Audi Crooks transfers to Oklahoma State: Top player in women’s portal leaves Iowa State, stays in Big 12

Iowa State switch Audi Crooks, the top player in the women’s college basketball transfer portalis heading to Oklahoma State for his senior 12 months, per 247Sports. The 6-foot-3 middle averaged a career-best 25.8 factors on 64.9% capturing and seven.7 rebounds per recreation in her junior season, making her the second-leading scorer in the nation. Her impression earned her a spot on the Associated Press’ All-American Second Team.

The Iowa native is an environment friendly scorer who registered a minimum of 10 factors in each single recreation of her school profession aside from her freshman debut in 2023, when she had eight factors towards Butler. Crooks is thought for his dominant publish presence, which has earned his comparisons to Shaquille O’Neal.

Oklahoma State went 24-10 in the 2025-26 season, earned a No. 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament and misplaced to eventual champion UCLA in the second spherical.

Iowa State was ranked No. 10 firstly of the calendar 12 months, however struggled in Big 12 play and fell aside on the finish of the season, dropping 4 of its final 5 video games. Crooks was a vibrant spot for the Cyclones, notching 4 40-point video games this season and scoring 37 factors in their first-round loss to Syracuse in the NCAA Tournament. Crooks was one in every of 10 Iowa State gamers to enter the portal when it opened on April 6.