Kim Caldwell provides medical update for Kaiya Wynn

Tennessee basketball head coach Kim Caldwell provides medical update for Lady Vols’ guard Kaiya Wynn.

Kim Caldwell enters her first season as the Lady Vols’ basketball head coach for the 2024-25 campaign.

Tennessee will tipoff its regular-season versus Samford on Nov. 5 at Food City Center. The season opening contest is slated for 6:30 p.m. EST and can be watched on SEC Network+.

Caldwell provided a medical update on Tuesday regarding Tennessee senior guard Kaiya Wynn.

“Wynn has suffered a torn Achilles in her right leg and is expected to miss the 2024-25 season,” Caldwell announced.

The 6-foot guard was one of five Lady Vol basketball players to appear in all 33 games last season. She averaged 4.4 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.6 assists.

Wynn is from Nashville, Tennessee and has appeared in 94 contests since 2021 for the Lady Vols, averaging 2.8 points, 1.9 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game.

During the summer, Wynn traveled to South Africa and Botswana for a service and leadership trip with the VOLeaders Academy.

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Kim Caldwell. Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire