Lauren Betts

Lauren Betts
	Betts with UCLA in 2026
No. 51 – UCLA Bruins
Position	Center
League	Big Ten Conference
Personal information
Born	October 15, 2003; Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Career information
High school	Grandview (Aurora, Colorado)
College	Stanford (2022–2023); UCLA (2023–present);
Career highlights
	2× First-team All-American – USBWA, AP (2025, 2026); All-American – WBCA (2025); Naismith Defensive Player of the Year (2025); WBCA Defensive Player of the Year (2025); Lisa Leslie Award (2025); Big Ten Player of the Year (2026); 2× Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year (2025, 2026); 2× First-team All-Big Ten (2025, 2026); 2× Big Ten All-Defensive Team (2025, 2026); Big Ten tournament MOP (2025); All-Pac-12 Team (2024); Pac-12 All-Defensive Team (2024); McDonald's All-American (2022);
Women's basketball
Representing the United States
FIBA AmeriCup
FIBA Under-19 World Cup
FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship

Lauren Marie Betts (born October 15, 2003) is a Spanish-born American college basketball player for the UCLA Bruins of the Big Ten Conference. She played for Grandview High School in Aurora, Colorado, where she was ranked as the number one recruit in her class by ESPN. Betts started her college career with the Stanford Cardinal before transferring to UCLA after one season.