Paige Bueckers

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Paige Madison Bueckers ( BEK-ərz; born October 20, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Breeze of Unrivaled. She played college basketball for the UConn Huskies.
Nicknamed "Paige Buckets", Bueckers attended Hopkins High School in Minnetonka, Minnesota and was ranked as the number one recruit in her class by ESPN, receiving national high school player of the year honors. In her first season at UConn, Bueckers became the first freshman to be named national women's player of the year and helped her team reach the Final Four in 2021. She missed most of her sophomore season and her entire junior season with knee injuries but led UConn to the 2022 national title game. Bueckers helped the Huskies return to the Final Four as a redshirt junior, before winning her first national championship and receiving the Wade Trophy as a senior in 2025. She was a three-time unanimous first-team All-American in college and has the highest career scoring average in UConn history (19.9).
Selected first overall by the Dallas Wings in the 2025 WNBA draft, Bueckers made an immediate impact at the professional level, being named WNBA Rookie of the Year and selected to the All-WNBA Second Team in her first season. She made her Unrivaled debut with Breeze in 2026 and made the All-Unrivaled First Team.
Bueckers used to be a member of the United States national team. She won three gold medals at the youth international level, including at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, where she was named Most Valuable Player. Bueckers was a Youth Olympic gold medalist in 3x3 basketball and has played for the senior national 3x3 team. She was recognized as USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year in 2019.