Five Former Bruins Rank Among Top 15 in WNBA Rookie of the Year Odds
With the WNBA season approaching, oddsmakers are making predictions for the upcoming season and in keeping with Covers.com5 Bruins are amongst the 15 favorites to win the 2026 WNBA Rookie of the Year Award.
The UCLA girls’s basketball crew had a historic season which culminated in the program’s first NCAA nationwide championship. Following that feat, six Bruins have been chosen in the 2026 WNBA Draft, with 5 being going in the first spherical.
Those 5 Bruins are amongst the 15 rookies that Covers has given the greatest odds.
Unsurprisingly, Washington Mystics middle Lauren Betts leads all former Bruins with +700 odds to win the Rookie of the Year Award, which is fourth total. Betts is already making her case for the award after choosing up the place she left off at UCLA. Through two preseason video games with the Mystics, she is averaging 15.0 factors per sport, 4.5 rebounds, and a couple of.0 assists.
Behind Betts is Toronto Tempo level guard Kiki Rice who seventh with +1000 odds. Through two video games, Rice has put up 7.5 factors per sport and a couple of.0 assists.
Chicago Sky guard Gabriela Jaquez is simply behind Rice with +5000 odds. Jaquez has averaged 8.0 factors per sport and three.5 rebounds.
Washington ahead Angela Dugalic has the eleventh greatest odds at +7500. Behind her is Connecticut Sun guard Gianna Kneepkens who’s 14th on the listing with +8000 odds.
The high 5 gamers with the greatest odds are Azzi Fudd (+270), Olivia Miles (+320), Ava Fam (+425), Betts, and Flau’jae Johnson (+750).
The 2026 WNBA season begins this weekend with Kneepkens and Connecticut, together with Charlize Leger-Walker, opening the season on Friday in opposition to the New York Liberty. Also on Friday, Betts, Dugalic, and Washington head north of the border to tackle Rice and Toronto.
On Saturday, Jaquez begins his first common season with Chicago as they journey to Portland.
