By Alexis Davis

 

During the organization’s 10-year anniversary, the Dallas Wings selected 2025 National Champion Paige Bueckers from the University of Connecticut as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft. 

 

Paige Bueckers

Position: Guard

College: University of Connecticut (2020-2025)

Hometown: Hopkins, Minnesota

Age: 23

Height: 6’0”

 

2024-2025 Season Stats (Game averages) 

Games played: 38

Minutes: 30.2

Points: 19.9

Assists: 4.6

Rebounding: 4.4

Steals: 2.1

Field goal %: 53.4

3-point %: 41.9

Free throw %: 88.9

 

Career totals

Points: 2439

Rebounds: 579

Assists: 559

Steals: 258

Blocks: 104

Field goal %: 53.1

3-point %: 42.3

Free throw %: 85.0

 

 

Here’s 5 things to know about our newest Wing!

 

It’s pronounced BECK-ers.

The U is silent but her impact is loud. Her name is heard everywhere: on commercials and on the court, from city to city. She attended Hopkins High School in Minnetonka, Minn., and earned the No. 1 spot in her recruiting class. It seems like it was a page already written in the plan fast-forwarding to this year’s draft. 

 

The Hardwood Warrior

Bueckers was deemed a protege before the age of 10. The road to scoring success did not come without real life defenders, however. In December 2021, she suffered a knee injury which held her out until the NCAA Tournament, and then she suffered a season-ending injury in August 2022, causing her to miss all of 2022-23. Despite her injuries. Bueckers never surrendered and was determined to show the world that it has only seen a glimpse of what’s possible.

 

Bring on the hardware

From hard times on the hardwood to putting her hardhat on to getting the hardware, Bueckers stays true to herself. When game announcers want to share with audiences quick accolades about the phenom, it’s difficult to not get tongue tied on where to begin. Well, we can try:

 

• NCAA National Champion (2025)
• Wade Trophy (2025) 
• AP Player of the Year (2021) 
• USBWA National Player of the Year (2021) 
• John R. Wooden Award (2021) 
• Naismith College Player of the Year (2021) 
• 3x All-American – AP, WBCA, USBWA (2021, 2024, 2025) 
• 2x Nancy Lieberman Award (2021, 2025) 
• USBWA National Freshman of the Year (2021) 
• WBCA Freshman of the Year (2021) 
• 3x Big East Player of the Year (2021, 2024, 2025) 
• 3x First-Team All-Big East (2021, 2024, 2025) 
• Big East Freshman of the Year (2021) 
• Big East All-Freshman Team (2021) 
• 3x Big East Tournament MOP (2021, 2024, 2025) 
• Gatorade National Player of the Year (2020) 
• Morgan Wootten Player of the Year (2020) 
• Naismith Prep Player of the Year (2020) 
• McDonald’s All-American (2020) 
• Minnesota Miss Basketball (2020) 
• FIBA Under-19 World Cup MVP (2019)
• USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year (2019) 

 

A National Champion at last

The superstar Husky helped UConn land its 12th National Championship in program history with 17 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists in the title game win. Bueckers officially wrote her name next to the greatest to ever wear the iconic National Flag Blue. The one-of-a-kind guard may be moving on to something new, but she is still felt in the rafters of Gampel Pavilion as a member of the Huskies of Honor. Fairy tales do come true after all.

 

Photographer in the next lifetime?

She’s everywhere doing everything. And now, she’s documenting it herself. From tennis matches to the runway and everything in between, if it’s happening, she’s snapping. With such a vibrant life, it is only right to capture all the memories as the journey has just begun. 

 

The Dallas Wings will start their season on Friday, May 16 at home against the Minnesota Lynx. Single-game tickets, including the home opener, are available now here.