And if you usually yap with your friends while strangers stare at you for yelling “GABRIELA JAQUEZ” on the street and a man pees on a car 20 feet away, then this will really be true.

2026 WNBA Draft First Round is complete 💫

Azzi Fudd
Olivia Miles
Awa Fam Thiam
Lauren Betts
Gabriela Jaquez
Kiki Rice
Iyana Martín Carrión
Flau’jae Johnson
Angela Dugalić
Raven Johnson
Cotie McMahon
Nell Angloma
Madina Okot
Taina Mair
Gianna Kneepkens

UCLA sets a record with 5 1st Round Picks

2026 is the 2nd time in WNBA history a school has 4 players drafted in the first round (top 10, even) of the same draft.

2002 UConn: Sue Bird, Swin Cash, Asjha Jones, Tamika Williams

2026 UCLA: Lauren Betts, Gabriela Jaquez, Kiki Rice, Angela Dugalić

With the No. 5 pick of the WNBA Draft, the Chicago Sky select Gabriela Jaquez!

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WNBA draft: Chicago Sky select UCLA’s Gabriela Jaquez with the No. 5 pick The Chicago Sky selected guard Gabriela Jaquez with the No. 5 pick in the 2026 WNBA draft, taking a swing on a member of UCLA’s national championship team.

The Sky put a primary target on their board ahead of Monday night's draft: Gabriela Jaquez.

With the No. 5 pick, they hit their mark.

A stunner - Sky pick Gabriela Jaquez at five.

I've been high on Jaquez for months. Glue player. Tough. Gritty, but at 5, is a bit surprising.

And we have our first surprise of sorts of the night: Gabriela Jaquez goes No. 5 overall to the Chicago Sky following her incredible Final Four run

Welcome to the W, Gabriela Jaquez •✨ No. 5 overall pick. Chicago Sky.

WNBA draft: Chicago Sky select UCLA’s Gabriela Jaquez with the No. 5 pick The Chicago Sky selected guard Gabriela Jaquez with the No. 5 pick in the 2026 WNBA draft, taking a swing on a member of UCLA’s national championship team.

Early story on the Chicago Sky taking Gabriela Jaquez with the No. 5 pick:

The Sky select Gabriela Jaquez with the No. 5 pick. Did not have that one on my board.

Gabriela Jaquez to Chicago at No. 5, second UCLA player

Cori Close’s past eight days

April 5: Coached UCLA women to first NCAA basketball title

April 13: Two players selected in top five of WNBA Draft (Lauren Betts 4, Gabriela Jaquez 5)

The Chicago Sky select Gabriela Jaquez with the No. 5 pick in the WNBA Draft.

#WelcometotheW

I fear the Sky got the fourth best UCLA player with the fifth overall pick. Gabriela Jaquez at least seems really cool, and will be a fan favorite in Chicago.

Gabriela Jaquez jumps all the way to 5th in the 2026 WNBA Draft. She will join the Chicago Sky!

Even with the huge infusion of new talent Jaquez will be able to curate her game to fit team need in Chicago. That's what she did year after year with all kinds of talent at UCLA.

#WNBASky

Gabriela Jaquez to the Sky. Skylar's gonna target her during practice, I just know it. #WNBA

Wow!!! Gabriela Jaquez goes 5th

Welcome to Chicago Gabriela Jaquez!

Gabriela Jaquez to the Sky! #WNBA

I don't think the Chicago Sky off-season move make any sense. But I think anyone picking Gabriela Jaquez is making the right pick.

Did we not mention yesterday that GABRIELA JAQUEZ is twice best player than the player from LSU?

As I mentioned yesterday, the player from LSU is HIGHLY OVER-RATED .. Period.!!!

Now updated to reflect Gabriela Jaquez going No. 5 to the Chicago Sky

Idk why folks are so meh on the Gabriela Jaquez pick for Chicago, I love it

Gabriela Jaquez: Nabbed by Chicago with No. 4 pick

www.rotowire.com/wnba/player/gabriela-jaq...

Make it 3 straight UCLA Bruins at the WNBA draft.

-4th: Lauren Betts (WAS)
-5th: Gabriela Jaquez (CHI)
-6th: Kiki Rice (TOR)