sakima waker: MiLaysia Fulwiley, JaMeesia Ford, Raven Johnson and more react as Sakima Walker announces transfer portal move

Former South Carolina Gamecocks center Sakima Walker will play her final year of college basketball with the California Golden Bears, she announced on social media Saturday.

Some of her former South Carolina teammates reacted to her post and offered words of encouragement as Walker embarks on her move to the West Coast.

"YEAHHH❤️," Chloe Kitts said.

"YESSS BROTHER 😈❤️❤️," MiLaysia Fulwiley added.

"yaa kima ❤️❤️," Sania Feagin wrote.

"YESSS KIMAA ❤️❤️🤞🏽," JaMeesia Ford said.

"❤️❤️❤️," Raven Johnson added

Reactions to Sakima Walker leaving South Carolina for California. - Source: Instagram/@sakimawalker

Walker averaged 1.4 points and 0.7 rebounds in 5.5 minutes per game for the Gamecocks last season, when South Carolina made a run to the NCAA national championship game before losing to the UConn Huskies in the final. She was also part of the squad that won the national title a year earlier.

Before going to Columbia, Sakima Walker played two years for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. In four years of college basketball, she has averaged 2.7 points and 1.7 rebounds.

She will join a California squad that finished the season with a 25-9 record, advancing to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 8 seed before losing 59-46 to the Mississippi State Bulldogs.

Sakima Walker became the second former South Carolina player to find a new home through the transfer portal, after MiLaysia Fulwiley transferred to the LSU Tigers on Friday.

South Carolina lands players after Sakima Walker, MiLaysia Fulwiley leave through the portal

Despite losing some talented players to the WNBA draft and the transfer portal, the South Carolina Gamecocks figure to be loaded again next season.

Coach Dawn Staley's program added recruits Agot Makeer and Ayla McDowell. Makeer is the No. 4 prospect in the class of 2025, according to 247Sports. She is a combo guard who played high school ball at Montverde Academy. McDowell is a four-star prospect from Cy Springs, Texas.

The Gamecocks will also be joined by the nation's leading scorer, Ta'Niya Latson, who averaged 25.2 points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game last year with the Florida State Seminoles.

Center Madina Okot will also join the Gamecocks after spending last season at Mississippi State, where she averaged 11.3 points and 9.6 rebounds.

Among the players returning to Columbia this year are Chloe Kitts and Raven Johnson. Te-Hina Paopao, Sania Feagin and Bree Hall were selected in the WNBA draft this year, adding their absences to those of Walker and Fulwiley.

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Allan Wolburg Robles is a College Sports journalist at Sportskeeda with over 17 years of experience in the field writing for publications including Reforma, Yahoo! OddsShark and Apuesta. Allan studied Communications at Anáhuac University, where he learned what would become the basis of a trade that was already a dream of his before starting college.

His favorite team is Army West Point as when he was young, Allan lived in West Point for a couple of years, went to pretty much every home game, a couple of Army-Navy games and even got to meet some of the players.

Allan's favorite players of all time include Tommie Frazier, who was unbelievable during the Nebraska dynasty of the early 90's. Tim Tebow was also a favorite, mainly because of his leadership skills, although he was also awesome on the football field. As a fan of defensive football, (or what's left of it), Sean Taylor could take over a game for Miami.

Allan has always considered himself a student of the game more than a fan of it. So the historical part and evolution of the game, as well as the ins and outs of what happens on the field, and being able to put it into words for the audience, are his biggest strengths.

Besides sports, Allan enjoys reading books, watching movies and spending time with his dogs.

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