Notre Dame guard Olivia Miles will forgo the WNBA draft and enter the transfer portal, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania on Monday.
Miles, the projected No. 2 pick, had said she was undecided about entering the draft. Many players have returned to school for their final year of eligibility, but it’s not common for a player to come back to college and enter the portal.
“It just changes every day. I love college. I think I’ve outgrown it a little bit, though, so that makes my decision tougher to stay. It’s comfortable, a place where you have security,” Miles said after Notre Dame’s Sweet 16 loss Saturday.
“The W … the volatility is up and down. So I don’t know. I’m deciding between a bunch of factors.”
Miles is eligible for the draft because she has been in college for four seasons and is 22. She has a year of eligibility remaining because she sat out 2023-24 after injuring her knee at the end of the 2022-23 regular season.
The junior guard returned to start all 34 games this season and averaged a career-high 15.4 points on 48.3% shooting. Her 3-point shooting went from 22.8% last season to 40.6% this season.
After her final home game in South Bend, Indiana, in the round of 32, Miles thanked the fans for their support — a signal that her time at Notre Dame…
