The Missouri native will have one year of eligibility remaining.
Mizzou women’s basketball had already experienced an exodus of players into the transfer portal. However, none of those players — Hilke Feldrappe, Lucija Milkovic, Londyn Oliphant and Tilda Sjokvist — averaged more than 10 minutes per game.
On Tuesday, however, the Tigers lost one of their best players from the past couple of seasons. Ashton Judd entered the portal on Tuesday, per On3’s Talia Goodman; she’ll have one year of eligibility remaining.
Judd was highly-touted coming out of West Plains High School in West Plains, MO: she won Class 5 Player of the Year in 2021-22 after leading the Zizzers to a state championship. She made an immediate impact at Mizzou, making the All-SEC Freshman Team in 2022-23. Over the past two seasons, she led Mizzou in multiple categories; on the scoring front, she was no. 2 on the team both this season and last. In 2024-25, she was no. 2 in both minutes and rebounds per game. However, she struggled mightily with turnovers in a prominent ball-handling role, averaging just over three per game over the past two seasons.
Despite her inconsistencies with scoring and taking care of the ball, Judd proved to be a talented bucket-getter, tallying at least 20 points in seven games. Even when she struggled putting the ball in the hoop, her tenacious rebounding ability allowed her to be impactful in other facets besides scoring.
Judd’s departure marks the first big loss for Mizzou since Kellie Harper was hired as head coach on March 18. The Tigers have yet to sign a player in the transfer portal.