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WNBA Draft 2026: Lauren Betts at No. 4 leads record 6 players selected from UCLA's NCAA title team

By Jason OwensYahoo Sports

Five Bruins went in the first first round, which is also a WNBA Draft record.

Fresh off its first national championship , UCLA women’s basketball is setting records in the WNBA. The Bruins had five players selected in the first round of Monday’s WNBA Draft, the most ever by one school in a single draft. And they could end up with six players selected overall before the night is over.

Two-time All-American and Final Four MOP Lauren Betts was the first Bruin off the board at No. 4 to the Washington Mystics. Betts’ selection started a run of three straight Bruins picks.

Her UCLA teammate Angela Dugalić then joined her on the Mystics at No. 9. No.

4: Lauren Betts, Washington Mystics No. 5: Gabriela Jaquez, Chicago Sky No. 6: Kiki Rice, Toronto Tempo No.