Tennessee Lady Vols add Missouri State transfer Jasmine Franklin

Former Missouri State standout Jasmine Franklin introduced on Wednesday afternoon that she’s going to reunite with former Woman Bears head coach Kellie Harper at Tennessee.

Franklin, one of many nice gamers to come back by the Woman Bears program, will switch to Tennessee to make use of her last season of eligibility.

Franklin performed one season below Harper at Missouri State in 2018-19 after they reached the Candy 16 spherical of the NCAA Event. Harper left shortly after to turn out to be the pinnacle coach at her alma mater whereas opening the door for Amaka Agugua-Hamilton to turn out to be the pinnacle coach in Springfield.

At Missouri State, Franklin’s four-year profession noticed her as a starter on two groups that reached the Candy 16 spherical of the NCAA Event. She was a two-time First Workforce All-MVC participant and was the 2021 MVC Defensive Participant of the 12 months.

Franklin completed with the second-most blocked pictures and third-most rebounds within the Missouri State program’s historical past.

The Woman Bears star tore her ACL in December when she was the nation’s second-leading rebounder and was the doubtless favourite to be the MVC’s Participant of the 12 months.

Just a few weeks after Agugua-Hamilton departed the Woman Bears program to turn out to be the pinnacle coach at Virginia, Franklin introduced she was coming into the switch portal. She’s going to now reunite with the coach who initially introduced her to Missouri State.

Wyatt D. Wheeler is a reporter and columnist with the Springfield Information-Chief. You possibly can contact him at 417-371-6987, by electronic mail at wwheeler@news-leader.com or Twitter at @WyattWheeler_NL. He is additionally the co-host of Sports activities Speak on Jock Radio weekdays from 4-6 p.m.