TCU Adds to Guard Room with Addition of Utah Transfer Hjelmstad
4/12/2026 4:44:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Was ESPN’s No. 49 overall recruit in the class of 2025
FORT WORTH – TCU remains red hot on the recruiting trail and invested in its present and future with its latest transfer portal acquisition.
The Horned Frogs and head coach Mark Campbell announced the signing of Utah transfer guard Avery Hjlelmstad the roster for the 2026-27 season.
Standing 6-1, Hjelmstad can play both the two and three and is a dynamic floor spacer. Hjelmstad shot 53 percent from the field and 45 percent behind the arc across a decorated four-year run at Edmond Memorial High School in the Tulsa metropolitan area. Hjelmstad signed with the Utes as the No. 49 overall prospect in the class of 2025 in the ESPN HoopGurlz rankings.
She averaged 5.3 points across 14 minutes per game in her lone season in Salt Lake City. Hjelmstad appeared in 31 of a possible 32 games, helping Utah finish with a 19-13 overall record and 10-8 mark in Big 12 play.
Hjelmstad will be a sophomore and has three seasons of eligibility remaining.
Her arrival affords TCU yet another perimeter playmaker. She scored in double figures on eight occasions this past season, highlighted by a career-high 22-point effort at Colorado State on Dec. 4 on a night she knocked down 5-10 looks from deep. Hjelmstad eclipsed the 10-point threshold in six of the Utes' 13 nonconference affairs and was averaging nine points per game ahead of. Conference play. She delivered her most complete collegiate performance in a wire-to-wire win at Houston on Jan. 17, finishing with 14 points on 4-8 shooting from downtown and a career-best eight rebounds across 26 minutes. Hjelmstad shot 88 percent at the foul line for the year.
She averaged 16.3 points, five rebounds and 2.1 steals per game her senior year of high school. She led Edmond Memorial to three state tournament appearances and earned first team All-State, All-Conference and All-District accolades multiple years and was tabbed District MVP as a senior.
Hjelmstad joins a transfer class that includes fellow guards Lanie Grant (North Carolina) and Jadyn Wooten (Oklahoma State) and forward Lara Somfai (Stanford). Her addition augments TCU's projected roster to nine players. The Horned Frogs expect to retain returning letter winners Clara Bielefeld and Clara Silva and have three freshmen – Jessie-May Hall, Sarah Portlock and Laura Vilcinskas – set to suit up.
The Horned Frogs and head coach Mark Campbell announced the signing of Utah transfer guard Avery Hjlelmstad the roster for the 2026-27 season.
Standing 6-1, Hjelmstad can play both the two and three and is a dynamic floor spacer. Hjelmstad shot 53 percent from the field and 45 percent behind the arc across a decorated four-year run at Edmond Memorial High School in the Tulsa metropolitan area. Hjelmstad signed with the Utes as the No. 49 overall prospect in the class of 2025 in the ESPN HoopGurlz rankings.
She averaged 5.3 points across 14 minutes per game in her lone season in Salt Lake City. Hjelmstad appeared in 31 of a possible 32 games, helping Utah finish with a 19-13 overall record and 10-8 mark in Big 12 play.
Hjelmstad will be a sophomore and has three seasons of eligibility remaining.
Her arrival affords TCU yet another perimeter playmaker. She scored in double figures on eight occasions this past season, highlighted by a career-high 22-point effort at Colorado State on Dec. 4 on a night she knocked down 5-10 looks from deep. Hjelmstad eclipsed the 10-point threshold in six of the Utes' 13 nonconference affairs and was averaging nine points per game ahead of. Conference play. She delivered her most complete collegiate performance in a wire-to-wire win at Houston on Jan. 17, finishing with 14 points on 4-8 shooting from downtown and a career-best eight rebounds across 26 minutes. Hjelmstad shot 88 percent at the foul line for the year.
She averaged 16.3 points, five rebounds and 2.1 steals per game her senior year of high school. She led Edmond Memorial to three state tournament appearances and earned first team All-State, All-Conference and All-District accolades multiple years and was tabbed District MVP as a senior.
Hjelmstad joins a transfer class that includes fellow guards Lanie Grant (North Carolina) and Jadyn Wooten (Oklahoma State) and forward Lara Somfai (Stanford). Her addition augments TCU's projected roster to nine players. The Horned Frogs expect to retain returning letter winners Clara Bielefeld and Clara Silva and have three freshmen – Jessie-May Hall, Sarah Portlock and Laura Vilcinskas – set to suit up.
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