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Former Wisconsin women’s basketball forward transfers to Ivy League school

Former Wisconsin women’s basketball forward transfers to Ivy League

Former Wisconsin forward Ana Guillen announced her commitment to Yale University’s basketball program on Sunday via social media. 

After one season in Madison representing the Badgers, Guillen elected to enter the transfer portal in April for a change in scenery.

The Badalona, Spain native appeared in 22 contests off the bench in 2023-24. In 118 total minutes, she registered 24 points, 14 rebounds and four steals.

Guillen made her collegiate debut on Nov. 7, 2023 against Milwaukee and logged her first basket on Nov. 9 against Western Illinois. Her career-high five-point performance arrived against Michigan in January. 

Prior to UW, Guillen captured the 2017, 2019 and 2022 Catalonia Championships and snagged the 2019 Spanish Championship with Femení Sant Adrià. She also competed for the Spanish National Team at the 2021 European Challenger.

She is the fifth Badger to enter the transfer portal this offseason. Former UW guard Sania Copeland recently joined Kansas’ women’s basketball program, center Tessa Towers  announced her commitment to Ball State, Sacia Vanderpool signed with North Dakota State and Imbie Jones is headed to Nevada.

Former Wisconsin women’s basketball forward transfers to Nevada

Former Wisconsin women’s basketball forward transfers to Nevada

Former Wisconsin forward Imbie Jones announced her commitment to the University of Nevada’s basketball program on Wednesday via social media. 

After one season in Madison representing the Badgers, Jones elected to enter the transfer portal on April 18 for a change of scenery. The Seattle, Washington native appeared in 15 contests during her tenure at UW.

Jones made her collegiate debut on Nov. 7, 2023 against Milwaukee and logged her first basket in January against Iowa. She reached the hardwood for 38 total minutes in 2023-24 and played a season-high seven minutes in Wisconsin’s WNIT match against Illinois State in March. 

ESPN ranked Jones as a three-star recruit and No. 147 player in the nation coming out of Garfield High School. During her senior year, she earned First Team All-Metro League nods and was a Metro League champion.

She also punctuated her high school tenure year by leading Garfield to a perfect 20-0 overall mark in 2022 and the Washington State championship. 

She is the fourth Badger to find a new home in the transfer portal this offseason. Former UW guard Sania Copeland recently joined Kansas’ women’s basketball program, center Tessa Towers  announced her commitment to Ball State and Sacia Vadnerpool signed with North Dakota State.

Class of 2023 Badger WBB Freshman move in

As the 2023-2024 season is around the corner, the Wisconsin women’s basketball team had their incoming freshman from the 2023 recruiting class move in this week.

As the 2023-2024 season is around the corner, the Wisconsin women’s basketball team had their incoming freshman from the 2023 recruiting class move in this week.

Guard D’Yanis Jimenez, guard Leena Patibandla, forward Imbie Jones and forward Tessa Grady have officially moved in. One more freshman, Ana Guillen will move in at a later date.

The Badgers are coming off of a 11-20 (6-12 in the Big Ten) campaign in 2022-2023, but they lost leading scorer Julie Pospisilova as well as guards Avery LaBarbera (graduated) and Maty Wilke (transferred to Utah) and will be looking to replace their production.

Head coach Marisa Moseley is entering her third season at the helm and this is her second recruiting class in Madison.

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