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TUCSON, AZ - FEBRUARY 17: Arizona Wildcats guard Tanyuel Welch (11) during a women's basketball game between the Colorado Buffaloes and the Arizona Wildcats on February 17, 2026, at McKale Center at ALKEME Arena in Tucson, AZ. (Photo by Christopher Hook/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Arizona head coach Becky Burke said players would be leaving. One has already told Talia Goodman at On3 that she’s headed to the portal as soon as it opens. Goodman reports that Tanyuel Welch will be on the move after one season in Tucson.
The senior-to-be was once praised by Burke as the most Power 4 ready player that Arizona had on the perimeter, but Welch’s playing time was erratic.
She did not play in the season opener against UC Riverside and saw just three minutes against UC Irvine in the second game. She scored in double digits her next two games, then saw her minutes go down until she played just two minutes against CSU Bakersfield and 13 in the loss to Southern. From that point, her minutes went up and stayed that way for the next two months.
That stretch of increased, steady minutes spread into the first month of Big 12 play. She was on the court at least 35 minutes in six straight games to start conference play. After that, her minutes steadily declined until she played just nine minutes against Oklahoma State on Feb. 1.
Welch’s minutes then crept up until she played 40 against Cincinnati in a game that had Lani Cornfield and Nora Francois out due to “coach’s decision.” They once again went down over the final three games when she averaged just over 13 minutes on the court against Houston, Utah, and Arizona State to wind up the season and her Arizona career.
Welch came to Arizona after playing two seasons and sitting out one with a medical redshirt at Memphis. The redshirt junior will have another season to play at her third stop.
She made 28 appearances and 19 starts in her time in Tucson. She started in 19 of her final 20 games as a Wildcat.
Welch averaged 8.7 points on 46.5 percent shooting, coming in fourth on the team in scoring and third among players that played all season. Her 5.2 rebounds per game led the team.
The portal window changes this year. It will not officially open until after the Final Four in early April, but players are already charting their paths.
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