The Transfer Portal was not only flooded with talent when it officially opened on Monday, but was filled with Oklahomans who could use the portal to return to the Sooner State.
As of now, head coach Jennie Baranczyk doesn't really have many needs to figure out for the Sooners, but local products make for easy fillers for open roster spots, especially with the talent the state was loaded with last year that's already available again. The Sooners also already lost guard Zya Vann, who's from Bethany, Oklahoma, to open a void that could be filled with another Oklahoman from this list.
Avery Hjelmstad, listed at 6-foot-1, was a five-star recruit in the 2025 class out of Edmond Memorial High School and the No. 5 prospect in what was a loaded in-state class. She was also the No. 37 player in the country, according to the 247Sports Composite.
Hjelmstad appeared in 31 games as a freshman for Utah this season while making a start. She scored a career-high 22 points against Colorado State thanks to five makes from three-point range.
McKenzie Mathurin had a loaded list of reported offers as a 2025 five-star recruit out of Broken Arrow High School that included Michigan, Oklahoma State, Alabama, Nebraska, Arizona, Baylor, Clemson, Missouri, Texas A&M and Texas Tech, but not the Sooners. She was the No. 3 player in the state.
Now with some Power Four experience, maybe the Sooners will enter the race for Mathurin this time. She appeared in 25 games as a freshman and scored double-digits three times. Although it was limited shots, Mathurin also shot 38.9% from three-point range, and the Sooners need a shooter to come off the bench.
Aaliyah Moore is the only player on this list that isn't from the recent 2025 class and isn't listed as a guard. The Sooners are pretty stacked at forward, but if given the opportunity, maybe after five years at Texas, Moore wised up to head back north of the Red River.
Moore missed all of this past season after double knee surgery and most of last season. She was also sidelined most of 2022-23 because of injury, which is why she's entering her sixth year. When healthy, though, Moore was one of Texas' most dominant presence in the paint as an All-Big 12 Second-Team honoree in her last healthy season in 2023-24.
She was a two-time Oklahoma Gatorade Player of the Year out of Moore High School and 2021 McDonald's All-American before her college career began.
Keeley Parks left Norman a year ago after choosing Kansas over OU and several others as the No. 1 prospect in the state and five-star recruit from Norman High School. She was the No. 23 player in the 2025 class and No. 4 shooting guard.
This will be Baranczyk's second chance to keep Parks playing in Norman after one season at Kansas, where she appeared in 16 games and made nine starts as a freshman while battling multiple injuries.
Another five-star 2025 prospect that left the Sooner State, Janiyah Williams was the No. 6 player in the state out of Edmond Memorial High School as former teammates with Avery Hjelmstad. She appeared in 28 games as a freshman for Oregon and scored a career-high 12 points against Nebraska.