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LEXINGTON, Ky. – Former Kentucky Miss Basketball Maddie Scherr, who was a five-star recruit out of Ryle Excessive College in Florence, Kentucky, has introduced she is transferring from Oregon to Kentucky, becoming a member of a powerful reloaded roster for Kentucky ladies’s basketball head coach Kyra Elzy. Scherr, who formally signed with the Wildcats on Saturday, could have three years of eligibility remaining with the 2022-23 season being her junior season collegiately.
 
Scherr is the tenth newcomer that Kentucky will welcome to the 2022-23 roster, becoming a member of Buffalo graduate switch Adebola Adeyeye (Brampton, ON, Canada), four-star guard Kennedy Cambridge (Nashville, Tennessee), four-star put up Tionna Herron (DeSoto, Texas), Miss Kentucky Basketball Amiya Jenkins (Lawrenceburg, Kentucky), LSU switch Ajae Petty (Baltimore, Md.), in-state star guard Cassidy Rowe (Virgie, Kentucky), South Carolina switch Eniya Russell (Baltimore, Md.), All-Ohio performer Zennia Thomas (Lyndhurst, Ohio) and four-star guard Saniah Tyler (Florissant, Missouri).
 
“We’re ecstatic to welcome Maddie Scherr again residence to Kentucky,” Elzy mentioned. “Maddie turning into a Wildcat is large for our program. She understands the accountability of being a Kentucky lady competing for the College of Kentucky. Maddie brings management, veteran expertise and is without doubt one of the most versatile, two-way guards within the nation. She values the defensive finish of the ground, which inserts our model of play completely. Offensively, she will be able to rating in a wide range of methods and has a excessive basketball IQ. Our employees is so excited that Maddie believes within the imaginative and prescient of this program and selected to be a part of one thing particular. Huge Blue Nation goes to have lots to cheer for this winter.”
 
Under is an in depth have a look at what Scherr will carry to Lexington subsequent season.
 
Maddie Scherr, 5-11, Guard, Florence, Ky. (Ryle Excessive College/Oregon)
Oregon (2021-22) – Performed in 53 profession video games by two seasons at Oregon, beginning 32 of these contests … Averaged 3.7 factors, 2.6 assists, 2.9 rebounds and 1.3 steals per sport all through her two-year profession … As a sophomore, she averaged 4.7 factors and three.7 rebounds with 102 assists and 46 steals … As a freshman, she averaged 2.3 factors and 1.9 rebounds with 36 assists and 25 steals … Hit 32.9 p.c from the sphere and 32.6 p.c from 3 throughout her stint at Oregon … Finest sport as a sophomore was towards Kansas State, scoring 16 factors with three rebounds, six assists and two steals, going 4-of-8 from lengthy vary … Had 10 factors towards eventual nationwide champion South Carolina with two rebounds, 5 assists and two steals … Had 14 factors towards Idaho State with 4 rebounds, 5 assists and two steals … Had 5 or extra assists in 10 video games as a sophomore with two or extra assists in 15 video games … Performed in 22 video games as true freshman, recording two or extra steals in 10 video games … Had a season-high 9 factors towards Seattle and added seven factors, six assists and 5 rebounds towards Cal … Began throughout Oregon’s 2021 postseason run, serving to the Geese to the Candy 16 with six assists and three steals in a win vs. Georgia.
 
Excessive College – A 5 five-star freshmen out of highschool in 2022 … The nation’s No. 19 ranked recruit within the class of 2020 in keeping with the ultimate espnW top-100 rankings, and a consensus top-20 recruit by Blue Star, Prospect Nation and All-Star Women Report … A McDonalds all-American and Jordan Model Traditional choice … Was the Kentucky Gatorade State participant of the yr in every of her ultimate two seasons at Ryle Excessive College … Led Ryle to the state event three straight seasons … As a senior, she averaged 14.9 factors and seven.3 rebounds per sport to say the title of 2020 Kentucky Miss Basketball … Guided Ryle to the college’s first-ever Kentucky State Championship (all classifications) as a junior in 2018-19 after averaging 16.1 factors, 7.3 rebounds, 4.7 assists and three.7 steals per sport … A consensus first-team All-State choice and the MVP of the 2019 Kentucky State Match, averaging 12.0 factors and 6.8 rebounds per sport to guide Ryle to the state title … Graduated as Ryle’s all-time chief in scoring, rebounding and assists … Carried a 3.8 GPA and was very lively in Younger Life and in her neighborhood, incomes the 2020 Donna Murphy Award by the Kentucky Lions Eye Basis for her success on and off the courtroom.
 
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