Claudia Arrunategui is in her first year with the Lady Bearcats after arriving from Peru.

She was a two-sport athlete in high school, competing in both basketball and track.  

On the track, she finished second in the 2004 Peruvian Nationals in the 800 meter event, and was sixth in the South American Championships the same year.

Born May 7, 1990, she is the daughter of Horacio Arrunategui and Carmen Tirado.