The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay women’s basketball team has landed several impact players out of the NCAA transfer portal in recent years.

UWGB has signed guard Elisa Mevius, who spent the past two seasons at the University of Oregon after playing her first two years at Siena.

The 5-foot-10 Mevius represented Germany in 3x3 basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, helping her team beat Spain 17-16 in the gold medal game.

It was the nation’s first gold medal in basketball, and it captured it in comeback fashion with fellow German and former Dallas Mavericks great Dirk Nowitzki in attendance.

Mevius played a key part in the victory, with teammate Marie Reichert and Mevius hitting consecutive baskets to tie the score at 15 in the final minutes before Sonja Greinacher hit the game-winning shot with 30 seconds remaining.

Mevius’ time with Oregon was impacted by two season-ending injuries.

She was expected to play a key role for the Ducks in 2025-26 but sustained a torn anterior cruciate ligament in a knee against Montana in November, ending her campaign after just two games.

Mevius was off to a big start in that short time, averaging 12.5 points, 3 assists and 2.5 steals.

That injury was even more frustrating after how her first season with the Ducks ended.

She broke a hand and missed the stretch run of 2024-25, finally getting shut down after playing with the injury for weeks.

Mevius started 19 of 28 games that season, averaging 6.6 points, 3 assists, 2.9 rebounds and 1.6 steals.

She was playing well despite the injury, scoring double digits in three of her final four games including a season-high 19 points in a win at Minnesota.

Mevius was one of Siena’s best players during her first two collegiate seasons.

She started 61 of 62 games, averaging 10.3 points, 4 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 2.2 steals as a freshman.

Mevius led the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in assists (5.1 apg) and steals (4.5 spg) as a sophomore while averaging 12 points and 6.8 rebounds.

It appears UWGB again has found a key veteran to play the point guard position, one who can be a significant factor on both sides of the floor.

It’s important to be a presence on offense, but a Phoenix player won’t get many minutes if she doesn’t play defense.

The Phoenix looked like it might have a hole at the point when former standout Bailey Butler graduated in 2025, but UWGB coach Kayla Karius and her staff signed Kamy Peppler out of the portal for her final year and now have done it again with Mevius.

Of course, there were obvious connections to Peppler and UWGB.

She spent her first three seasons at fellow Horizon League member UW-Milwaukee and was a star in high school at Hortonville.