Charlisse Leger-Walker joins Gianna Kneepkens at the Sun as second round pick
The final Bruin to get drafted was graduate student guard Charlisse Leger-Walker, who was selected 18th overall by the Connecticut Sun.
Leger-Walker joined UCLA after four seasons at Washington State, but medically-redshirted the 2024-25 season in Westwood while recovering from an ACL tear.
Gianna Kneepkens is selected by the Connecticut Sun as the last first round pick
Graduate student guard Gianna Kneepkens was selected 15th overall by the Connecticut Sun, making UCLA the first team to have five athletes picked in the first round of the same draft in WNBA history.
The Duluth, Minnesota, local arrived in Westwood for the 2024-25 campaign after spending her first four collegiate seasons at Utah, where she was one of the nation’s few 50-40-90 shooters her redshirt junior year.
Devon Young, a second-year mathematics student, said she has noticed food options on the Hill have been more limited since the start of the strikes, causing uncertainty concerning what times the dining halls are open.
She said while she finds the strikes understandable, she is not sure whether they will inspire change.
Jacob Creer, who serves on the executive board and bargaining team for AFSCME, said AFSCME may be done striking for this week but will keep continuing until “their voices are heard.”
Creer, a clinical equipment specialist at UCLA, said he encourages people to support them at the UC Regents meeting tomorrow and Thursday.
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