Ok, again, let me state again, I thinks she is classified as a sophomore due to the injury she suffered in her first game of the 2020-21 Season From the NCAA Redshirt Injury rulebook
"An athlete can qualify for this exemption if she has a documented, incapacitating injury or illness that occurred in the first half of the basketball season and the student-athlete has not participated in more than two contests or dates of competition or 20 percent of her team's scheduled contests, whichever number is greater."
Angel definitely suffered the incapacitating injury in the first half of the season. She only participated in 1 game in the 1st half. Where it gets murky is the second part "
or 20 percent of her teams schedule contests, which ever number is greater" Do they mean 20% of the 1st half scheduled games or 20% of all games? Angel came back on Feb 23, played in the final 5 of the 27 scheduled so that equals 5.4 games. Her 1+5=6 which is greater than 5.4 OR because she was hurt 3 minutes into the game, does that first game not qualify, therefore she was only able to play in 5 games and less than the 20%.
I don't think LSU is saying she's a "sophomore" due to COVID rules as they don't say that for anyone else in their Athletic Department Rosters.
Angel was born May 2, 2002 so she is still only 20 and would not be eligible for the WNBA draft until NEXT Year, of which she would be one of the top few picks, so her class designation is sort of moot, like
@SECbbfan24 is saying but for an entirely different reason.