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There was cause for great celebration Thursday night after UCLA forward Michaela Onyenwere was selected in the first round of the WNBA Draft Pick.  Onyenwere, a Colorado native, started in 30 games her junior year at the college and became the first in the program's history to reach 1,000 points in
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