They joined Phoenix Stotijn, Vera Ojenuwa, and Cristina Sánchez Cerqueira as the fourth and fifth players from the 2024–25 squad to access the site. The site will close on April 23 after opening on March 25.
With a shooting percentage of 58-of-143 (40.6%), Smith was the Razorbacks’ leading three-point shooter in his sophomore year (minimum of three tries). With an average of 10.2 points per game, she was the team’s second-leading scorer. In three games, she scored at least 20 points.
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She played at Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College before moving to Arkansas. Smith hit 44.4% from three-point range and averaged 17.6 points in 2023–24, earning her the NJCAA Division I Player of the Year award.
Smith is still eligible to attend college for two more years.
Johnson, who was born in Oklahoma City, averaged 2.4 points and 2.2 rebounds over his three seasons at Arkansas. In 2024–25, she participated in 30 games as a junior, starting nine of them.
Following the university’s spring break, Kelsi Musick, the recently appointed Arkansas women’s basketball coach, had her first in-person meeting with the players this week. Musick pointed out that she may be experiencing an active portal cycle.
“We need to determine who wants to stay on this current roster and who we want to keep,” Musick stated last Tuesday.
