Kenny Brooks continues his winning streak on the recruiting trail and is only a few weeks into his tenure as head coach.
Sunday afternoon, Clara Silva, a 6-foot-6 Class of 2024 freshman from Maynedo, Portugal, has announced her transfer from Virginia Tech to Kentucky women's basketball..Silva is the second former Virginia Tech forward to commit to the Wildcats, joining the four-star wing. lexi bluewhich he also joined earlier this month.
As an international prospect, Silva is not ranked by any recruiting media. However, ESPN's Shane Laughlin wrote in November that Silva would be expected to finish in the top 10 nationally if he played in the United States.
Silva was courted by UW, Maryland, Tennessee and North Carolina before choosing Virginia Tech in September. She signed a national letter of intent with the Hokies in November.
Silva played seven games for her native Portugal at last summer's FIBA U18 Women's European Championship. She averaged 18.1 points, 11.6 rebounds, and 2.3 blocks in 33.1 minutes, and shot 44.9 percent overall. Silva currently plays for Unicaja Baloncesto in Malaga, Spain.
Brooks, who took over as Kentucky WBB head coach on March 26 after eight seasons at Virginia Tech, also brought two former Hokies to Lexington.All-American point guard georgia amoore 6-foot-5 sophomore center clara strok So did Amelia Hassett, a 6-foot-3 Australian forward from JUCO who announced her move to UK on Thursday and previously committed to VT.
Earlier this month, Kentucky junior point guard brooklyn miles He announced that he had entered his name into the transfer portal. This means Kentucky currently has eight players in the portal and just three pieces (Sania Tyler, cassidy rowand Amiyah Jenkins) remaining from last season's roster.
That being said, Brooks added five new pieces to the 2024-25 roster in less than 24 hours. More moves are likely in the future.
