Former Arizona forward Breya Cunningham joins Texas WBB

Cunningham arrives in Austin with two years of eligibility

Texas Athletics and Texas Longhorns women’s basketball head coach Vic Schaefer announced today that Arizona forward Breya Cunningham will join the program via the NCAA Transfer Portal. Cunningham joins Texas with two seasons of eligibility remaining.

From Texas Athletics: “Cunningham, a 6-4 forward from Chula Vista, Calif., was a Pac-12 All-Freshman Honorable Mention selection in 2023-24 and Big 12 All-Conference Honorable Mention honoree in 2024-25. Cunningham has been a part of several USA Basketball teams. Cunningham was part of the team with Madison Booker that won gold in the 2023 FIBA U19 Women’s World Cup. Cunningham also earned gold medals with the 2022 FIBA U17 Women’s World Cup and 2021 FIBA Women’s U16 Americas Championship. … Cunningham averaged 11.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game for the 2024-25 season.”

“I am super excited to announce the addition of Breya Cunningham and her family to our Longhorn family,” Schaefer said in a news release. ”I recruited her two years ago out of high school when she was the No. 2 ranked player in the country in the 2023 class. Breya will bring experience and inside presence, as well as the ability to impact our program immediately. She comes from a wonderful family who I really enjoyed getting to know throughout the recruiting process during our first time around. Her experience at the power five level will enable her to adapt immediately as well as impact our program immediately.”