Kentucky women’s basketball roster tracker: Who’s back, who’s gone, who’s new?

Jenna Lifshen, Women’s Basketball Beat Head

March 25, 2025

University of Kentucky Wildcats Head Coach Kenny Brooks observes his team during the Kentucky vs Kansas State women’s basketball March Madness game on Sunday, March 23, 2025 at Historic Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Kentucky. Kentucky lost 80-79. Photo by Cara Raiford | Staff

Kentucky women’s basketball ended its 2024-25 season with a heartbreaking overtime loss to Kansas State in the second round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament.

The result ended the first year of the Kenny Brooks’ era in Lexington, an era that saw the program get far closer to the top of the sport than it had been in years, hosting an NCAA Tournament site and racking up accolades and awards.

As Brooks looks to transition into his second year of Wildcat coaching, the offseason, especially in the modern day, is a tumultuous time with the transfer portal and recruiting.

Because of this, the Kentucky Kernel sought to put everything together in one spot to help paint a far more cohesive picture.

Who is back?

Information will be added as it becomes available.

Who’s gone?

Georgia Amoore:

Dazia Lawrence:

Clara Silva:

Kenny Brooks has officially lost his first player in the ever-growing NCAA transfer portal as international sensation Clara Silva entered the transfer portal with a “do not contact” tag as first reported by On3’s Talia Goodman.

The freshman from Portugal became only the second player in program history to reach the height of 6-feet, 7-inches, and one of only 15 players in the NCAA to stand at that height or above.

Silva, like many, was initially committed to Virginia Tech but chose to follow Kenny Brooks to Kentucky after being announced as the program’s new head coach.

In her lone season at Kentucky, Silva started her first two games with 11 blocks, which tied the second-most BPG in the nation. Following this performance, she was quickly named SEC Freshman of the Week (Nov. 12, 2024).

Silva played in 30 games this season and averaged 4 PPG, 2.6 RPG, 0.5 APG, 1.1 BPG and 1 TO. She shot 56.5% from the field and averaged 1.6 offensive and defensive rebounds per game.

A destination for Silva has yet to be announced.

Saniah Tyler:

Of the Wildcats who played for Kentucky before Brooks’ arrival, only Saniah Tyler and Cassidy Rowe remained following a disastrous 2023-24 season under Kyra Elzy. While Rowe is expected to continue with the team, Tyler entered her name into the transfer portal.

The 5-foot-6 guard from Missouri was an ESPN four-star prospect and ranked the 22nd-best point guard in the 2022 class. She chose Kentucky over Arizona State and Tennessee.

In her first season with the Cats, she played only nine games for only six points, but the following season, she would take a more significant role for the team. In year two, she played 32 games and took 13 starts, averaging 10.2 ppg (second most on the team) and 1.8 rpg, with 19 assists and 21 steals.

This season, she sat behind future first-round draft pick Georgia Amoore on the court and only played in 26 games. Her average dropped to 2.3 ppg and 1.3 rpg, with ten assists and nine steals.

Tanah Becker:

Phoenix Stevens of KSR first reported that Tanah Becker would be the third Cat to enter the transfer portal on the first day of its opening.

While Becker did not play a significant role in the team this season, she showed great potential coming to Kentucky with her experience at the international level.

She made Canada’s U16 national team and competed in highly touted events such as the WNBA Basketball Without Borders Camp, Nike TOC and the BioSteel All-Canadian Game (2023, 2024).

Becker verbally committed to UK under the previous head coach, Kyra Elzy, and remained committed to the program when Kentucky hired Kenny Brooks.

She only saw the court four times this season, playing 16 minutes and scoring seven points, one rebound and one steal.