And so it continues.

UCLA women’s basketball picked up TCU guard Donovyn Hunter out of the portal Monday, marking the third incoming transfer it has gained in less than a week. The team announced the news in a joint Instagram post with Hunter declaring her commitment to coach Cori Close’s squad.

The junior has made Elite Eight appearances in all three of her collegiate seasons but was eliminated twice by No. 1 seed South Carolina. She ranked in the top-25 of all transfer prospects in the 2026 portal, per CBS Sports.    

In Fort Worth, Texas, Hunter played in every game for the Horned Frogs across both her sophomore and junior seasons. The 6-foot guard started in all 38 games this past campaign, averaging 10.2 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists per contest. 

Led by projected top-five 2026 WNBA Draft pick Olivia Miles, Hunter and TCU made its second consecutive Elite Eight run after being upset by West Virginia in the Big 12 tournament finals. In addition to losing Miles to graduation, the Horned Frogs will also depart with graduate student forward Marta Suarez, the team’s second-leading scorer who has exhausted her collegiate eligibility.

TCU’s – a consistent March Madness contender – roster is further depleted by the exit of Hunter to UCLA. 

The Medford, Oregon, local returns to the West Coast after playing her freshman season at Oregon State, where she earned Pac-12 All-Freshmen and Pac-12 All-Defensive team honors while logging more minutes than any other Beaver. Hunter ranked first among all freshmen in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio and second among Pac-12 guards for field goal shooting percentage with a 41.6% clip.

Senior forward Timea Gardiner – who redshirted the national championship-winning 2025-26 campaign due to a knee injury – played alongside Hunter in Corvallis, Oregon, during the pair’s sophomore and freshman years, respectively. Both entered the transfer portal at the conclusion of the 2023-24 season.

Hunter will also be reuniting with redshirt sophomore forward Amanda Muse, with whom she played club with in high school on Cal Stars. Gardiner, Hunter and Muse are three of just four upperclassmen on next year’s UCLA roster.

The news of Hunter’s transfer came less than 24 hours after the Bruins picked up another point guard from the portal, with North Carolina sophomore Elina Aarnisalo announcing her return to Westwood – where she played her freshman season – on Sunday night. 

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The loss of both senior guards Kiki Rice and graduate student Charlisse Leger-Walker – the Bruins’ primary facilitators on the court – to graduation leaves the starting one position up for grabs. The addition of Aarnisalo and Hunter, plus freshman guard Bonnie Deas out of the portal from Arkansas, has laid the foundation for UCLA’s new backcourt identity. 

And while Close has slowly begun acquiring pieces to slot in place of this season’s four starting guards – who are all expected to hear their names called in the 2026 WNBA Draft on Monday evening – the Bruins’ coach still has not replenished the post presence that graduating athletes senior center Lauren Betts and graduate student forward Angela Dugalić leave behind.