re: LSU Women's Basketball Recruiting Thread: 2024 & 2025

New SLAM magazine article on Kate Koval

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Koval’s versatility allows her to stretch the floor and knock down threes without hesitation. “It’s kind of disrespectful to me—leaving me open, thinking I can’t shoot,” she says. All business on the court, her competitive nature is what makes her personality. “You’re probably not going to see me smile or laugh during the game,” she says.

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I think she would fit right in with the ultra-competitive on-court personalities on the roster.

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“I go into every single game knowing I’m going to be double-teamed, even triple-teamed,” she says. Dare to put three defenders on her and she’ll dish the ball to her teammates for wide open shots. “I’m going to pass that ball,” she says, “and I’m going to continue to do that because it’s the right play.”

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There won’t be any LSU player triple teamed in the ‘24 season.

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Koval’s rising number of offer letters includes top programs like LSU, Notre Dame, Duke and Stanford, and she still has more official recruiting visits lined up. Whichever program she decides to commit to, her goal remains the same. “The goal is winning the national championship with my college team,” she says. Koval also has her eyes set on the big League. “The long, long term is going pro, WNBA.”

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While it’s a vague timeline for a goal, you’d have to think the defending national champs rate pretty highly on the criteria-filling scoreboard.