{"id":698631,"date":"2026-04-04T23:20:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T23:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/698631\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T23:20:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T23:20:18","slug":"top-5-recruit-oliviyah-edwards-requests-release-from-signing-to-tennessee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/698631\/","title":{"rendered":"Top-5 recruit Oliviyah Edwards requests release from signing to Tennessee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Top-5 recruit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/oliviyah-edwards-245843\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oliviyah Edwards<\/a> has requested a release from her signing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/tennessee-volunteers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tennessee<\/a>, sources told Rivals. Edwards, ranked No. 5 on Rivals, is a 6-3 forward from Washington. <\/p>\n<p>She originally chose the Lady Vols over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/usc-trojans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/south-carolina-gamecocks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South Carolina<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/lsu-tigers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LSU<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/florida-gators\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/college\/washington-huskies\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d say I\u2019m very versatile,\u201d Edwards previously said of her game. \u201cI think that as a big, I do have good handles. I could also post up the little, tiny ones. I feel like it\u2019s hard to guard when I can shoot, I can get to the basket and I could create my own shot. That\u2019s really hard to guard, especially with my height. I also know how to pass the ball too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Edwards previously talked to Rivals about several factors that would play a role in her decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say that family aspect,\u201d Edwards said. \u201cI want to be able to have a home away from home. That\u2019s really the main thing that I\u2019m looking for. Who do I feel closest with? Who do I know that I can build and grow with? Everything else I feel like, for me, will fall into place. I know, anywhere I go, I\u2019m gonna get better. Anywhere I go, they\u2019re gonna have a good facility. They\u2019re gonna have nice things. In that aspect. I\u2019m not really materialistic. I\u2019m just looking at, okay, how do the players get along? How do the coaches coach? What\u2019s the style of play? I really want to fit in here, not just basketball wise. I want them to love me for who I am and everything I\u2019ve got going on. I want to be able to call these girls my sisters \u2013 to be able to, even after I\u2019m done, be over at the coach\u2019s houses. These are people I want to have long, deep connections with.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Top-5 recruit Oliviyah Edwards has requested a release from her signing to Tennessee, sources told Rivals. Edwards, ranked&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[7,19382,465],"class_list":{"0":"post-698631","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-oliviyah-edwards-26-elite-sports-academy","10":"tag-womens-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=698631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}