Iowa State G Donarski enters transfer portal

Guard Lexi Donarski, a three-year starter for the Iowa State Cyclones girls’s basketball group, has entered the switch portal. Donarski helped the Cyclones win the Large 12 girls’s match title earlier this month for the primary time since 2001.

It is a important loss for the Cyclones. The 6-foot junior guard was the second-leading scorer this season for Iowa State, which misplaced within the first spherical of the NCAA match to the Toledo Rockets.

Donarski, who’s from La Crosse, Wisconsin, was Large 12 Defensive Participant of the 12 months in 2022 and has began all 95 video games she has performed for the Cyclones.

Iowa State loses tremendous senior Ashley Joens, who graduated as this system’s profession chief in scoring and rebounding. Each she and heart Stephanie Soares, a 6-6 heart whose season resulted in January due to a knee damage, are anticipated to be WNBA draft picks in April. Soares, who spent her first 4 seasons enjoying on the NAIA stage, petitioned the NCAA for one more yr of eligibility after her damage, however that was denied this week.

The Cyclones even have three different gamers who’ve entered the switch portal: forwards Morgan Kane and Maggie Vick and guard Maggie Espenmiller-McGraw.

UNC’s Todd-Williams in portal

One other massive identify to enter the portal is junior guard Kennedy Todd-Williams, who was the second-leading scorer this season for the North Carolina Tar Heels. Todd-Williams, who’s from Jacksonville, North Carolina, began the previous two years for the Tar Heels and averaged 13.4 factors per recreation this season.

One other UNC guard, reserve Future Adams, can also be within the portal. North Carolina superior to the second spherical of the NCAA match this yr.

Arizona’s Fields in search of switch

Lauren Fields is the most recent Arizona Wildcats participant trying to switch. She joins former Arizona teammates Lauren Ware, Madi Conner, Paris Clark and Lemyah Hylton within the switch portal. The Wildcats went 22-10 this season, shedding to the Maryland Terrapins within the NCAA match’s second spherical.