Gabriela Jaquez shares how proud she is of former UCLA teammate Lauren Betts following her ESPYs win for Best College Athlete.

In the 2025-26 NCAA season, Big Ten Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, Lauren Betts, led UCLA to a national championship. Although Betts is well into her rookie WNBA season with the Washington Mystics, the accolades from her unforgettable senior season continue to pour in.

Ann Meyers Drysdale felt nostalgic spending the day with so many other Honda Cup award winners, including fellow UCLA Bruins great Jackie Joyner-Kersee. The award, given annually to the top female college athlete, was celebrating its 50th annivesary Monday. “When you're a young college athlete, you don’t understand the importance of it,” said Meyers Drysdale, who starred in basketball at UCLA and won the award in its second year in 1978.

UCLA National Champion Lauren Betts gave a moving speech about mental health during her acceptance speech.

Lauren Betts added another accolade to her historic senior season with the UCLA women’s basketball team on Wednesday night. Betts was named the Best Women’s College Athlete at the 2026 ESPYS. Miami Heat’s Bam Adebayo and rapper French Montana presented Betts the award. She won the award over Pittsburgh volleyball’s Olvia Babcock, Oklahoma gymnastics’s Faith Torrez […] The post UCLA’s Lauren Betts Wins Another Big Award for Magical Season appeared first on LA Sports Report.

The UCLA star center keeps adding to her trophy case after having one of the best seasons in women's college basketball history.

Lauren Betts ended her college career in the best way possible with an NCAA title. Betts won an ESPY for the Best Women’s College Athlete.

Lauren Betts will go down as one of the best athletes to play at UCLA in school history. The women’s basketball star added another huge accolade to her legendary career when she was named the Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year on Wednesday. “What an honor for Lauren,” said UCLA coach Cori Close, per […] The post Lauren Betts’ Dominant UCLA Career Ends With Another Huge Honor appeared first on LA Sports Report.

The decorated center keeps bringing in the awards after a stellar senior season.