Kyra Elzy likes to rib Maddie Scherr for making the head coach sweat out her recruitment a second time around. Scherr, who hails from Florence, KY, was a five-star prospect out of Ryle High School and surprisingly chose the Oregon Ducks in 2020 over many in-state options.
But once Scherr put her name in the transfer portal during the offseason, Elzy wasn’t going to miss out again, even if Scherr did make Elzy wait until the very last second. Scherr signed with UK in May and immediately became one of the team’s top players before ever putting on a Wildcats jersey.