Former No. 1 recruit Lauren Betts has committed to UCLA after spending her freshman season at Stanford. She is joining a stacked Bruins team led by Charisma Osborne, who decided to use her fifth year of eligibility instead of declaring for the WNBA Draft.
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow,” Betts posted on Instagram on Tuesday afternoon.
Betts’ resume includes being a McDonald’s All-American in 2022, and earning two gold medals while playing for the United States U19 team in 2019 and 2021.
She appeared in 33 of Stanford’s 35 games last season averaging 9.6 minutes per game. Betts contributed with 5.9 points and 3.5 rebounds per contest, while also registering a total of 29 blocks. Her season-high 18 points came on November 9 against CSUN. Although she wasn’t the top contributor on Tara VanDerveer’s roster, her impact was recognized by coaches of the league as she was selected as a Pac-12 All-Freshman Team Honorable Mention.
“Proud of you lovely girl. always have a fan in me,” wrote former Stanford teammate Haley Jones on Betts’ Instagram post.
The Cardinal shared the Pac-12 regular season title with Utah, but they were upset by UCLA one game short of the Pac-12…
