Stillwater High Grad, Gophers Basketball Star To Transfer Away

STILLWATER, MN — The University of Minnesota women’s basketball team's top scorer is set to leave the school.

Junior guard Sara Scalia, who graduated from Stillwater Area High School in 2019, posted a message Thursday morning on Twitter confirming her decision to enter the NCAA transfer portal and end her time with the Gophers program.

“These past three years have been a dream come true to be able to represent my home state,” Scalia wrote.

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Scalia thanked her coaches for “allowing me to live out my college dreams” and her teammates who gave her memories that “will be with me for a lifetime.”

“Lastly, to the state of Minnesota, I can’t thank you enough for the endless support,” she wrote. “It has meant the world to me. The love I have received in this state is something I will truly never forget.”

Scalia led the team in scoring during the 2021-22 season, putting up an average of almost 18 points per game, according to statistics from the University of Minnesota.

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Scalia has two years of eligibility left after the NCAA granted an extra year of eligibility to Division 1 and Division 2 student-athletes in fall and winter sports, as well as all Division 3 athletes, due to the coronavirus pandemic’s disruption of college sports.

Scalia was a three-star recruit and the No. 56 guard in the country during her senior season at Stillwater Area High School. The Twin Cities Pioneer Press named her its East Metro Girls Basketball Player of the Year in 2019.

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