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Lexi Donarski will continue her career next season in Hungary. Donarski, who played two seasons at North Carolina after transferring from Iowa State, will play for the TFSE-MTA team in Budapest in the Hungary A-Division. Her agent, Jeanne McNulty-King, announced the signing on Monday morning.
Russian 6–1 wing Elizaveta Astakhova, who turns 19 in December, has committed to North Carolina and will likely join the women’s basketball program next season.
North Carolina’s women will play in Texas for the second consecutive season, taking on the Texas Longhorns for the first time in 45 years.
North Carolina’s women’s basketball team will reportedly play two mid-November games in Las Vegas.
As the baseball team begins its pursuit on Friday of a second consecutive trip to the College World Series, it has already been a dominant school year for North Carolina athletics, continuing years of consistent excellence.
A member of North Carolina’s women’s basketball coaching staff is leaving to become an associate head coach at another school for the second straight offseason.
It’s challenging to make a WNBA roster as an undrafted rookie. But if there’s a path, Deja Kelly may be laying it out. The former North Carolina and Oregon point guard received the Las Vegas Aces’ final training camp invitation, and she is making the most of her chance.
Taissa Queiroz could only watch from the sidelines as North Carolina’s women’s basketball team made a run to the Sweet 16, but the incoming four-star freshman forward will be part of a couple of high-profile WNBA exhibition games this weekend. In addition, three former UNC players will make their WNBA preseason debuts in the coming days.
Nyla Brooks’ supreme confidence matches her dazzling and versatile skills on the court. Both were evident in the 6–1 five-star wing’s performance in two national all-star games and her assessment of what the incoming freshman will bring to North Carolina.
Lynne Roberts missed her first chance to coach Alyssa Ustby but is delighted to have a second chance. The first-year Los Angeles Sparks coach couldn’t lure Ustby to Utah, where she coached for nine full seasons, when Ustby was a high school star in Minnesota and decided to play at North Carolina.
Alyssa Ustby and Maria Gakdeng signed free-agent WNBA contracts on Tuesday, one day after the WNBA draft.
UCLA guard Elina Aarnisalo is transferring to North Carolina, giving Coach Courtney Banghart her second transfer portal commitment of the offseason.
Guard Tray Crisp, who played at North Carolina last season after transferring from Arizona State, will play next season at Mississippi State, according to multiple reports.
Forward Nyla Harris, a four-star recruit out of high school, is transferring from Louisville to North Carolina, making her the Tar Heels’ first addition out of the transfer portal.
Two North Carolina-bound five-star players — Caleb Wilson and Nyla Brooks — showed off their talents at the McDonald’s All-American Games on Tuesday night at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, although the chances to display their offensive skills were limited by the number of touches they got.
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