Paige Bueckers nearly unanimous winner of the WNBA Rookie year

Dallas Wings watchman Paige Bueckers The name was appointed 2025. VNBA Rookie in the year, announced on Tuesday.

Bueckers is the seventh player of UCONN to win the award, receiving 70 out of 72 votes of the first place from the media panel, while Washington Mistics watchman Sonia Citron I have the other two.

Bueckers was a choice of 1 in April in April, after helping Husky that he would win his 12. state championship in his month.

Starter in all 36 wings performances, boukers are on average 19.2 points, 5.4 assists, 3.9 rebounds and 1.6 steals during recording 47.4% from the floor and 88.8% from the free throw line. It was run by all VNBA Rookies in the total points (692), points per game, total assistance (194) and helps per game. This season was the only VNBA player who ended ranked in the top 10 in points, helps and steals at the game.

BUECKERS 44 BODS AGAIN Los Angeles Sparks 2. August 2 Adjust the VNBA single game record. She made 17 of 21 shots from the field (81%), becoming the first player in VNBA history to achieve 40 or more points and shoots at least 80% from the field in the game.

The wings went 10-30 and missed the playoffs, but will again be in the draft lottery again next season.

Bueckers joined Diana Taurasi (2004), Tina Charles (2010), Maia Moore (2011), Breanna Stewart (2016), Napheesa Collier (2019) and Crystal Dangerfield (2020) as UCONN players who earned this honor.

Rookie award was given since 1998. year, the second year of VNBA. Bueckers is 16. Player composed no. 1 who voted the newcomer of the year.