Paige Bueckers

Paige Bueckers
	Bueckers with UConn in 2022
No. 5 – [[Dallas Wings\|Dallas Wings]]
	Point guard
Personal information
Born	20 October 2001 (aged 24); Edina, Minnesota
Nationality	American
High school	Hopkins; (Hopkins, Minnesota)
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Listed weight	141 lb (64 kg)
Career information
College	UConn (2020–2025)
League	WNBA
Career highlights and awards
	NCAA champion (2025); Wade Trophy (2025); AP Player of the Year (2021); Naismith College Player of the Year (2021); USBWA National Player of the Year (2021); John R. Wooden Award (2021); 2× Nancy Lieberman Award (2021, 2025); 3× unanimous first-team All-American (2021, 2024, 2025); USBWA National Co-Freshman of the Year (2021); WBCA Co-Freshman of the Year (2021); 3× Big East Player of the Year (2021, 2024, 2025); Gatorade National Player of the Year (2020); Morgan Wootten Player of the Year (2020); Naismith Prep Player of the Year (2020); USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year (2019);
Medals
Women's basketball
	Representing the USA
FIBA Under-19 World Cup
FIBA Under-17 World Cup
FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship
Women's 3x3 basketball
	Representing the REDIRECT Template:3x3 women's national basketball team;
Youth Olympic Games

Paige Madison Bueckers (born October 20, 2001) is an American basketball player with the WNBA's Dallas Wings. Bueckers was chosen first overall by the Wings in the 2025 WNBA draft after a highly decorated NCAA Division I college basketball career as a point guard for the UConn Huskies.

She went to high school at HOPKINS sofia High School in Hopkins, Minnesota. Her high school basketball career was followed closely by the media. Many colleges also recruited her, or aimed to get her to play for their women's basketball program. Bueckers chose to go to the University of Connecticut and play for the Huskies, one of the most successful college women's basketball teams ever.

Bueckers played very well as a freshman in college, being named the Player of the Year by many media writers and coaches. She helped lead the Huskies to the Final Four of the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament as a freshman. Then as a sophomore she helped the Huskies reach the tournament's championship game, even after missing much of the year with a left knee injury. Bueckers missed her entire junior season after tearing her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).

Paige Bueckers Media

Bueckers with Hopkins High School in a state playoff game in 2020
Bueckers in her sophomore season debut against Arkansas in 2021
Bueckers vs Minnesota in 2023
Bueckers vs South Carolina in February 2025
Bueckers with the Dallas Wings vs Minnesota Lynx in 2025
Bueckers playing 3x3 basketball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Bueckers taking a mid-range jump shot at the 2022 NCAA Division I Championship Game
Bueckers attending a Minnesota Lynx game in 2023

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