Just over a year ago, Fayetteville High grad and Arkansas women’s basketball player Sasha Goforth was forced to retire from the game. Her health problems were too much.
Almost exactly 12 months later, with treatment helping, Goforth is making her return to the court.
tell a friend to tell a friend…… she’s backkkkkkkkk pic.twitter.com/x5WxTw7UHc
— Sasha Goforth (@goforthsasha) April 22, 2023
Goforth, a 6-foot-1 guard, will play as a junior next season. She averaged more than 10 points a game during her first year at Arkansas in 2021-22 after she transferred back to her hometown from Oregon State.
Her return provides coach Mike Neighbors with four McDonald’s All-Americans on the roster. Goforth joins forward Jersey Wolfenbarger, center Maryam Dauda, rising guard Taliah Scott. Also returning for ARkansas is All-SEC Samara Spencer, who set school records for games and minutes last year.
In addition to her 11.5 points per game two years ago, Goforth also averaged 4.8 rebounds and 2.1 blocks in starting every game of the season.
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