UConn’s Paige Bueckers selected No. 1 in the 2025 Draft. Photo by James C Garman / Sportspage Magazine
NEW YORK – UConn women’s basketball alumna Paige Bueckers was selected with the No. 1 overall pick by the Dallas Wings in the 2025 WNBA Draft at The Shed at Hudson Yards in New York City.
Bueckers is the sixth No. 1 pick in UConn history, joining Sue Bird (2002), Diana Taurasi (2004), Tina Charles (2010), Maya Moore (2011) and Breanna Stewart (2016).
Bueckers capped her collegiate career by leading the Huskies to the 2025 NCAA Championship. In her four seasons playing at UConn, Bueckers took the Huskies to four Final Fours, two National Championship game appearances and eight BIG EAST titles.
The Hopkins, Minn., native is UConn’s leader in career scoring average (19.8 points per game) and ranks No. 3 in career points (2,439).
In her final season in 2024-25, Bueckers led the Huskies with 19.9 points on a .534/.419/.889 shooting split. She also led UConn with 4.6 assists per game and posted a 3.52 assist-turnover ratio, the highest single-season total by a Husky.
Bueckers has been a record setter since arriving to Storrs in 2020. She became the first-ever freshman to earn the Wooden Award, Naismith Trophy, AP National Player of the Year and USBWA National Player of the Year in 2021.
As the 2025 Wade Trophy winner, Bueckers has won every major national player of the year award.
Bueckers was a three-time BIG EAST Player of the Year and the first-ever three-time BIG EAST Tournament Most Outstanding Player. She was also a three-time All-BIG EAST First Team selection.
Bueckers holds the UConn record for most points in NCAA Tournament games (477), which ranks third nationally.
Bueckers graduated in May 2024 with a degree in human development and family sciences.
Bueckers is UConn’s 48th WNBA college draft selection and the 28th first-round selection for the program.
WNBA training camps begin April 27. The 2025 regular season begins on May 16.
