Freshman star Aarion McDonald is leaving the Washington women’s basketball team.
The 5-foot-7 point guard was third on the team last season while averaging 9.8 points last season and would have been the Huskies’ leading returning scorer.
She started 21 of 28 games after missing the first seven games of the season due to lower-back injury. McDonald averaged 2.7 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 24.1 minutes. She shot 47.3 percent from the field and 33.0 on three-pointers before being named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team.
McDonald is the first UW player to transfer since new coach Jody Wynn was hired April 14 after eight seasons at Long Beach State.