The transfer portal era in college athletics seems like it’s been with us forever. Likewise, most fans can recall less turbulent times when transfers happened, they simply didn’t look like a stampede to the 1849 California Gold Rush.We thought it was time to rank the best transfers Cal teams have attracted, most of them in recent seasons but also including a few OGs from yesteryear. We limited our ranking to transfers from four-year colleges.Here is the next athlete in our countdown: 44. Elena FlynnSport: Water poloArrival year at Cal: 2024-25Previous school: UC Irvine (Flynn scored 103 goals with 31 assists and twice was named first-team ACWPC All-American while with at UCI from 2000 through ’23).Contributions at Cal: — Flynn ranked second on the team with 44 goals in 26 matches, adding 22 assists and 19 steals. She was named first-team ACWPC All-American and First Team All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.— She had 11 multi-goal games in 2024 and twice scored a season-high five goals.— As a senior in 2025, Flynn was again the Bears’ No. 2 scorer, putting in 48 goals, including four each in two early-season victories over top-20 opponents. She was chosen second-team ACWPC All-America - second-team All-MPSF.— Including her time at Irvine, Flynn totaled 195 goals in her collegiate career.Standout performance: Having already scored five goals in an early-season 16-7 victory over No. 13 Michigan, Flynn matched that total on April 27 to spark the Bears to an 11-6 road victory over third-ranked Stanford in MPSF play. She scored twice to help the Bears forge a quick 3-0 lead and also contributed an assist and two steals to the win.Impact on her team: Flynn transitioned easily from Irvine to Berkeley and helped the Golden Bears win 19 games and land an NCAA tournament bid in each of her two seasons.Previously on our list: No. 45: Sakima Walker No. 46: David ReeseNo. 47: Xavier CarltonFollow Jeff Faraudo on Twitter, Facebook and BlueskyAdd us as a preferred source on GoogleFollow