NEW YORK, N.Y. - It's official! Jalen Williams, a two-time All-WCC selection, has become Santa Clara men's basketball's 27th NBA Draft pick after being selected 12th overall by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round of the 2022 NBA Draft. Williams becomes the program's fourth first round selection and the first overall selection since Steve Nash was taken 15th overall by the Phoenix Suns in 1996.
Williams is the program's highest drafted prospect of the modern era and the second-highest drafted prospect in program history behind only Ken Sears, who went fourth overall in 1955.