Dawn Staley and the South Carolina Gamecocks‘ women’s basketball team came up one win short of a national championship this past season. They lost to coach Geno Auriemma, star Paige Bueckers and the UConn Huskies, 82-59.

It was a tough way to end an impressive season in which the Gamecocks went 35-4.

With the NCAA Tournament over and the offseason underway, Staley and the Gamecocks have been weathering the storm that is the NCAA transfer portal. On Monday, the bad news they learned last week became official.

Guard MiLaysia Fulwiley entered the transfer portal on Monday as promised with a do not contact tag. That tag signifies to schools that they should not reach out to Fulwiley until she contacts them first. This often indicates she already has a destination lined up.

Dawn Staley at a 2024 game.

Fulwiley just finished her sophomore season with South Carolina. She was a key role player for the Gamecocks during the 2024-25 season, playing in 39 games and averaging 18.9 minutes per contest.

She averaged 11.7 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game to go along with shooting percentages of 42.6% overall and 25.8% from the 3-point line.

Hailing from Columbia, South Carolina, Fulwiley opted to stay home out of high school and had a successful freshman season with South Carolina, capped by a national title.

In her first college campaign, she averaged 11.7 points, 2.9 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.7 steals per game, while shooting 43.8% from the floor and 34.3% from the 3-point line.

For Staley and the Gamecocks, it’s a disappointing loss.

By Hawk Fanatic

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Former Iowa guard Lucy Olsen was selected by the Washington Mystics with the 23rd pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft.

The 5-foot-10 Olsen, who played her first three seasons in college for Villanova before transferring to Iowa last summer, made first-team All-Big Ten in her only season as a Hawkeye. She led Iowa in scoring (17.9)  and assists (162) and finished second on team with 54 3-point baskets and third on the team with 40 steals.

Iowa finished 23-10 overall and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

This marks the second year in a row that at least one former Hawkeye was picked in the WNBA Draft.

Caitlin Clark was selected first overall by the Indiana Fever in the 2024 draft, while guard Kate Martin was picked 18th overall by the Las Vegas Aces.

Clark would go on to be named the WNBA Rookie of the Year.