Tennessee women's basketball head coach
Kim Caldwell announced that she has received an Institutional Financial Aid Agreement (IFAA) from transfer forward Jersey Wolfenbarger, the No. 7 ranked prospect by espnW in the 2021 high school class and a contributor in every game last season for LSU.
She joins forward Janiah Barker of UCLA and guard Nya Robertson of SMU in UT's spring portal signing group.
Wolfenbarger becomes the eighth player on UT's projected 2025-26 roster who was ranked among the top 30 high school prospects in their class by espnW and the seventh who was named a McDonald's All-American.
The 6-foot-5 rising senior appeared in 37 games in 2024-25 and started nine, averaging 4.6 points and 3.4 rebounds over 13.2 minutes per contest. She shot a career-best 63 percent from the field for the Tigers last season after making the move to Baton Rouge following two playing seasons at Arkansas.
A product of Fort Smith Northside High School, Wolfenbarger scored in double figures eight times a year ago and tallied two games with 10+ rebounds and a pair of double-doubles. She notched career highs of 18 points and 15 rebounds vs. Louisiana on Dec. 15. Her 23 steals and 35 free throws also were collegiate bests for her.
"Jersey will provide size and speed, which is the perfect combination of what we are looking for," Caldwell said. "She is a transition player who will help make our team faster and is one of the best rim runners out there. She will be a great fit here."
For her career, Wolfenbarger has appeared in a combined 102 games at the two SEC schools, earning 35 starts and averaging 5.2 points and 3.6 rebounds. She amassed 22 games of scoring in double figures, five contests with 10 or more boards and four double-doubles.
As a freshman at Arkansas in 2021-22, Wolfenbarger started 23 of 30 games for the Razorbacks, averaging 7.5 points and 4.3 rebounds while hitting a career-high 17 three-pointers. She also posted career bests of 32 assists and 27 blocks along with 21 steals and was honored as SEC Freshman of the Week on Nov. 30.
Along the way, the SEC All-Freshman Team honoree carded 12 games of double-digit points, two with 10 or more rebounds and a pair of double-doubles. She notched season bests of 16 points vs. Central Arkansas, 11 rebounds vs. Missouri and three treys vs. Tennessee en route to 13 points, with the latter igniting a four-game run of double-digit scoring.
In 2022-23, she produced 3.9 points and 3.3 rebounds per game while appearing in 35 contests and starting three as a sophomore. She scored in double figures twice and produced 10 or more rebounds on one occasion. Her season highs included 15 points vs. Arkansas State, 12 rebounds and four blocks vs. Oral Roberts and three deep balls vs. Troy.
Wolfenbarger was a consensus five-star player in high school and one of five finalists for the Jersey Mike's Naismith High School Player of the Year Award. She was chosen as the Arkansas Gatorade Player of the Year in 2020 and earned Arkansas player of the year honors from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Max Preps and the Arkansas Basketball Coaches Association in 2021. She won two state titles during her high school career, hitting a buzzer-beater to win the 2019 6A State Championship.
Internationally, Wolfenbarger represented the United States at the 2021 FIBA U19 World Cup, helping her country claim a gold medal with a 7-0 record in Debrecen, Hungary.