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Kentucky signs four on the first day of the spring signing period.

The Wildcats signed three freshmen and a junior college transfer.

The University of Kentucky women’s basketball program has signed four players to its incoming class, head coach Kenny Brooks announced Thursday.

Clara Silva, a 6-7 center, Lexi Blue, a 6-2 guard, and Tanah Becker, a 6-1 guard, will all enter the program as freshmen, while Amelia Hassett, a 6-3 forward from Eastern Florida State College, will be a junior in 2024-25.

Clara Silva

6-7| Center | Faro, Portugal | Unicaja

Clara Silva, a 6-7 center from Faro, Portugal, has spent three seasons with Unicaja in Spain’s LF Challenge division. With the season still in process, she has played 30 games and averages 9.1 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 1.2 blocks. Perhaps one of her most outstanding performances of the season came in a win over Maresme last November, when she scored 28 points on 13-of-19 from the field while also grabbing 12 rebounds and four assists.

6-7 | Centre | Faro, Portugal | Unicaja

Clara Silva, a 6-7 center from Faro, Portugal, has spent three seasons with Unicaja in the Spain-LF Challenge League. With the season still in process, she has played 30 games and averages 9.1 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 1.2 blocks per game. Perhaps one of her most spectacular performances of the season came in a win over Maresme last November, when she scored 28 points on 13-of-19 shooting while also recording 12 rebounds and four assists.

Silva competed for Portugal at the 2021 FIBA U16 Women’s European Challengers, the 2022 FIBA U16 Women’s European Championship, and the 2023 FIBA U18 Women’s European Championship. Last summer, she appeared in seven FIBA games, averaging 18.1 points, 11.6 rebounds, 2.3 blocks, and 1.6 assists.

According to the FIBA website, Silva was one of “Nine players who stood out at #FIBAU18Europe.”

Last November, Shane Laflin of ESPN said this about Silva: “If she were a player in the United States, she’d easily land in the top ten in the recruiting rankings.” She is mobile with a nice touch, moves fluidly without the ball, and possesses a variety of footwork and finishing around the basket.”

Previously, last July, Mike Robinson of The Ball Out wrote about her, “Depending on whom you ask, Silva might be the best center prospect in her class.”

Silva will enter the program as a freshman in 2024-25.

Tanah Becker, a 6-1 guard from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, averaged 12.0 points per game while shooting a team-best 42.6 percent from the field. She also led the club in assists (2.6 per game), steals (3.3 per game), and blocks (1.3 per game). Becker also averaged 4.5 rebounds per game in 2023-24.