Issy Bunyan
Cardiff Met Archers • Forward
- DOB: 20.12.2004
- Year(s): 2023, 2022, 2021,
- Teams: Team Black (2023), Team White (2022), Team Black (2021),
- Awards: 2022 MVP,
Player Bio
2023
The reigning MVP in the Under-19 Women’s game, Bunyan has continued to elevate her game after an impressive year at Cardiff Met Archers – ranking in the top five in blocks per game. The do-it-all Welsh forward earned the WBBL’s Young Player of the Year award and is heading to NCAA D1 school Montana State in the US next season.
2022
Bunyan makes a second HASC appearance after an even bigger season with Cardiff in both the WBBL and WNBL Division 1. The 17-year-old ranked second in the WBBL in blocks per game, whilst making the D1 British Team of the Year. Bunyan also starred at the U18 Four Nations Tournament for Wales and competed in the 3×3 Commonwealth Games qualifiers.
2021
Bunyan played for Cardiff Met Archers at both WBBL and WNBL D1 level in the 2020-21 season and becomes the first Welsh representative in the U19 Women’s game. The 16-year-old represented Wales at Division C in 2018 before playing for GB U16s in Division B a year later.
Recorded 6 points, 9 rebounds and 2 steals in 19 minutes off the bench in Team Black’s 76-81 defeat in the Under-19 Women’s game in 2021.
