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2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 51
Lauren Betts
- Position:
- Center
- Height:
- 6-7
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Grandview
- Hometown:
- Centennial, Colo.
- Previous School:
- Stanford
Bio
2024-25
An outstanding year for the Bruin centerโฆ Became UCLA womenโs basketballโs first-ever national defensive player of the yearโฆ Was a unanimous selection for Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year by coaches in the conferenceโฆ Achieved First Bruin with 600+ points, 300+ rebounds, 100+ blocks in a seasonโฆ ย Set a new single-season blocks record with her 100 rejections this yearโฆ Also captured the UCLA single-game blocks record with nine against No. 25 Baylor at the Coretta Scott King Classicโฆ The teamโs leading scorer (20.2 PPG) had a career-high 33 points at No. 8 Maryland, one of four games in which she scored 30+ pointsโฆ Had 19 double-doubles this season, the second most by a Bruin in program historyโฆ Showed offensive versatility by setting a new career-high in assists (11) vs. Minnesota, the most by a player 6-foot-7 or taller since 2002-03, according to Statheadโs game log archive (previous: 9, Brittney Griner - 3/9/2013)โฆ Became just the third player to record multiple 30-point, 10-rebound double-doubles in an NCAA tournament in the last 25 years, joining Elena Delle Donne and Brittney Grinerโฆ Betts is the only to do so shooting 80 percent or better from the fieldโฆ STATS: Ranked first in the Big Ten in blocks (100) and blocks per game (2.9 BPG), fifth in the NCAA in those categoriesโฆ First in the B1G, second in the NCAA in field goals made (294)โฆ Second in the B1G, fifth in the NCAA in field goal percentage (64.8 FG%)โฆ HONORS: 3x Big Ten Player of the Week (Nov. 18, Jan. 27, Feb. 24)โฆ Big Ten Winter Academic Honor Rollโฆ First Team All-Big Ten (Coaches* & Media*)โฆ Big Ten All-Defensive Team (Coaches* & Media)โฆ Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year (Coaches* & Media)โฆ Rainbow Wahine Showdown All-Tournament Team and Most Outstanding Playerโฆ Big Ten Tournament All-Tournament Team and Most Outstanding Playerโฆ Spokane 1 Regional All-Region Team and Most Outstanding Playerโฆ 2025 NCAA Tournament All-Tournament Teamโฆ Associated Press First Team All-Americaโฆ John R. Wooden Award All-Americanโฆ 2025 Lisa Leslie Center of the Yearโฆ Naismith Womenโs Defensive Player of the Yearโฆ Naismith First Team All-Americaโฆ USBWA First Team All-Americaโฆ WBCA Defensive Player of the Yearโฆ WBCA First Team All-America.
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*indicates unanimous selection
2023-24
Set new single-game career highs in eight statistical categories in her debut season with the Bruinsโฆ Recorded a career-high 18 rebounds against then-No. 20 Florida State in UCLAโs 17-point win over the Seminoles on Dec. 10โฆ Repeated her 18-rebound mark against No. 2-seed USC in the Pac-12 semifinal on March 8โฆ Closed the season with three-consecutive double-doubles on her way to 12 on the yearโฆ Recorded 14 points and 17 rebounds with four blocks against No. 3-seed LSU in the NCAA tournamentโฆ Swatted a career-high six shots against then-No. 6 USC on Dec. 30โฆ Scored her career-high 24 points after knocking down a late jumper against then-No. 11 Oregon State in the heartbreaking loss on Feb. 16โฆ Played 29 games, starting 27 of her appearancesโฆ Averaged 27.2 minutes per gameโฆ Led UCLA in points (14.9) and rebounds (9.3) per gameโฆ Shot a team-leading .643 from the floor, which ranked third in the NCAA for the seasonโฆ Named to the 2024 Lisa Leslie Center of the Year Award Top 10 listโฆ Also made the cut for the John R. Wooden Award presented by Principal Late Season Top 20 Watch Listโฆ Joined Charisma Osborne and Kiki Rice on the 2024 Jersey Mikeโs Naismith Trophy Womenโs Player of the Year Midseason Teamโฆ Honors: Five-time UCLA Student-Athlete of the Week presented by Readyโฆ All-Pac-12 (Coaches)โฆ Pac-12 All-Defensive (Coaches)โฆ All-Pac-12 (Media)โฆ Pac-12 All-Defensive (Media)โฆ Pac-12 All-Tournament Teamโฆ Albany 2 All-Regional Tournament Team (NCAA)โฆ USBWA All-America Honorable Mentionโฆ Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention.
Prior to UCLA (at Stanford)โฆ
2022-23
Appeared in 33 games off the benchโฆ Averaged 5.9 points, 3.5 rebounds and nearly one block in 9.7 minutes per gameโฆ Shot a team-high 60.2 percent from the field, the fifth-best single-season shooting percentage in school historyโฆ Ranked fourth on the team in rebounding and fifth in scoringโฆ Scored a season-high 18 points against CSUN (11/9)โฆ First double-double came against Grambling State (11/26), scoring 11 points with 13 reboundsโฆ Finished with 10 double-digit scoring performances, including five of her last nine games vs. Pac-12 opponentsโฆ Dished a season-best three assists at No. 21 Colorado (2/23)โฆ Blocked a season-high four shots at No. 17 Arizona (2/9)โฆ Totaled three steals at Portland (11/13)โฆ Averaged over eight points per game in her last 11 appearances of the seasonโฆ Pac-12 regular-season championโฆ HONORS: Pac-12 All-Freshman Team Honorable Mention (Coaches)โฆ Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Feb. 13, 2023)โฆ USA Basketball: Has won two gold medals playing for the United States (2021 FIBA U19 World Cup in Hungary, 2019 FIBAย Americas U16 Championship in Chile) and a silver medal (2023 FIBA Americup W)โฆ Named to the All-Star Five at the 2019 FIBA Americas U16 Championship after averaging a double-doubleโฆ Youngest player on the 2021 FIBA U19 World Cup team, nearly averaging a double-double.
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HIGH SCHOOL
A 2022 graduate of Grandview High School in Aurora, Colo., she was a five-star talentโฆ Rated as the No. 1 player in the country according to both ESPN HoopGurlz andย Prospects Nationโฆ McDonald's All-American (2022)โฆ Jordan Brand Classic All-American (2022)โฆ WBCA High School Player of the Year (2022)โฆ Two-time Colorado Gatorade Player of the Year (2021-22)โฆ One of four players in state history to win the award multiple timesโฆ CHSAAย Colorado Player of the Year (2022)โฆ Four-time all-conference and all-state (2018-22)โฆ Won Colorado state championship as a senior in 2021-22, averaging 17.2 points, 11.0 rebounds, 3.6 blocks and 3.5 assists per gameโฆ As a junior in 2020-21, averagedย 17.5 points, 11.0 rebounds, 2.6 blocks and 1.9 assists per game, shooting 80 percent from the fieldโฆ Team advanced to semifinals of the state championshipโฆ Advanced to the state championship game as both a freshman and sophomoreโฆ Played club basketball for Colorado Premier (2019-21)โฆ Also played volleyball as a freshman and enjoyed competitive swimming as a child.
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PERSONAL
Born in Vitoria, Spain and lived inย Barcelona, Seville, Málaga and San Sebastian before moving to Colorado at the age of eightโฆ Daughter of Michelle and Andy Bettsโฆ Mother, Michelle, played volleyball at Long Beach State, winning the 1993 national championshipโฆ Father, Andy, played basketball at Long Beach Stateโฆ Picked in the second round of the 1998 NBA Draft by the Charlotte Hornetsโฆ Featured experience playing for both England and Great Britain national teamsโฆ Played professional basketball in Europe for 14 years in Spain, Italy, Greece and Ukraineโฆ Oldest of four children, with younger sister Sienna and younger brothers Dylan and Ashtonโฆ Volunteered locally with Project C.U.R.E., preparing medical supplies to be sent to developing countries around the worldโฆ Donated her time at the Ronald McDonald House-Denver and as a youth basketball coach.
An outstanding year for the Bruin centerโฆ Became UCLA womenโs basketballโs first-ever national defensive player of the yearโฆ Was a unanimous selection for Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year by coaches in the conferenceโฆ Achieved First Bruin with 600+ points, 300+ rebounds, 100+ blocks in a seasonโฆ ย Set a new single-season blocks record with her 100 rejections this yearโฆ Also captured the UCLA single-game blocks record with nine against No. 25 Baylor at the Coretta Scott King Classicโฆ The teamโs leading scorer (20.2 PPG) had a career-high 33 points at No. 8 Maryland, one of four games in which she scored 30+ pointsโฆ Had 19 double-doubles this season, the second most by a Bruin in program historyโฆ Showed offensive versatility by setting a new career-high in assists (11) vs. Minnesota, the most by a player 6-foot-7 or taller since 2002-03, according to Statheadโs game log archive (previous: 9, Brittney Griner - 3/9/2013)โฆ Became just the third player to record multiple 30-point, 10-rebound double-doubles in an NCAA tournament in the last 25 years, joining Elena Delle Donne and Brittney Grinerโฆ Betts is the only to do so shooting 80 percent or better from the fieldโฆ STATS: Ranked first in the Big Ten in blocks (100) and blocks per game (2.9 BPG), fifth in the NCAA in those categoriesโฆ First in the B1G, second in the NCAA in field goals made (294)โฆ Second in the B1G, fifth in the NCAA in field goal percentage (64.8 FG%)โฆ HONORS: 3x Big Ten Player of the Week (Nov. 18, Jan. 27, Feb. 24)โฆ Big Ten Winter Academic Honor Rollโฆ First Team All-Big Ten (Coaches* & Media*)โฆ Big Ten All-Defensive Team (Coaches* & Media)โฆ Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year (Coaches* & Media)โฆ Rainbow Wahine Showdown All-Tournament Team and Most Outstanding Playerโฆ Big Ten Tournament All-Tournament Team and Most Outstanding Playerโฆ Spokane 1 Regional All-Region Team and Most Outstanding Playerโฆ 2025 NCAA Tournament All-Tournament Teamโฆ Associated Press First Team All-Americaโฆ John R. Wooden Award All-Americanโฆ 2025 Lisa Leslie Center of the Yearโฆ Naismith Womenโs Defensive Player of the Yearโฆ Naismith First Team All-Americaโฆ USBWA First Team All-Americaโฆ WBCA Defensive Player of the Yearโฆ WBCA First Team All-America.
ย
*indicates unanimous selection
2023-24
Set new single-game career highs in eight statistical categories in her debut season with the Bruinsโฆ Recorded a career-high 18 rebounds against then-No. 20 Florida State in UCLAโs 17-point win over the Seminoles on Dec. 10โฆ Repeated her 18-rebound mark against No. 2-seed USC in the Pac-12 semifinal on March 8โฆ Closed the season with three-consecutive double-doubles on her way to 12 on the yearโฆ Recorded 14 points and 17 rebounds with four blocks against No. 3-seed LSU in the NCAA tournamentโฆ Swatted a career-high six shots against then-No. 6 USC on Dec. 30โฆ Scored her career-high 24 points after knocking down a late jumper against then-No. 11 Oregon State in the heartbreaking loss on Feb. 16โฆ Played 29 games, starting 27 of her appearancesโฆ Averaged 27.2 minutes per gameโฆ Led UCLA in points (14.9) and rebounds (9.3) per gameโฆ Shot a team-leading .643 from the floor, which ranked third in the NCAA for the seasonโฆ Named to the 2024 Lisa Leslie Center of the Year Award Top 10 listโฆ Also made the cut for the John R. Wooden Award presented by Principal Late Season Top 20 Watch Listโฆ Joined Charisma Osborne and Kiki Rice on the 2024 Jersey Mikeโs Naismith Trophy Womenโs Player of the Year Midseason Teamโฆ Honors: Five-time UCLA Student-Athlete of the Week presented by Readyโฆ All-Pac-12 (Coaches)โฆ Pac-12 All-Defensive (Coaches)โฆ All-Pac-12 (Media)โฆ Pac-12 All-Defensive (Media)โฆ Pac-12 All-Tournament Teamโฆ Albany 2 All-Regional Tournament Team (NCAA)โฆ USBWA All-America Honorable Mentionโฆ Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention.
Prior to UCLA (at Stanford)โฆ
2022-23
Appeared in 33 games off the benchโฆ Averaged 5.9 points, 3.5 rebounds and nearly one block in 9.7 minutes per gameโฆ Shot a team-high 60.2 percent from the field, the fifth-best single-season shooting percentage in school historyโฆ Ranked fourth on the team in rebounding and fifth in scoringโฆ Scored a season-high 18 points against CSUN (11/9)โฆ First double-double came against Grambling State (11/26), scoring 11 points with 13 reboundsโฆ Finished with 10 double-digit scoring performances, including five of her last nine games vs. Pac-12 opponentsโฆ Dished a season-best three assists at No. 21 Colorado (2/23)โฆ Blocked a season-high four shots at No. 17 Arizona (2/9)โฆ Totaled three steals at Portland (11/13)โฆ Averaged over eight points per game in her last 11 appearances of the seasonโฆ Pac-12 regular-season championโฆ HONORS: Pac-12 All-Freshman Team Honorable Mention (Coaches)โฆ Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Feb. 13, 2023)โฆ USA Basketball: Has won two gold medals playing for the United States (2021 FIBA U19 World Cup in Hungary, 2019 FIBAย Americas U16 Championship in Chile) and a silver medal (2023 FIBA Americup W)โฆ Named to the All-Star Five at the 2019 FIBA Americas U16 Championship after averaging a double-doubleโฆ Youngest player on the 2021 FIBA U19 World Cup team, nearly averaging a double-double.
ย
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2022 graduate of Grandview High School in Aurora, Colo., she was a five-star talentโฆ Rated as the No. 1 player in the country according to both ESPN HoopGurlz andย Prospects Nationโฆ McDonald's All-American (2022)โฆ Jordan Brand Classic All-American (2022)โฆ WBCA High School Player of the Year (2022)โฆ Two-time Colorado Gatorade Player of the Year (2021-22)โฆ One of four players in state history to win the award multiple timesโฆ CHSAAย Colorado Player of the Year (2022)โฆ Four-time all-conference and all-state (2018-22)โฆ Won Colorado state championship as a senior in 2021-22, averaging 17.2 points, 11.0 rebounds, 3.6 blocks and 3.5 assists per gameโฆ As a junior in 2020-21, averagedย 17.5 points, 11.0 rebounds, 2.6 blocks and 1.9 assists per game, shooting 80 percent from the fieldโฆ Team advanced to semifinals of the state championshipโฆ Advanced to the state championship game as both a freshman and sophomoreโฆ Played club basketball for Colorado Premier (2019-21)โฆ Also played volleyball as a freshman and enjoyed competitive swimming as a child.
ย
PERSONAL
Born in Vitoria, Spain and lived inย Barcelona, Seville, Málaga and San Sebastian before moving to Colorado at the age of eightโฆ Daughter of Michelle and Andy Bettsโฆ Mother, Michelle, played volleyball at Long Beach State, winning the 1993 national championshipโฆ Father, Andy, played basketball at Long Beach Stateโฆ Picked in the second round of the 1998 NBA Draft by the Charlotte Hornetsโฆ Featured experience playing for both England and Great Britain national teamsโฆ Played professional basketball in Europe for 14 years in Spain, Italy, Greece and Ukraineโฆ Oldest of four children, with younger sister Sienna and younger brothers Dylan and Ashtonโฆ Volunteered locally with Project C.U.R.E., preparing medical supplies to be sent to developing countries around the worldโฆ Donated her time at the Ronald McDonald House-Denver and as a youth basketball coach.
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