Kim Mulkey and LSU picked up their second transfer out of the transfer portal on Tuesday in East Carolina forward Amiya Joyner.
Joyner averaged 15 points per game along with 9.2 rebounds per game this past season. In her three seasons at East Carolina, she averaged a combined 12.8 points per game along with 9.6 rebounds per game.
The rising senior comes to Baton Rouge with a decorated career at East Carolina. She has 41 career double-doubles and 905 career rebounds, which is the fourth most in East Carolina history. She also has the fourth most blocks in program history with 132 blocks.
She was awarded first team All-American Athletic Conference for the 2025 season.
Joyner plays a similar game to Aneesah Morrow being a rather undersized post player with intensity on the glass to make up for it.
She showed that at a high level in a 95-44 loss to South Carolina in November. Of East Carolina’s 44 points, Joyner scored 25 of them, along with 10 rebounds.
Her season-high came against Howard three days after East Carolina’s loss to the Gamecocks, as she recorded 32 points and 15 rebounds in a 65-44 win.
Along with the similarities she brings to Morrow’s game, Joyner provides a pivotal piece to LSU’s frontcourt for the upcoming season.
Joyner joins Notre Dame center Kate Koval as LSU’s two transfers for the 2026 season. Koval is a 6-foot-5 rising sophomore who averaged 5.3 points per game and 4.7 rebounds per game.
LSU’s frontcourt was gutted after the end of the season. Along with Morrow taking her career to the WNBA, Sa’Myah Smith transferred to Virginia, and Last-Tear Poa, Jersey Wolfenbarger and Aalyah Del Rosario all entered the transfer portal.
Along with Joyner and Koval, LSU added five-star forward Grace Knox from the high school ranks. Knox brings a more versatile game to LSU’s frontcourt with her ability to shoot from the perimeter.
But Koval and Knox lack one thing as opposed to Joyner: experience.
With three seasons at the collegiate level, Joyner brings a veteran career to Baton Rouge, which will play a significant role in a thin frontcourt. Joyner can fill in Morrow’s shoes not only with her playstyle, but also with her experience.
With the offseason just beginning, Mulkey and her staff may want to dip into the portal once again to grab another post player. However, Mulkey has played small in the past, especially this past season.
If she decides to go that route once again, the numbers are there. But depth is never a bad thing, and Mulkey and her staff may want to secure that.
Nonetheless, the Tigers landed a major playmaker in Joyner; a playmaker that resembles one of the program’s best in Morrow.
