TCU Signs Touted Transfer Center Sedona Prince to 2023-2024 Roster
4/17/2023 3:47:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Former five-star prospect spent four seasons at Oregon with head coach Mark Campbell
FORT WORTH – TCU has made a Texas-sized splash across the transfer portal.
Head coach Mark Campbell announced the signing of University of Oregon center Sedona Prince to the Horned Frogs' 2023-2024 roster.
A Liberty Hill, Texas native, Prince returns to her home state after spending four seasons in Eugene, including two with Campbell in 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 during his tenure as an assistant coach. Prince, 6-7, was a McDonald's All-American and Jordan Brand Classic participant in 2018.
Prince will enroll at TCU as a graduate transfer and have one year to play one season. She initially declared for the WNBA Draft after missing the entirety of the 2022-2023 campaign due to a broken elbow but withdrew her name from consideration.
The former five-star prospect was tabbed the No. 8 overall recruit in the nation by ESPN as a high school senior. She is also the tallest player TCU has ever signed. Only Patricia Morris, who suited up for the Horned Frogs from 2020-2023, has an identical height.
Prince signed with Texas out of high school but never took the court for the Longhorns. She sat out her lone season in Austin in 2018-2019 after sustaining a broken leg while competing for the USA U18 national team at the FIBA Americas Championship in Mexico City. Prince was then denied immediate eligibility by the NCAA following her transfer to Oregon, costing her the 2019-2020 campaign.
Following her return to action, Prince averaged 9.5 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game in her two years on the court at Oregon, guiding the Ducks to NCAA Tournament appearances in both seasons.
Prince solidified Oregon's frontcourt in 2020-2021 – her first season as an active player. The Ducks lost four-of-five starters from the previous year, including a trio of top-10 WNBA draft picks in Sabrina Ionescu (No. 1) and forwards Satou Sabally (No. 2) and Ruthy Hebard (No. 8). Prince suited up in 19-of-24 outings and earned 10 starts. She led the Ducks in total blocks (29) while ranking third on the squad in points per game (10.4) and rebounds per game (4.0). Eleven of her 19 appearances in green and yellow saw her reach double figures in points scored.
Her contributions enabled Oregon to reaffirm its growing status as a national power. The Ducks reached their fourth consecutive Sweet 16. Prince punched Oregon's ticket to the second week of the Big Dance via a memorable 22-point, five-rebound and four-block effort in a Round of 32 takedown of No. 10 Georgia.
Prince's production saw another uptick during her redshirt junior season in 2021-2022. She led Oregon and finished fourth in the Pac-12 in field goal percentage behind a 54.2 clip. Prince shot at-or-above 50 percent from the field in 20 games and tallied 16 double-digit scoring efforts. She also averaged a career-high five rebounds per game.
Though Prince had not played collegiately prior to 2020-2021, she was consistently recognized as one of the nation's most talented forwards. Prince was named to the preseason All-Pac 12 Conference first team ahead of her debut season. She amplified post play in practices on an Oregon squad that finished the 2019-2020 season 31-2 and destined for a national championship before COVID-19 forced the cancellation of the NCAA Tournament.
Prince also possesses ample experience with the USA National Team. She won a gold medal with the U18 squad at the 2018 FIBA Americas U18 Championship and helped Team USA bring home the bronze at the U16 Championships in 2015.
She earned her place on the international stage in part because of her decorated prep career at Liberty Hill High School. Prince started all 154 games of her high school run, racking up career tallies of 2,759 points, 1,493 rebounds, 385 assists, 424 steals and 924 blocked shots. As a senior, she was honored as the Texas Girls Coaches Association Basketball Athlete of the Year after averaging 22.3 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 2.8 steals and 4.7 blocks per game.
Prince has become one of the most influential women's amateur athletes over her college career. She received widespread acclaim after dramatizing inequities between the men's and women's NCAA Tournaments on TikTok in 2021. Prince's post spearheaded an NCAA-commissioned 118-page external report on gender equity review last year, which led to millions of dollars in new investments ahead of the 2022 NCAA Tournament.
Head coach Mark Campbell announced the signing of University of Oregon center Sedona Prince to the Horned Frogs' 2023-2024 roster.
A Liberty Hill, Texas native, Prince returns to her home state after spending four seasons in Eugene, including two with Campbell in 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 during his tenure as an assistant coach. Prince, 6-7, was a McDonald's All-American and Jordan Brand Classic participant in 2018.
Prince will enroll at TCU as a graduate transfer and have one year to play one season. She initially declared for the WNBA Draft after missing the entirety of the 2022-2023 campaign due to a broken elbow but withdrew her name from consideration.
The former five-star prospect was tabbed the No. 8 overall recruit in the nation by ESPN as a high school senior. She is also the tallest player TCU has ever signed. Only Patricia Morris, who suited up for the Horned Frogs from 2020-2023, has an identical height.
Prince signed with Texas out of high school but never took the court for the Longhorns. She sat out her lone season in Austin in 2018-2019 after sustaining a broken leg while competing for the USA U18 national team at the FIBA Americas Championship in Mexico City. Prince was then denied immediate eligibility by the NCAA following her transfer to Oregon, costing her the 2019-2020 campaign.
Following her return to action, Prince averaged 9.5 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game in her two years on the court at Oregon, guiding the Ducks to NCAA Tournament appearances in both seasons.
Prince solidified Oregon's frontcourt in 2020-2021 – her first season as an active player. The Ducks lost four-of-five starters from the previous year, including a trio of top-10 WNBA draft picks in Sabrina Ionescu (No. 1) and forwards Satou Sabally (No. 2) and Ruthy Hebard (No. 8). Prince suited up in 19-of-24 outings and earned 10 starts. She led the Ducks in total blocks (29) while ranking third on the squad in points per game (10.4) and rebounds per game (4.0). Eleven of her 19 appearances in green and yellow saw her reach double figures in points scored.
Her contributions enabled Oregon to reaffirm its growing status as a national power. The Ducks reached their fourth consecutive Sweet 16. Prince punched Oregon's ticket to the second week of the Big Dance via a memorable 22-point, five-rebound and four-block effort in a Round of 32 takedown of No. 10 Georgia.
Prince's production saw another uptick during her redshirt junior season in 2021-2022. She led Oregon and finished fourth in the Pac-12 in field goal percentage behind a 54.2 clip. Prince shot at-or-above 50 percent from the field in 20 games and tallied 16 double-digit scoring efforts. She also averaged a career-high five rebounds per game.
Though Prince had not played collegiately prior to 2020-2021, she was consistently recognized as one of the nation's most talented forwards. Prince was named to the preseason All-Pac 12 Conference first team ahead of her debut season. She amplified post play in practices on an Oregon squad that finished the 2019-2020 season 31-2 and destined for a national championship before COVID-19 forced the cancellation of the NCAA Tournament.
Prince also possesses ample experience with the USA National Team. She won a gold medal with the U18 squad at the 2018 FIBA Americas U18 Championship and helped Team USA bring home the bronze at the U16 Championships in 2015.
She earned her place on the international stage in part because of her decorated prep career at Liberty Hill High School. Prince started all 154 games of her high school run, racking up career tallies of 2,759 points, 1,493 rebounds, 385 assists, 424 steals and 924 blocked shots. As a senior, she was honored as the Texas Girls Coaches Association Basketball Athlete of the Year after averaging 22.3 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 2.8 steals and 4.7 blocks per game.
Prince has become one of the most influential women's amateur athletes over her college career. She received widespread acclaim after dramatizing inequities between the men's and women's NCAA Tournaments on TikTok in 2021. Prince's post spearheaded an NCAA-commissioned 118-page external report on gender equity review last year, which led to millions of dollars in new investments ahead of the 2022 NCAA Tournament.
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