KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee has dismissed senior guard Ruby Whitehorn from the eighth-ranked Girl Vols, with girls’s basketball coach Kim Caldwell saying Sunday that it was her accountability to guard this system’s excessive requirements.
“In mild of latest occasions, Ruby has been unable to mirror these requirements, and I’ve made the troublesome choice to dismiss her from our group,” Caldwell stated in an announcement. “I really like Ruby and can at all times be rooting for her, however my precedence is to uphold the revered popularity of the Girl Vols.”
Whitehorn reportedly was stopped early Thursday by campus police, who discovered her in possession of marijuana. She was charged with misdemeanor easy possession/informal trade.
Whitehorn had been allowed again on the group following a suspension for an August arrest. She pleaded responsible Sept. 5 to 2 misdemeanors of aggravated trespassing and aggravated housebreaking in trade for judicial diversion after an Aug. 8 altercation. Her file may be expunged after a 12 months.
The 6-foot participant from Detroit was arrested after what police stated was an incident at a girl’s residence the place Whitehorn kicked in a entrance door and bed room door. Whitehorn reportedly informed officers she was retrieving her property after the girl took her cellphone and passport after which locked the door.
In an announcement posted to Instagram shortly after the announcement Sunday, Whitehorn apologized for failing to “uphold the requirements of the woman vol legacy”.
Tennessee opens the season Tuesday evening at No. 9 NC State.
Whitehorn began 28 of 34 video games final season for the Girl Vols and ranked fourth on the group in scoring, averaging 11.6 factors. She started her profession at Clemson, the place she began 62 of 66 video games.
She helped Tennessee go 24-10 in Caldwell’s debut season. The Girl Vols misplaced to Texas within the Candy 16 of the ladies’s NCAA event.
The Related Press contributed to this report.