Cal Women's Basketball Transfer Evelien Lutje Schipholt Commits to South Florida

Evelien Lutje Schipholt, who was a starting post player for Cal each of the past three seasons before she entered the transfer portal, has committed to playing her final season of women’s college basketball at South Florida.

The 6-foot-2 Lutje Schipholt averaged 9.4 points and 4.8 rebounds for Cal this past season and averaged 9.3 points and 6.9 rebounds as a junior in 2021-22. Because she played in the pandemic season that did not count against her college eligibility, she has one season of eligibility.

She is leaving a Cal program that had a losing record in all four of her seasons, including 13-17 overall and 4-14 in Pac-12 play this past season, and she is joining a South Florida program that went 27-7 this past season, including 15-1 in the American Athletic Conference. The Bulls reached the NCAA tournament and won their first-round game against Marquette before losing to eventual NCAA champion South Carolina in the second round.

South Florida went 24-9 in 2021-22 and 19-4 in 2020-21 and reached the NCAA tournament both years.

Lutje Schipholt is one of four players who transferred from Cal after this past season, joining Jayda Curry, who transferred to Louisville; Amaya Bonner, who joined Florida State, and Sela Heide, who moved to Oregon State.

Cal has added four transfers: Ioanna Krimili (from San Francisco), Ila Lane (UC Santa Barbara), Marta Suarez (Tennessee) and McKayla Williams (Gonzaga).

Cover photo of Evelien Lutje Schipholt by Kyle Terada, USA TODAY Sports

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