Arizona women’s basketball: Montaya Dew announces medical retirement, MJ Jurado to transfer
The sad news brings to close the career of the highest-ranked recruit in Arizona women’s basketball history
It was a tough day for Arizona women’s basketball. Montaya Dew , the highest ranked recruit in program history, announced her medical retirement shortly after freshman guard Mireia ‘MJ’ Jurado announced her intention to transfer. Dew had a difficult tenure at Arizona.
The No. 8 player in the class of 2023 enrolled early, foregoing possible honors like McDonald’s All-American status as a high school senior. Mere weeks after arriving in Tucson, her mother lost her battle with cancer.
A few months later, Dew suffered the first of two knee injuries and was out for what would have been her true freshman season. View this post on Instagram Dew worked hard to come back and stepped back onto the floor in 2024-25. It took her a while to look like she felt comfortable.
Then, the basketball gods took it away again. Dew suffered her second knee injury in what was probably the best game of her college career. She skied for a rebound against Texas Tech and came back to the floor.