Go-to player. All-American. WNBA star.
Dawn Staley sees all of those things in Mikiah Herbert Harrigan. At 6-foot-2 with a smooth baseline jumpshot and an uncanny ability to thunderously reject shots, the junior forward has a potential Staley recognized years ago when she was a four-star high school prospect.
“Her athleticism, speed, perimeter shooting and competitiveness will have an immediate impact on our team and our pursuit of a national championship,” Staley said of Herbert Harrigan when she officially signed in Nov. 2015.
And Gamecock fans have seen flashes of it too — she came up big as a freshman in the SEC tournament off the bench, then started the next year and earned all-tournament honors.