When players choose to transfer, the assumption is that they are looking for playing time. For female athletes, that’s not even in the top two reasons cited in the latest NCAA Student-Athlete Well-Being Study. The three transfers who joined Arizona women’s basketball this offseason backed up the idea that women are often looking for things beyond the court when they make the decision to leave their schools for another program.
Sali Kourouma, Isis Beh, and Courtney Blakely all came to Tucson looking for support of some kind. Family-like environments, familiarity, and academic support were things they found at Arizona that they felt they needed.