St. Joe’s star forward Laura Ziegler to enter the transfer portal
Ziegler, a junior, led the Hawks in scoring and rebounding this season and is a finalist for the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award.
St. Joseph’s star forward Laura Ziegler is entering the transfer portal.
Ziegler, a 6-foot-2 junior, was the leading scorer for the Hawks, averaging 17.5 points and 10.4 rebounds. St. Joe’s this season went 24-10 and lost to Villanova in the second round of the Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament on Sunday. Ziegler averaged 14.6 points, 9.6 rebounds, and 3.0 assists in three seasons on Hawk Hill. She has one season of eligibility remaining.
The news was first reported by On3sports’ Talia Goodman, before Ziegler announced the move on Instagram.
Ziegler finished the season with 20 double-doubles and two triple-doubles, ranking fifth and second, respectively, in Division I. She also was third in Division I with 8.8 defensive rebounds per game.
She set a St. Joe’s record by scoring 43 points against Loyola Chicago on Feb. 9. She became just the second Hawk to put up 40-plus points in a game, and her family was on hand from Denmark to watch.
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Ziegler also was responsible for sending the Hawks to the Atlantic 10 championship for the first time since 2018 with a buzzer-beater in a 50-49 semifinal win over Richmond.
Ziegler, who’s from Herlev, Denmark, a suburb of Copenhagen, is one of five finalists for the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award.
She is the first St. Joe’s women’s player to hit the transfer portal this season. The Hawks had no transfer portal departures last offseason.
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