UC Irvine Giving Day

In 2025-26, the UC Irvine women’s basketball team won a share of the Big West regular season championship and set a program record with 26 wins.

To further enhance the women's basketball student-athlete experience, we need your support this Giving Day! Gifts will enable our team to excel at the highest level academically and athletically- and ensure that we have the necessary resources for success in the classroom, in competition and for a lifetime of achievement beyond collegiate athletics.

Thank you for considering supporting Women’s Basketball this UC Irvine Giving Day. Together, we can create an environment that empowers our athletes to thrive and inspires future generations.

Together We Zot - Womens Basketball

As a result of the landmark settlement in the NCAA vs. House case, NCAA D1 institutions are entering a new era and now provide financial assistance to student-athletes as part of Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) activities.

That's where Together We Zot comes in. The Together We Zot Fund is managed through the UC Irvine Foundation and is a 501(c)(3) organization. 

This initiative is a bold step forward. It's not just a donation — it's a targeted investment in the success of our student-athletes and the long-term strength of UC Irvine Athletics.

The Together We Zot - Womens Basketball fund is exclusively dedicated to providing scholarships, room and board stipends, summer school, institutional licensing (NIL) directly to student-athletes, and Alston awards, ensuring UC Irvine stays at the forefront of innovation and impact in college sports.

Together We Zot is about more than just funding. It's a commitment to:

• Recruiting and Retaining Top Talent
• Maximizing each student-athlete's potential
• Keeping UC Irvine Athletics nationally competitive
• Providing transformational support as rules evolve

Women’s Basketball Recent Success 

In 2025-26, UC Irvine women’s basketball won a share of their second Big West regular season championship, finishing with a 26-7 record (17-3 Big West). The Anteaters, who had their fifth-straight 20-win campaign, set school records in both overall and conference wins. UC Irvine earned an automatic bid to the WBIT, marking the program’s fourth postseason appearance in the last five years. Individually, Hunter Hernandez was named the Big West Player of the Year after a historic season in which she broke the single-season scoring record with 655 points. Tamara Inoue also received her second career Big West Coach of the Year award, while Jada Wynn was tabbed the Newcomer of the Year.

UC Irvine won the 2024 Big West Championship title and earned a No. 13 seed in their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1995. Déja Lee made history as the program’s first Big West Player of the Year. Diaba Konate was named the conference’s Best Defensive Player, while Moulayna Johnson Sidi Baba was recognized as the Newcomer of the Year.

In 2022-23, UC Irvine won the first Big West regular-season title in program history. The ‘Eaters received an automatic bid to the WNIT for the second year in a row, and earned their first postseason victory, defeating San Diego State in the opening round. They finished the campaign with a then school-record 25 wins.

• Two-time Big West tournament champions (1995, 2024)
• Two-time Big West regular season champions (2022-23, 2025-26)
• Five consecutive 20-win seasons (2021-26)
• Two All-Americans
• Two Big West Players of the Year
• Three Big West Coach of the Year awards
• 87 All-Big West selections
• 79 Big West All-Academic nods