Ukrainian basketball player Kate Koval is granted a transfer waiver to join Baylor University after leaving Louisiana State University (LSU), multiple outlets report. The move comes following a controversy tied to LSU signing a player from Russia.
BBC Sport and Yahoo Sports say Koval’s departure is linked to LSU’s decision to sign a Russian player, and that it prompts Koval to seek eligibility to continue playing at a new school. Both accounts describe the waiver as enabling her to transfer to Baylor.
While both sources agree on the basic timeline—Koval leaving LSU, LSU’s Russian-player signing being the trigger, and the waiver allowing her to join Baylor—they focus on the same central points without adding materially different details about the waiver’s conditions or any further disciplinary actions. The reporting centers on the eligibility change and the circumstances that led to it.
