LSU Women’s Basketball Transfer Portal Update: Five Tigers Depart Kim Mulkey’s Roster
Kim Mulkey and the LSU Tigers continue reconstructing the roster in Baton Rouge ahead of a critical 2025-26 season for the program.
Following back-to-back Elite Eight losses for the Tigers, Mulkey and Co. will look to utilize the NCAA Transfer Portal to bolster the roster to get over the hump.
LSU has added a pair of coveted transfers via the free agent market in forwards Kate Koval [Notre Dame] and Amiya Joyner [East Carolina], but the program has also seen departures.
Which members of the 2024-25 roster have departed Baton Rouge for the Transfer Portal?
LSU Transfer Portal Update: The Departures
The First Entry: Sa’Myah Smith [Forward]
LSU redshirt-sophomore Sa’Myah Smith entered the NCAA Transfer Portal on March 31 after three seasons in Baton Rouge.
After suffering a torn ACL, MCL and meniscus in her knee early in the 2023-24 season, Smith bounced back for the Kim Mulkey’s program late in the Tigers’ recent season.
She posted averages of 6.6 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks per game this year, but her production skyrocketed in the tournament after posting double-doubles in both the Round of 32 and Sweet 16.
Smith joined the LSU Tigers during Mulkey’s second season at the helm of the program where she earned limited minutes during LSU’s 2023 National Championship run.
Now, after three seasons in Baton Rouge, Smith is headed to join the Virginia Cavaliers, she announced via social media last Sunday.
The Second Entry: Last-Tear Poa [Guard]
LSU guard Last-Tear Poa entered the NCAA Transfer Portal earlier this month after three seasons in Baton Rouge.
Poa, a member of Kim Mulkey’s 2023 National Championship squad, has played a pivotal role for the Tigers across her trio of seasons in the Bayou State.
During the 2024-25 season, Poa appeared in 30 games and made 15 starts for LSU.
She averaged 2.0 points and 1.9 assists across 12.8 minutes a night while playing a role in the Tigers’ run to the Elite Eight.
Poa joined LSU ahead of the 2022-23 season after transferring in from Northwest Florida State as a JUCO prospect.
She will look to exercise an extra year of eligibility due to the new JUCO ruling the NCAA passed recently.
