Oklahoma State’s women’s basketball roster looks brand new, but one transfer is already drawing attention inside the program.
With Jacie Hoyt heading into her fifth season and Eric Morris taking over the football side in Stillwater, both OSU teams are working through major turnover. Hoyt’s situation is especially dramatic: only fourth-year guard Stailee Heard returns from last year’s NCAA tournament team, while the rest of the Cowgirls are transfers or freshmen.
That group includes some headliners. Former Iowa star Audi Crooks and former Florida guard Liv McGill arrive with plenty of buzz. But former Utah guard LA Sneed says another newcomer could end up making just as much noise.
Sneed, now a sophomore after her own transfer, was asked during an interview wrapping up summer workouts posted to OK State Insider on YouTube which teammate had impressed her most in camp. She pointed to Talexa Weeter.
“I think people underestimate her because she came from D2 [Division II], but I think he's gonna be a big problem for a lot of people,” Sneed said. “She has a lot of things that not many people in her position have.
She can shoot the hell out the ball. She can play a lot of spots.
So, I can't wait for everybody to see how she is.”
Weeter was the first transfer to commit to Oklahoma State after last season, and her résumé at Fort Hays State is hard to ignore. Over three seasons, she piled up Division II all-America honors, led all D-II players with 27.5 points per game and added 8.9 rebounds per game last season. She was also named the 2026 D2CCA Ron Lenz Player of the Year and set her conference’s single-season scoring record.
The scoring is the obvious part. She was nearly a 38% shooter from beyond the arc last season, too.
And unlike at Fort Hays State, she won’t need to carry the entire offense in Stillwater. Crooks and McGill both averaged more than 20 points per game last season, while former Rutgers guard Nene Ndiaye, former Lindenwood guard Ellie Brueggemann and Heard all posted double figures as well.
Still, Weeter brings more than numbers. She brings production, spacing and, maybe most importantly, a clear edge from having something to prove at the Division I level.
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