By Willa Campion
April 13, 2026 3:59 p.m.
UCLA women’s basketball stands to make history as the first team in WNBA or NBA to have five players selected in the first round of the same draft. Seniors center Lauren Betts and guards Gabriela Jaquez and Kiki Rice, in addition to graduate students forward Angela Dugalić and guard Gianna Kneepkens received official invites to the 2026 WNBA Draft along with ten other top prospects. While graduate student guard Charlisse Leger-Walker was not featured on the invite list of the top-15 prospects, she has been on draft projections as a second round pick and will likely hear her name called by the end of the night as well.
[Related: UCLA women’s basketball 2026 WNBA draft predictions]
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Campion is a 2026-27 assistant Sports editor on the women’s soccer and swim & dive beats. She was previously a 2025-26 assistant Sports editor on the men’s golf, men’s soccer, women’s basketball and women’s tennis beats. Campion is a third-year sociology student from Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Campion is a 2026-27 assistant Sports editor on the women’s soccer and swim & dive beats. She was previously a 2025-26 assistant Sports editor on the men’s golf, men’s soccer, women’s basketball and women’s tennis beats. Campion is a third-year sociology student from Saint Paul, Minnesota.
