{"id":247426,"date":"2026-04-26T16:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T16:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/247426\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T16:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T16:54:07","slug":"virginia-signs-florida-transfer-caterina-piatti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/247426\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Signs Florida Transfer Caterina Piatti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. \u2013 Virginia women\u2019s basketball head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/virginiasports.com\/staff\/aaron-roussell\" title=\"Aaron Roussell\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Roussell<\/a> announced Sunday (April 26) that Caterina Piatti (Scandiano, Italy) will join the program for the 2026-27 season. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCat is a fantastic fit for us,\u201d Roussell said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer size, hands and ability to finish are elite. With experience as a starter in the SEC and on the international stage, she will make an immediate impact on both ends of the court for our team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Piatti, a 6-4 forward, joins the Cavalier program after playing her freshman season at Florida. She started all 33 games for the Gators in 2025-26 while scoring in double figures on four occasions with one double-double.<\/p>\n<p>Piatti played for Lupe San Martino and made her debut on the international stage with Italy in 2022 at the FIBA U16 Women\u2019s European Championship. She has also made appearances for Italy\u2019s U18 and U20 teams, helping the Italians win bronze at the 2025 FIBA U20 Women\u2019s EuroBasket Championships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. \u2013 Virginia women\u2019s basketball head coach Aaron Roussell announced Sunday (April 26) that Caterina Piatti (Scandiano,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-247426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}