WNBA draft
UCLA women's basketball hasn't stopped dancing since claiming the program's first-ever NCAA championship in the Big Dance last week. The 2026 WNBA Draft provided even more reason for the Bruins to celebrate.
Entering Monday night, UCLA had produced six total first-round selections since the inaugural WNBA draft in 1997. The program nearly matched that total on Monday alone and made history in the process.
A little more than a week after six seniors led UCLA to an NCAA title, five Bruins from the championship roster heard their names called by WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert during the first round on Monday at the WNBA draft in New York. UCLA's five first-rounders set a record for the most WNBA Round 1 selections produced by a school in a single draft.
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