Lucy Olsen discusses Iowa transition on ‘Hawkeye Report Podcast’

Lucy Olsen: It feels like forever ago now, but when it was happening, definitely overwhelming. It got out before I actually entered that I was transferring, so that was crazy and then as soon as I entered and my name popped up in the portal, coach Bluder called. That was like my first call. Yeah, on the phone, she just sounded amazing. All the coaches sounded amazing. I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, these places are great.’ But, there was something about coach Bluder that I just wanted to know more of and we hopped on a Zoom the next day with all of the coaching staff and my parents. Learned more about each of them and the program. Then, we were like. Let’s set up a visit because I only have…I think it was early April, so finals were like in the end of May or beginning of May. You can’t really go on visits if students are taking finals, so I was like, ‘Alright. Let’s try to get this stuff in early.’

Oh, and I was doing the USA 3×3 trials, so that was the end of April. So, I’m like, ‘Alright. I have right now to get it done.’ So, the only time that fit was right after the WNBA draft and they flew back in the middle of the night to meet up with us. That just showed a lot that they really wanted me. It felt good to be wanted enough that they were just putting a lot of time and effort into it, so it showed me that I could trust them. Once I got here, they were super nice. All the coaches were great. They just seemed like great coaches but even nicer people. And then I got to go out to dinner with the team and everyone was just so fun, so nice, friendly, and obviously they get it done on the court. So, it was just the perfect fit and when I was leaving I was like, ‘This is everything I want and more, so I don’t really see why I would go on any other visit.’