MADISON – Breauna Ware will play her final season of college basketball in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The 5-foot-7 guard from Queens, New York, signed with Wake Forest, the school announced Friday, May 1.
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Ware averaged 5.4 points and 1.7 rebounds per game in her only season at Wisconsin. She played in 25 games and made 13 starts but didn’t appear in six of the final seven games. She did not make the trip to Kansas City for the WBIT semifinals, an absence that coach Robin Pingeton said was not injury related.
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Wisconsin forward Gift Uchenna attempts a shot during the Badgers’ WBIT semifinal loss to Columbia on March 30, 2026, at Charles Koch Arena in Wichita, Kansas. It ended UW’s 2025-26 season with a 16-18 record.
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Wisconsin forward Gift Uchenna attempts a shot during the Badgers’ WBIT semifinal loss to Columbia on March 30, 2026, at Charles Koch Arena in Wichita, Kansas. It ended UW’s 2025-26 season with a 16-18 record.
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Wisconsin guard Ronnie Porter directs the offense.
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Wisconsin forward Gift Uchenna drives toward the paint.
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Wisconsin forward Destiny Howell attempts a shot over Columbia guard Mia Broom.
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Wisconsin guard Kyrah Daniels looks across the court.
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Wisconsin center Dorja Zoja is tightly defended by Columbia forward Eriny Erinugha.
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Wisconsin coach Robin Pingeton instructs her team.
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Wisconsin center Dorja Zaja looks to pass.
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Wisconsin guard Laci Steele attempts a shot over Columbia guard Susie Raifu.
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Wisconsin guard Lily Krahn attempts a shot.
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Wisconsin guard Destiny Howell defends an inbound pass by guard/forward Perri Page.
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Wisconsin center Dorja Zaja attempts a free throw.
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Wisconsin guard Lily Krahn finds an opening in Columbia’s defense.
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Wisconsin coach Robin Pingeton gestures from the sideline.
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Ware, who will be a redshirt senior next season, started her career at St. Bonaventure then spent two seasons, including a redshirt year, at Stony Brook before coming to Wisconsin.
She joins a program that went 14-18 last season with a 4-14 mark in the ACC.
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Two other Badgers entered the transfer portal: sophomore forward Alie Bisbale and sophomore wing Jovana Spasovski.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Former Wisconsin basketball player Breauna Ware signs with Wake Forest