Arkansas women’s basketball add FSU transfer

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – University of Arkansas head women’s basketball coach Mike Neighbors announced the addition of transfer A’Tyanna Gaulden to the Razorback roster on Monday.

Gaulden joins Arkansas after her freshman season at Florida State. She will not play in 2017-18 due to NCAA transfer rules.

The 5-7 guard is originally from Ocilla, Georgia, where she averaged 20.9 points per game, 7.5 assists per game, 6.3 steals per game and 5.1 rebounds per game for Americus Sumter High School. As a prep player, Gaulden was ranked sixth among all guard in the ESPNW 2016 recruiting class and was No. 23 overall. She was a five-star player who earned Atlanta Journal Constitution Player of the Year after her senior season.

In addition, Gaulden earned AJC First-Team honors in 2015 and 2016 while averaging 21.4 ppg, 6.8 apg, 4.3 spg and 4.6 rpg in her junior season. She paced Americus Sumter to a 29-2 record as a junior and the Elite Eight of the Georgia state playoffs.

As a freshman at Florida State, Gaulden came in off the bench in 21 games averaging 1.1 ppg, 0.6 rpg and 1.0 apg in 5.7 minutes per contest. She was 7-of 15 from the floor and had 22 assists.

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