Paige Bueckers
Bueckers with UConn in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 – Dallas Wings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | WNBA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | October 20, 2001 Edina, Minnesota | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 141 lb (64 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Hopkins (Hopkins, Minnesota) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College | UConn (2020–2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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).