Former Edina standout Bailey Helgren joining Gophers as graduate transfer from Kansas

The 6-5 center will be eligible to play for the Gophers this coming season.

April 13, 2021 at 11:43PM
Gophers coach Lindsay Whalen has a new option at center for next season. (Anthony Souffle, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Former Edina basketball standout Bailey Helgren announced that she is transferring from Kansas to Minnesota, giving the Gophers another option at center for next season.

The 6-5 Helgren has one year of eligibility remaining and is coming to Lindsay Whalen's Gophers as a graduate transfer.

Helgren started 19, 29 and 24 games her first three seasons at Kansas and averaged 3.9 points and 5.3 rebounds as a junior in 2019-20. A multiple time Academic All-Big 12 selection, she played in just seven games this past season as a senior. She is taking advantage of the NCAA rule, granting all athletes an extra year of eligibility because of the pandemic.

She announced her decision on Twitter, writing, "So excited to be COMING HOME."

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Joe Christensen

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Joe Christensen, a Minnesota Star Tribune sports team leader, graduated from the University of Minnesota and spent 15 years covering Major League Baseball, including stops at the Riverside Press-Enterprise and Baltimore Sun. He joined the Minnesota Star Tribune in 2005 and spent four years covering Gophers football.

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