Notre Dame guard Olivia Miles, widely regarded as one of the best college players in the country, will forgo declaring for the 2025 WNBA Draft and enter the NCAA transfer portal to play out another year in college, per ESPN's Shams Charania.

By staying in college, Miles stands to benefit from NIL deals and a new WNBA collective bargaining agreement that could give rookies higher salaries.

Per ESPN's Shams Charania, Notre Dame's Olivia Miles will forgo the 2025 WNBA draft and instead enter the transfer portal for her final year of college eligibility. ESPN's Michael Voepel projected Miles as the No. 2 pick in his latest mock draft.

In a shocking move, guard Olivia Miles has opted to neither enter the WNBA Draft nor run it back at Notre Dame. Instead, she will enter the NCAA transfer portal and utilize her last year of eligibility elsewhere. The move was reported by ESPN’s Shams Charania.

Olivia Miles, the projected No. 2 pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft, made a shocking decision to return to college, but it wont be with Notre Dame.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish star Olivia Miles was the prohibitive favorite to go No. 2 in the 2025 WNBA Draft behind UConn superstar Paige Bueckers. The key

The Fighting Irish star guard was part of one of the best backcourt tandems in the country and a likely top-3 WNBA draft pick.