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[QUOTE="Dillon77, post: 5287172, member: 6620"]
This transfer was rumored for awhile, but was just announced today. Kelly Ratigan, a shooting guard from Loyola of Maryland, who was injured early enough last year to miss most of the season, will have two years of eligibility. Ratigan is a South Bend native who starred at nearby St. Joseph's. Her dad is now a surgeon assigned to Notre Dame.

A smallish -- 5'8" -- guard, Ratigan is supposed to be a stellar athlete, so it will be interesting to see if ND's Carlos Knox, who works on player development, can work with her on jab steps, step backs, etc. to free up her long-range shots.

Ratigan is Coach Ivey's 5th portal pick-up, which brings up the active Irish scholarship player count up to eight. (Leah Macy is and probably will be rehabbing an ACL injury most of her academic frosh year). From what I understand, the Irish will also return two walk-ons from last year, so there will be 10 players available for the 2025-26 season.

Here's a tweet from a local beat reporter and a press release from ND Sports Information.

[MEDIA=twitter]1927440426509725857[/MEDIA]

[URL unfurl="true"]https://fightingirish.com/south-bend-native-ratigan-transfers-to-notre-dame/[/URL]
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