LaShayla Wright-Ponder

[coyote61]

She is not on the roster. Is she going to redshirt or has she left the program??

[yotebewithyou]

Guessing she left the program as redshirts/transfers are always listed on the roster regardless of playing status. She's also not in the team picture

[Coyote Fan]

Why isn't there some kind of a media release about these things. It may not be the most pleasant thing to announce but would be nice to know info.

[usdguy99]

In talking to Jeremy Hoeck, he did confirm that she is no longer a part of the team but does not the reason. He also confirmed the transfer from Milwaukee is no longer part of the team.

[Coyote Fan]

I believe I just saw highlights of LaShayla playing at the Sanford Pentagon for NAIA Presentation college. Seems like quite the downgrade to go from a really good mid major D1 program to a NAIA school. I guess if this was the coaches decision that maybe she didn't have many choices.

[coyote61]

That's her sister CF

[kiyoat]

Update: LaShayla's twitter says Hampton University WBB. That's a traditionally black private school in Virginia that competes in the MEAC Conference. I think it's a good WBB program, but the conference would be a step down (I think).

I'm guessing grades weren't the issue, or she might have gone the CC route. I guess she just took the year off of school and basketball. Glad she found a good landing spot. We probably will never know the reason she left USD. Too bad, since she is a post player, and we could have used the depth there.

[kiyoat]

Not sure where else to put this, so I'll drop it here:

Emma Roenneburg, our transfer from UW-Milwaukee last August (that also disappeared with no explanation) is now listing "MNU WBB" on her Snapchat.

I'm guessing that is MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, KS. NAIA private school. Would be nice to have known what happened with her disappearance, too. I think she was 6'-1" or 6'-2" and a highly rated recruit coming out of HS.

[kiyoat]

...and one more update. This one's a little more clear what the transfer was about:

Madeline Homoly - played her Frosh year as a backup, transfered to Washington University in St. Louis (Div-3). Prestigious Med School. Here's a recent article about her:

www.studlife.com/sports/womens-basketball/2017/02/16/division-wandering-memories-from-college-basketballs-biggest-stages/

Unlike Dynis and Vernon, Homoly only played at the Division I level for one season. She played at the University of South Dakota, a large state school with the most vibrant sports atmosphere of the three.

“It was pretty crazy,” Homoly said. “The fan base was so big … they want to see Division I basketball, so you have a lot more of a fan base already set, and then a lot of student support, so we’d fill up the bleachers.”

Homoly made the decision to transfer, in part because of academic reasons but also because the coaches that had initially brought her to South Dakota were leaving after her freshman season. She ruled out transferring to another Division I school because of the rule that would have forced her to redshirt for a year, and she quickly determined that Wash. U. was where she wanted her future to be.