On the final day of the 2026 women’s basketball portal entry window,  Kentucky women’s basketball senior Josie Gilvin entered her name into the portal, per On3’s Talia Goodman.

The announcement came just seven hours before the portal was set to close, revealing Gilvin as the only player in her conference appealing in hopes of the “five five” model passing over the summer. 

The forward is one of four total seniors from the SEC tossing their names in the ring:  Florida’s Kn’isha Godfrey has one more year of eligibility (which she will be taking to Ole Miss), Texas’ Aaliyah Moore has a medical redshirt after missing the entirety of last season due to knee surgery and LSU’s Kailyn Gilbert is appealing for a redshirt season after personal family issues pulled her after five games in the 2025-26 season.

All aforementioned players are abiding by the current “four five” NCAA eligibility model, where players are granted four years of eligibility in a five year period.

Gilvin, however, cannot redshirt for any reason and now awaits a decision on how the new executive order from President Donald Trump could apply to current athletes who have exhausted their four years of eligibility.

The new executive order addresses college eligibility, the transfer portal, revenue sharing between schools and student-athletes and restrictions on improper financial activity. 

In consideration of college eligibility and the transfer portal, Section 4(A) grants student-athletes “the ability to transfer one time during the five-year period with immediate playing eligibility, and one additional such time if the student-athlete obtains a four-year degree.”

In short, the executive order allots the student-athlete an extra year of eligibility if they complete a four-year degree, while also limiting the number of transfers to a maximum of two. 

As of 2024, the NCAA allows unlimited transfers with immediate playing eligibility. 

With the order set to take effect August 1, 2026, considerable debate is left in how this would affect current student-athletes who, in theory, could be granted an additional year of play considering that extra year would begin on the order’s effective date. 

With this, Gilvin is left as the only –and first – women’s SEC player to try and take advantage of the new model. She is also the second Kentucky basketball player to do so, alongside Denzel Aberdeen. 

Time will tell not only if Gilvin will be granted this additional eligibility, but where she will be set to transfer to given the approval.