Kim Aiken transferred to Arizona on April 6, but after then-UA head coach Sean Miller was fired the following day, the former Eastern Washington forward's future with the Wildcats became uncertain.
Just over two weeks later, Aiken flipped his commitment from Arizona to Washington State on Wednesday, according to Stadium's Jeff Goodman. The redshirt junior is expected to have two years of eligibility remaining.
The 6-foot-7-inch, 215-pound Aiken averaged 11.3 points and 8.4 rebounds for EWU as a junior, earning First Team All-Big Sky honors and was named the Big Sky Defensive Player of the Year.
When Eastern Washington fell to Arizona 70-67 at McKale Center last season, Aiken scored six points and hauled in five rebounds.
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Although a hybrid two-way forward fits a position of need for the Wildcats, along with guards after James Akinjo recently entered the transfer portal, Aiken would've joined a crowded UA frontcourt that possesses length.
Aiken joins four-star Los Angeles-area combo guard K.J. Simpson as players to look elsewhere after Miller's firing. Simpson was released from his national letter-of-intent over the weekend after signing with the Wildcats in November. Four-star Seattle guard Shane Nowell and four-star New Jersey guard Shane Dezonie are the remaining signed members of Arizona's 2021 recruiting class, but are in contention to land Phoenix-area guard Ty Ty Washington, who included the Wildcats in his final list of six schools.
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