The 2025 WNBA draft just began how everyone expected when Uconn Huskies star Paige Bueckers was selected first assembled by Dallas Wings on Monday night.
Last year it was Caitlin Clark who came out of Iowa as a consensus -top committee, and the Indiana fever did it when they called her name. Clark won this year’s 2024 Wnba Rookie of the Year and broke records along the way.
Bueckers have had # 1 election potential since she entered Uconn. Seeing it coming to execution, fresh from a national title race with his sisters on the field, was “overwhelming” for the new star in the wings.
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Paige Bueckers clamps WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert after being selected with the largest overall choice for Dallas Wings in the 2025 WNBA draft at the shed at Hudson Yards. (Vincent Carchietta-prescribed images)
“Just an overwhelming sense of gratitude. It’s super surreal to be here with other drafts of invitees,” Bueckers said, after hearing her name called.
Bueckers, who becomes a national champion with Huskies, put a cherry on top of a brilliant career for Hopkins, Minnesota native.
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Her senior season saw 19.9 points, 4.6 assists and 4.4 rebounds on average per day. Battle while shooting 53.4% off the field and 41.9% from deep. Bueckers’ ability to score anywhere on the floor and really have Geno Auriemma’s violation ran through her was on full view throughout the year, including the NCAA tournament.
Bueckers noted his fourth straight-tournament team nodded from NCAA for her performances as it was most important.
Uconn Guard Paige Bueckers (5) seems to be shooting against UCLA during the first half of a national semi -final final file match during Women’s NCAA College Basketball Tournament, Friday 4. April 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
However, she was unable to secure a place in the national championship game during her junior season, which fell to Clark and Iowa Hawkeyes that year.
But Huskies accused all the way back to win it over South Carolina in dominant fashion earlier this month. Bueckers were named AP All-American for the third time in his famous college career.
On the way into WNBA, the Bueckers’ expectations are through the roof and joins a team in Dallas led by All-Star Arike Ogunbowale who could use another dynamic guard to work with.
Paige Bueckers poses with WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert after being selected with the largest overall choice for Dallas Wings in the 2025 WNBA draft at the shed at Hudson Yards. (Vincent Carchietta-prescribed images)
During his four years at Uconn, BUEKERS was an average of 19.8 points, 4.6 assists and 4.7 rebounds and shot 53.1% from the field over 123 career games.
