When the Texas women basketball team opens its season on Nov. 10, the Longhorns will do so with senior Rori Harmon.
Harmon announced on Thursday that she had been fully cleared by her doctors to return to the basketball court. Harmon has been sidelined since she tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee on Dec. 27, 2023.
Earlier this week at the SEC Tipoff event, Harmon told the SEC Network that she was “getting so close to being cleared.”
I was cleared earlier today 🙏🏾
— rori harmon (@roriiiharmonnn) October 17, 2024
Harmon averaged 14.1 points, 7.8 assists and 3.1 steals per game last season while committing just 14 turnovers. Since she only played in 12 of UT’s 38 games, the NCAA has granted her a hardship waiver for the 2023-24 season.
Harmon was named the Most Outstanding Player at the Big 12 tournament as a freshman, and she earned the Big 12 defensive player of the year award during her sophomore season. Despite missing much of last season and moving into a new conference this year, Harmon recently earned a second-team nod on the Southeastern Conference’s preseason honor roll.
Harmon returns to a Texas team that went 33-5 and reached the Elite Eight round of the NCAA tournament last season. In addition to being picked to finish second in the SEC’s preseason poll, Texas was tabbed as the country’s fourth-best team in the Associated Press’ preseason rankings.
This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Texas basketball star Rori Harmon cleared to return after knee injury
