Chelsea Mitchell had just arrived in South Carolina, the final step of her transfer to Lander University, and the only thing
I shouldn’t be here, “I feel like I needed it,” Mitchell said of her time at Division II Lander. “I grew up a lot when I was down there by myself.” A native of Columbia, Md., Mitchell initially came to Morgan State after graduating from Atholton High School in 2015. After starting in only six games her freshman year,
But her family felt something was missing from Mitchell’s game; they didn’t feel like “I listened to them because I’m a family-oriented person,” Mitchell said. For Mitchell’s teammates like senior Jihayah Chavis, it was a challenge to see one of their friends leave, but they had to find a way to keep going. “We couldn’t dwell on the past,” Chavis said. “You just have to play through it.” Mitchell experienced a lot of emotions because of her transfer — most of them involving regret — but Mitchell also felt like
