Kentucky women’s basketball’s top incoming rookie is going to miss some time to begin her debut season.
On Tuesday morning, the program announced that 6-foot-4 freshman forward Tionna Herron is recovering from successful open heart surgery that she underwent in late August. Herron, a native of Texas, came to UK as a four-star prospect and head coach Kyra Elzy’s top-ranked recruit from this cycle.
Herron is one of six incoming first-year players for Coach Elzy, who saw her roster undergo a massive change throughout the offseason with the addition of 10 new faces.
“Prior to Tionna arriving in Lexington in June, she was made aware of a structural abnormality involving her heart,” said Senior Athletic Trainer Courtney Jones, according to UK.