: COMMITTED TO LOUISVILLE FROM JAMES MADISON
The Sun Belt Player of the Year will play her final season for a Power 5 program. Jefferson was a high level producer, averaging 18.7 points and 7.9 rebounds a game for a James Madison team that made an NCAA Tournament appearance. Jefferson will have a chance to enhance her WNBA Draft stock with a productive graduate senior campaign.
13. Frannie Hottinger, SR., F: COMMITTED TO MARQUETTE FROM LEHIGH
Hottinger can make a real case that she is the most productive returner in the portal next season outside of Morrow and Van Lith. Hottinger had a special season, scoring 20.3 points a game with 9.5 rebounds. She did this en route to winning the Patriot League Player of the Year. Despite this, her struggles from the three-point line may limit her catch-and-shoot consistency as she looks to move onto a bigger stage. Hottinger converted on just 28% of those shots this year.
14. Darrione Rogers, SO., W: COMMITTED TO MISSISSIPPI STATE FROM DEPAUL
Rogers averaged 16.8 points per game playing alongside Aneesah Morrow. Like Morrow, Rogers also makes an impact on the glass, averaging just shy of five rebounds per contest. Rogers playmaking ability and versatility sets her apart from most of the transfers available. She shot 88.7% from the free throw line, offsetting the drop from 40.5% to 31.8% from the three-point line in 2022-23.
15. Aicha Coulibaly, JR., G: COMMITTED TO TEXAS A&M FROM AUBURN
Coulibaly had a really good season, leading the Tigers back into the postseason with a WNIT bid. She averaged 16 points and 6.5 rebounds a game in the process. Coulibaly’s bounce and athleticism translates well for rosters looking for a scoring guard. We said it early that we wouldn’t be shocked to see her stay In the SEC when her recruitment all comes to a close. In choosing Texas A&M, Coulibaly does just that and sets the table for A&M to have a potential top five transfer class.
16. Maria Gakdeng, SO., C: COMMITTED TO NORTH CAROLINA FROM BOSTON COLLEGE
Gakdeng brings a value that is hard to quantify on a list. She has the length and size to be one of the ACC’s best interior defenders. She averaged 1.8 blocks a game last season to go along with 11.3 points. If she can bring that type of impact to Chapel Hill, then the Tar Heels can instantly offset the loss of Kennedy Todd-Williams.
17. Lauren Park-Lane, SR., PG: COMMITTED TO MISSISSIPPI STATE FROM SETON HALL
Park-Lane is a spark plug at the point guard position who has had multiple years of quality production at the collegiate level. She has been an All-Big East selection each of the last three seasons. She averaged 20.8 points and 6.3 assists per game. Though Park-Lane shot just 28% from beyond the arc, she still makes a ton of positive plays.
18. Erynn Barnum, JR., F: COMMITTED TO MISSISSIPPI STATE FROM ARKANSAS
Barnum brings legitimate length and size to the front court. She posted a nice stat line of 15 points and 6.5 rebounds a game last season. What she lacked in shot making outside of the paint. But she made up for it inside of the lane. Barnum was a 55.6% shooter overall. Her three-point shooting was vastly improved at 29.5% as opposed to 18.8% in 2021-22. Her commitment to Mississippi State gives Sam Purcell another versatile weapon and a potential top five transfer class.
19. Destinee Wells, JR., G: COMMITTED TO TENNESSEE FROM BELMONT
An All-MVC selection, Wells was a gamer in every situation the past three seasons. Her numbers were elite in every sense. She averaged 19.5 points, 4.9 assists and three rebounds per game in 2022-23. Wells shot the ball with accuracy, too.
20. Beyonce Bea, SR., G: COMMITTED TO WASHINGTON STATE FROM IDAHO
Bea had one of the best stat lines in the game in 2022-23, cracking our top 20 as a result. Bea will take her 22.8 point and 8.4 rebound average to the Pac-12 this season to see if she can do similar production in one of America’s toughest conferences. For as well as Bea shot it from the field at 49%, she did struggle from the three-point line shooting just 26% last year.
21. Diamond Johnson, JR., G: FROM NC STATE
Johnson has played in some big games during her time in Raleigh. She hasn’t been able to match her freshman year production, but Johnson has been a consistent threat in the backcourt for Wes Moore. After averaging 12.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists a game, Johnson will head to the portal looking to find a new home to take that next leap in her production.
22. Alanna Micheaux, SO., F: COMMITTED TO VIRGINIA TECH FROM MINNESOTA
Micheaux is another interior based portal option who put up quality production last season. She nearly tripled her scoring output going from 4.7 points to 13.8 per game. At the same time, Micheaux almost doubled her rebounding numbers leaping from 4.1 to 7.9 per game. Micheaux will provide the Hokies with another active body who is willing to get the dirty work done.
23. Mackenzie Kramer, JR., G: COMMITTED TO CLEMSON FROM LEHIGH
Kramer is the second of two Lehigh prospects on this list. She fills a very specific need that most programs in the country do not possess and are in need of: three-point shooting. Like the aforementioned Paopao, Kramer shot just under 43% from beyond the arc this past season which ranks fifth amongst non-seniors in the entire country.
24. KK Deans, SR., G: COMMITTED TO OLE MISS FROM FLORIDA
Deans averaged 14.1 points and 3.7 assists a game. More importantly for Yolett McCuin’s roster, Deans will provide outside shooting. She actually shot the ball better from beyond the arc at 38.3% than she did inside of it at just 38.2% from the field. Deans should walk into quality minutes right away in her final season of eligibility.
25. Matilda Ekh, SO., W: COMMITTED TO VIRGINIA TECH FROM MICHIGAN STATE
Ekh had a fantastic season as a shotmaker in East Lansing. The Swedish U20 National Team member will look to bring that same skill to a Virginia Tech team that made the Final Four in 2022-23. Ekh finished with 11.8 points on 38.5% from the three-point line. She shot an incredible 94.6% from the free throw line. Ekh gives Tech’s Liz Kitley another option to catch and shoot when she’s double teamed on the low block.
26. Sali Kourouma, JR., F: COMMITTED TO ARIZONA FROM LITTLE ROCK
The OVC Player of the Year in 2022-23, Kourouma was efficient posting 16.8 points and 7 rebounds per contest in 27.5 minutes. For an Arizona roster that has experienced some turnover this offseason, Kourouma appears to be a perfect plug and play option for Adia Barnes going into the 2023-24 season.
27. Taina Mair, FR., G: COMMITTED TO DUKE FROM BOSTON COLLEGE
Mair had a fantastic freshman campaign posting solid averages across the board with 11.1 points, 4.7 rebounds and 6.6 assists. Mair will have to work on her outside shooting at her next stop finishing at 28% per game from beyond the arc. On the defensive end of the hardwood, Mair is also a problem for the opposition averaging right at 2 steals a contest. She’s visited Duke, Maryland and Texas since making her decision to enter the portal.
28. Taylen Collins, JR., F: COMMITTED TO AUBURN FROM OKLAHOMA STATE
Collins came extremely close to averaging a double-double in 2022-23 finishing the season with 9.5 points and 9.1 rebounds per game. She’ll be a welcome addition to a Tiger program that scratched and clawed their way into the postseason last year. Collins does her offensive damage almost exclusively in the paint, posting a 61.8% rate on field goal attempts last season.
29. Kayla Padilla, SR., G: COMMITTED TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FROM PENN
Padilla was one of the nation’s better three-point shooters with remaining eligibility, averaging 17.7 points a game on 38.6% from beyond the arc. Padilla gives Lindsay Gottlieb a real threat from the outside which suits incoming freshman Juju Watkins well. Padilla figures to be the recipient of multiple drive-and-kick looks each game. In addition to being an elite free throw shooter at almost 86%, Padilla is originally from California so returning home for her final season makes complete sense.
30. Anna DeWolfe, SR., G: COMMITTED TO NOTRE DAME FROM FORDHAM
DeWolfe shot the lights out during her four-year run at Fordham peaking at 20.8 points per game in 2020-21 while posting 18.4 points per this season. DeWolfe is a shot maker from the outside, hitting 35.4% from three and 85.5% of her free throws last season. DeWolfe will bring another shot making option to Niele Ivery’s roster this coming season.
31. Jada Walker, SO., G: COMMITTED TO BAYLOR FROM KENTUCKY
Walker posted a solid stat line for the 2022-23 season, but did most of her damage on the backside of the season. Finishing with averages of 12.9 points and 3.1 assists, Walker is poised to bring another double-digit scoring threat to Nicki Collen’s arsenal next season. Walker shot it well from the field at just under 42% and hit exactly 33.3% from the three-point line which will keep defenses honest.
32. Lauren Hansen, SR., G: COMMITTED TO MICHIGAN TO MISSOURI
Dating back to her high school days with Exodus NYC, Hansen has long been known as a creative scorer. The 2022-23 campaign was no different as she poured in 12.9 points per game on 38.6% from the field. Hansen played just over 29 minutes a game and shot an elite level 90.6% from the free throw line. She’ll bring an experienced bucket getter’s mentality to Kim Barnes Arico’s lineup this coming season.
33. Kaitlyn Davis, JR., W, COMMITTED TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FROM COLUMBIA
Davis has a legitimate body of work from the past two seasons. She averaged 13.6 points and 8.3 rebounds last season for one of the better teams in the Ivy League after posting almost identical stats in 2021-22. Davis will fit the mold of elite academic transfers finding their way to Lindsay Gottlieb’s roster as the third Ivy League grad transfer for Southern Cal this season.
34. Sydney Johnson, SR., G: COMMITTED TO GEORGIA TECH FROM BOSTON
An All-Patriot League selection, Johnson’s return to her home state for a final season makes a lot of sense. Johnson gives coach Nell Fortner’s roster some scoring punch in the backcourt. Johnson is coming off of a 2022-23 season where she averaged 12.8 points and 3.3 assists a game. Her ability to space the floor is a potential separator as she averaged 40.2% a game last year.
35. Shayeann-Day Wilson, SO., G: COMMITTED TO MIAMI FROM DUKE
Day-Wilson saw her numbers fall during the 2022-23 season in almost every statistical category. Averaging 8.1 points and 2.5 assists for the Hurricanes next year would at least give Katie Meier some help due to the late loss of Haley Cavinder to a professional career with WWE. If Day-Wilson can reclaim her 2021-22 production lines of 12.7 points and 3.7 assists per, that would be a huge bonus for Meier’s staff as they try to replicate the success of the 2023 Elite Eight run.
36. Jakia Brown-Turner, SR., G: COMMITTED TO MARYLAND FROM NC STATE
Brown-Turner has actually been a steady hand production wise finishing right at nine points a game in three of her four seasons at North Carolina State. She’ll look to bring that same type of consistency to Brenda Frese Maryland roster next winter. Brown-Turner’s efficiency did take a hit last season dropping into the mid 30’s from the field at 36.7% after hovering around 44% each of the two prior seasons. Her three-point percentage also dropped near 30% after starting her career at 37%.
37. Maddie Nolan, JR., G: COMMITTED TO COLORADO FROM MICHIGAN
Nolan has the shooting prowess to keep the floor spaced for J.R. Payne’s roster. That will be what’s expected from Nolan as the Buffaloes look to advance back to the NCAA Tournament. Nolan averaged 9.1 points and 3.6 rebounds in 2022-23, showing that she’s also an adequate rebounder for the position. Her three-point percentage trailed off to 34% in 2022-23 after shooting a blazing 40.5% from 3 in 2021-22.
38. Lauren Ware, JR. F: COMMITTED TO TEXAS A&M FROM ARIZONA
Ware missed the 2022-2023 season with a knee injury. A former high school All-American, Ware hasn’t been able to string consecutive healthy seasons together since her days has a high school underclassmen. In that regard, Ware is a low risk, high reward caliber prospect especially given the lack of front court depth on the board in this year’s portal class. Joni Taylor lands a wild card piece to what is already one of the better classes in this year’s portal rankings.
39. Asia Avinger, JR., G: COMMITTED TO GEORGIA FROM SAN DIEGO STATE
Avinger had a solid season in 2022-23, posting 11.6 points and 4.2 assists a game. For a Georgia roster that lost a lot of guard production, Avinger provides instant stats and a pop in the backcourt. As the Lady Dawgs look to get back to the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive season, Avinger will be a major factor as to whether that happens or not.
40. Camille Hobby, SR., F: COMMITTED TO ILLINOIS FROM NORTH CAROLINA STATE
Hobby’s 8.8 point and 4.2 rebound per game production is a bigger void than it might appear on the surface. She only averaged 21.3 minutes a contest in 2022-23. If the Illini can stretch that to 26 to 28 a game without seeing her production tail off, then it stands to reason that Hobby should be a double-digit performer for Shauna Green’s 2023-24 roster. The Illini are looking to make their way back to the NCAA Tournament. Hobby’s play will be vital.
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