By staying in college, Miles stands to benefit from NIL deals and a new WNBA collective bargaining agreement that could give rookies higher salaries.
Good morning, Winners! Olivia Miles is blowing up every WNBA mock draft you've seen on the internet for the last six months. The Notre Dame — er, well, uh — reportedly ex-Notre Dame point guard is using her extra year of eligibility to go back to school for one last year.
Although Olivia Miles is projected to be a top pick in the 2025 WNBA draft, the Notre Dame star will enter the NCAA's transfer portal instead.
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SB Nation on MSNOlivia Miles to transfer instead of entering WNBA DraftIn a shocking move, guard Olivia Miles has opted to neither enter the WNBA Draft nor run it back at Notre Dame. Instead, she will enter the NCAA transfer portal and utilize her last year of eligibility elsewhere. The move was reported by ESPN’s Shams Charania.
Key stats: 25.2 points per game, 4.6 assists per game, 4.6 rebounds per game, 45 percent FG% Reports swirled last week that Latson, the nation’s leading scorer during the 2024-25 season, was planning to enter her name into the portal,
Notre Dame Fighting Irish star Olivia Miles was the prohibitive favorite to go No. 2 in the 2025 WNBA Draft behind UConn superstar Paige Bueckers. The key
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Notre Dame guard Olivia Miles, widely regarded as one of the best college players in the country, will forgo declaring for the 2025 WNBA Draft and enter the NCAA transfer portal to play out another year in college, per ESPN's Shams Charania.
Olivia Miles, projected to be the second overall pick in the WNBA draft, has decided to enter the transfer portal.