LSU Women's Basketball Transfer Portal Update: Five Tigers Depart Kim Mulkey's Roster

Mulkey and Co. continue working through a critical offseason, retooling roster in Baton Rouge.

Feb 6, 2025; Columbia, Missouri, USA; LSU Lady Tigers head coach Kim Mulkey gestures to players against the Missouri Tigers during the second half at Mizzou Arena. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-Imagn Images / Denny Medley-Imagn Images

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.

The Third Entry: Aalyah Del Rosario [Forward]

The former five-star prospect in the 2023 Recruiting Cycle showed flashes during her freshman campaign with the Tigers, but was unable to take that next step in her second year.

The 6-foot-6 frontcourt piece averaged 4.7 points per game with 3.5 rebounds during the 2023-24 season.

Fast forward to this past year and Del Rosario averaged 2,0 points and 2.0 rebounds a night on 41.7 percent shooting in six minutes per game.

The Fourth Departure: Jersey Wolfenbarger [Forward]

Wolfenbarger entered the NCAA Transfer Portal earlier this month after spending one season with the purple and gold.

The 6-foot-5 forward recently wrapped up her first season in Baton Rouge as a rotational piece for Mulkey and the Tigers after transferring in from Arkansas.

In her first year with the program, Wolfenbarger served primarily as a backup center for LSU with averages of 4.6 points and 3.4 rebounds per game with 24 blocks in total on the season.

She played 13.2 minutes per game with nine starts after handling minutes behind both Aneesah Morrow and Sa'Myah Smith.

The Fifth Departure: Amani Bartlett [Forward]

Bartlett will enter the NCAA Transfer Portal after four seasons in Baton Rouge, On3 Sports' Talia Goodman reported on Wednesday.

Bartlett, a reserve piece for Kim Mulkey and the Tigers during her time with the program, suited up in 17 games last season as a senior.

A member of Mulkey's first roster in the Bayou State, Bartlett became the first player to play four years under her at LSU.

Out of high school, Bartlett was labeled as the No. 3 player out of Texas by Premier Basketball and had a 93-scout grade from ESPN HoopGurlz as well.

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