If you don’t already know – so if you’re living in some sort of cave – awards became a ritual for UCLA this week.

Commit Sienna Betts, Lauren Betts’ sister, won McDonald’s All-American MVP honors on Tuesday. With her distinction, UCLA will have three McDonald’s MVPs next year in Betts, Gabriela Jaquez and Kiki Rice.

That doesn’t come often.

Then came a pair of the most prestigious awards in college basketball. Coach Cori Close earned the 2025 Werner Ladder Naismith Women’s College Coach of the Year. Lauren Betts was awarded the Naismith Women’s College Defensive Player of the Year, both awards announced Wednesday by the Atlanta Tipoff Club.

Could the Bruins cap off an award-filled weekend with a trip to the national championship game?

(Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)