Arizona womenβs basketball guard Mickayla Perdueβs time as a Wildcat has come to a close, she announced on social media Sunday.
βSix years. After six long, beautiful, unforgettable years, my college basketball career has come to an end. This isnβt how I imagined it finishing, but injuries are a part of the game and this one just means my playing days at the college level are over,β Perdue posted on X.
βThrough every high, every setback, every win and every lesson, this game shaped me into the woman I am today,β she said in her post. βIβm forever thankful for my teammates who became my sisters, the coaches who believed in me, the trainers and staff who supported me, my family for sacrificing so much and the fans who showed love every step of the way. I gave this game my heart and I walk away proud, grateful and forever a hooper.β
Arizona guard Mickayla Perdue (0), right, sporting a brace on her wrist, talks with guard Mireia Jurado (8) just before the start of the third quarter of the game against UCF, Jan. 10, in Tucson.
Perdue had been out indefinitely since the beginning of the year due to a wrist injury.Β
Before the injury sidelined her, Perdue was the Wildcatsβ leading scorer, averaging 17.1 points and 33.3 minutes per game. She also started 14 of Arizonaβs first 15 games.
Perdue had multiple 25-point-plus games this season, including a 34-point game against Chicago State. The game set a personal record for the most points scored in her college career.
In the games following her injury, the Wildcats have only secured one win (Kansas State on Feb. 4) and lost nine games, including six in a row.
Perdue, a graduate student who was previously at Cleveland State, was the second transfer commitment in head coach Becky Burkeβs transfer class last year. She committed to Arizona in April 2025.
During her time with Cleveland State, she averaged 20 points per game in her last season, 3.3 assists and 1.7 steals. She also shot 34.9% from 3-point range and 81.8% from the foul line, the Arizona Daily Star previously reported.
Arizona Wildcats guard Mickayla Perdue (0) is defended by Eastern Kentucky Colonels guard Kenleigh Woods (10) in the first half during a game at McKale Center on Dec. 10, 2025.
She was also named the 2025 Horizon League Player of the Year and selected to the 2025 Horizon League's First Team All-Conference.
As of Sunday afternoon, Perdue was still listed on the Wildcatsβ team roster.
