Uconn star Paige Bueckers is expected to be No. 1 selection in the WNBA draft Monday when Dallas Wings officially goes on the clock.
BUeckers leader 2025 class, which is set to embark on a trip to the pros. She was one of the best players in Women’s College Basketball last season and ended her collegial career reaching one goal that avoided her during her collegial career – a national championship.
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Uconn -vagt Paige Bueckers, #5, seems to be shooting against UCLA during the first half of a national semi -final final file match under Women’s NCAA College Basketball Tournament on Friday, April 4, 2025 in Tampa, Florida. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
She was the first player to ever earn AP Player of the Year Honors in her first year’s season. However, injuries inhibited much of her college days. When she was finally healthy, Huskies were on top.
“It was a journey of resilience to overcome adversity,” she said. “I didn’t want to swap it for the world just because it became such a beautiful story and a remarkable journey with ups and downs, heights and low, keeping faith, working extremely hard, and I really didn’t want to act it.”
Buecker’s salary was a talking point in the days leading up to the draft. She is ready to make as much as Caitlin Clark made when she entered WNBA with the Indiana fever – just over $ 78,800. She signed an agreement with the unparalleled league of the season, according to several reports. The average salary at unmatched in its first season was more than $ 220,000.
Southern California -tip Kiki Iriafen, #44, steals the ball from Uconn -vagt Ashlynn Shade, #12, during the first half of Elite Eight of NCAA College Basketball Tournament on Monday, March 31, 2025 in Spokane, Washington. (AP Photo/Young Kwak)
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While BUeckers is the focus of the draft, there are plenty of top women’s basketball players that fans need to keep an eye on.
TCUS HAILEY VAN LITH is one of them. She played for Louisville, LSU and TCU during her collegial career. She was an allisanican who an average of 15.2 points and 3.4 assists per year. Match.
The French Olympic Dominique Malonga, USC Center Kiki Iriafen, Notes Dames Sonia Lemon, LSU’s Aneesah Morrow, Marylands Shyanne Selecters, are Lithuanian Star Scue Jocyt, Kentucky’s Georgia Amoore and NC State Saniya Rivers also among those who could be elected within the first 10 elections.
Golden State Valkyries participates in the draft for the first time. Valkyries is the latest team in WNBA. Tiffany Hayes, Stephanie Talbot and Kayla Thornton are among the veterans of the team. Clark’s former fever -teammate Temi Fagbenle and former Iowa teammate Kate Martin is also on the guard plan.
Kentucky -player Georgia Amoore arrives at an interview session under SEC Media Day at the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Mountain Brook on Tuesday, October 16, 2024. (Gary Cosby Jr.-Tuscaloosa News / USA Today Network via imagn images)
The WNBA draft begins at 1 p.m. 7.30 pm one at ESPN.
