National champion UCLA became the first team to have five first-round picks in the WNBA draft, with Lauren Betts, Gabriela Jaquez, Kiki Rice, Angela Dugalic and Gianna Kneepkens all being selected Monday night.

The Bruins had six players selected in Monday’s WNBA Draft, the most ever by one school in a single draft. Five went in the first round, which was also a WNBA Draft record. Two-time All-American and Final Four MOP Lauren Betts was the first Bruin off the board at No.

The two-time All-American center will join former UCLA standout Michaela Onyenwere and USC product Kiki Iriafen in Washington. Bruin guards Gabriela Jaquez and Kiki Rice are selected fifth and sixth by Chicago and Toronto,

The national champions are well-represented at the 2026 WNBA Draft in New York City.

UCLA stars Lauren Betts, Gabriela Jaquez, Kiki Rice, Angela Dugalic, Gianna Kneepkens and Charlisse Leger-Walker were selected in the WNBA draft Monday.

Cori Close could barely keep her seat warm. Time after time, pick after pick, the UCLA women’s basketball coach rose Monday evening to celebrate one of her players getting taken in the WNBA draft.

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UCLA women’s basketball picked up a third player through the transfer portal on Monday. Former TCU guard Donovyn Hunter has reportedly committed to UCLA with one year of eligibility remaining, according to On3’s Talia Goodman.