TEMPE- The Arizona State women's basketball brought in a new addition to the team for the next season.
According to Talia Goodman of On3 Sports, former Tennessee Lady Vols guard Ruby Whitehorn has announced her plans to transfer to play for the Sun Devils.
She will make her debut for the team in the 2026-27 campaign after being dismissed by the Tennessee Lady Vols women's basketball program before the start of the season last November.
Whitehorn was charged with a misdemeanor for possession of a single substance and had a couple of legal issues.
“I’m here to help young people,” Arizona State head coach Molly Miller said, via an interview with On3. “Our culture gives Ruby an opportunity to grow and I believe she can be the best version of herself in this environment.”
According to her posts on Instagram, Whitehorn was seen practicing with the Sun Devils in Tempe and witnessing the team get another win at home in a blowout against the Houston Cougars.
Arizona State looks to fill the needs for the guard position for the next season, as the team has six senior guards in the 2025-26 season.
Last November, Miller announced her first-ever signing class, bringing in guards Quin'Nya Gray de Sanders, Averie Lower, and Londyn Parker. One of the players, Lower of Iowa, is ranked in ESPN's top 60 and is known for her elite shooting and rebounding.
"I'm glad she got to watch win number 22, (and) so proud of this team and how far they've come," Miller said Saturday. "She's getting integrated and figuring out the winning ways. It's been fun to have her on campus, (which gives her) a head start for next year.
"We're going to be talking a lot about Ruby Whitehorn this spring and the next year. Right now, we're dialed in, and she's even dialed in. We are 100% focused on the next game. We're 100% focused on BYU. We're 100% focused on what this team needs to do to improve to win this next game. So it's fun to welcome her in and be a part of (the women's basketball program)."
Fans of the Sun Devils women's basketball will love to see what Whitehorn brings to the team and, more importantly, how she gets the opportunity to learn from Miller and the coaching staff.
She is known for her ability to lead and play tough on both ends of the court, which Miller admires seeing from the players she brought in through the transfer portal so far.
During her first year with the Tennessee Lady Vols, she was a key contributor to the team's appearance in the Sweet Sixteen, averaging 11.6 points and 4.0 rebounds per game.
"Ruby is a phenomenal leader as well, especially for somebody that has come in new," Tennessee women's basketball head coach Kim Caldwell said, via Go Vols in an article published in March 2025. "I think that is something that is really special about this team. We have people that have been here for a while and then you have some people that are new, and I think that they blend very, very well.
"If you didn't know, we wouldn't know who is new and who has been here. From the day when we got here she has either done a really good job of holding people accountable, being the first to 50-50 balls on the floor, playing hard, talking. She has a bright future."
Caldwell said it best about how bright the future is for Whitehorn, and Miller is thrilled to see how she will fit into her system over the next season.
This is just the beginning for the Sun Devils women's basketball program, as Miller transformed the team into one of the teams on the bubble watch for the upcoming NCAA Women's tournament while building the team from the transfer portal.