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Paige Bueckers: A Brief Biography
Paige Bueckers is a guard and played the 2024-2025 season as a redshirt senior for the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team. She is among the all-time greats at UConn, holding the program record with 19.8 points per game and is third all-time in career points with 2,439. Bueckers is ranked fifth all-time in career three-point percentage with 42.3% and field goals attempted with 931.
Paige Bueckers is also eighth in assists with 561. She holds several NCAA Tournament records for UConn, including most points in a career with 477 and most points in a game with 40 against Oklahoma on March 29, 2025. She posted the highest single-season assist-turnover ratio of 3.52 during 2024-25. She achieved 2,000 career points and became the fastest UConn player to do so, in just 102 games, and tied Maya Moore as the fastest player to score 1,000 points.
Paige Bueckers Biography
| Name | Paige Madison Bueckers |
| Born | October 20, 2001 (Age 23, as of April 2025) |
| Birthplace | Hopkins, Minnesota |
| Height | 6 ft (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 141 lb (64 kg) |
| College | University of Connecticut |
| Position | Guard |
| League | Big East Conference |
| High School | Hopkins High School |
Paige Bueckers Career History
Paige Bueckers College Career
Redshirt Senior Year
Paige Bueckers, as a redshirt senior in the 2024–25 season, recorded a season-best 40 points, 16 made field goals, and 6 three-pointers against Oklahoma on March 29, 2025. She also played 40 minutes against Southern California on March 31, where she scored nine free throws out of 11. She registered 10 rebounds against Louisville on December 7, 2024. Her most assists were 10 against Butler on February 22, 2025. She recorded a career-high 5 blocks on February 12 against St. John's and made 5 steals against Boston University on November 7, 2024. All of these were achieved in the regular season and NCAA Tournament.
Redshirt Junior Year
Paige Bueckers played in all 39 games during the 2023–24 season. She scored 854 points, 150 assists, 86 steals, and 53 blocks. She accumulated four double-doubles, including a 28-point, 10-rebound, 6-assist performance against USC in the Elite Eight on April 1. She scored 17 points in the Final Four against Iowa on April 5. Bueckers registered 32 points and 10 rebounds against Syracuse on March 25 and 31 points against UCLA on November 24. She also recorded 27 points and five blocks in the BIG EAST championship and 29 points with 9 rebounds against Providence on March 9. She achieved 20 plus points in 27 games throughout the season.
Junior Year
Paige Bueckers did not play in the 2022–23 season after suffering an ACL injury in August 2022.
Sophomore Year
Paige Bueckers, as a sophomore in the 2021–22 season, played in 17 games and started in 13. She registered a total of 248 points, 68 assists, and 68 rebounds. In the NCAA Tournament, she scored 14 points against Stanford and South Carolina and 27 points of which 15 were in overtime against NC State. She scored 23 points, nine rebounds, seven assists against Seton Hall on December 3 and scored a season-high 34 points in the opener against Arkansas on November 14. She came back from injury on February 25 against St. John's after missing 19 games.
Freshman Year
Paige Bueckers started and played in all 29 games during her freshman season. She scored in double figures 28 times and had 14 games with 20 or more points. Her freshman year consisted of 811 total points, 214 assists, and 80 steals. She scored 32 points and seven assists against St. John's on February 3 and a UConn single-game record 14 assists against Butler on February 27. She scored 28 points against Baylor in the Elite Eight and 24 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists against High Point in the NCAA first round.
Paige Bueckers High School Career
Paige Bueckers played five years of varsity basketball at Hopkins High School, where she led the team to a 30-0 record and a state championship game appearance as a senior before the season was canceled due to COVID-19. She also played in the AAU basketball Circuit for North Tartan.
Paige Bueckers National Team Career
Paige Bueckers represented the United States in several international competitions, with the team winning gold medals at the 2019 FIBA U19 World Cup, 2018 Youth Olympic Games, 2018 FIBA U17 World Cup, and 2017 FIBA Americas U16 Championship. Bueckers also helped the team win at the 2018 Latvia U17 International Invitational, the 2018 Spokane Hoopfest (3x3), and the 2018 USA Basketball 3x3 National Championship.
Paige Bueckers Career Highlights
College
2025 National Champion
2025 Wade Trophy winner
2025 Nancy Lieberman National Point Guard of the Year Award winner
2025 WBCA, AP, USBWA, and Wooden Award First Team All-America
2025 NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team
2025 NCAA Tournament Spokane 4 Region Most Outstanding Player
2025 BIG EAST Tournament Most Outstanding Player
2025 BIG EAST Player of the Year
2025 All-BIG EAST First Team
2024 WBCA, AP, USBWA, and Wooden Award First Team All-America
2024 CSC First Team Academic All-America
2024 BIG EAST Player of the Year
2024 BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2024 NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team
2024 NCAA Tournament Portland 3 Region Most Outstanding Player
2024 BIG EAST Tournament Most Outstanding Player
2024 All-BIG EAST First Team
2022 NCAA Tournament Final Four All-Tournament Team
2022 NCAA Tournament Bridgeport Region Most Outstanding Player
2021 Wooden Award winner
2021 Naismith Trophy winner
2021 AP Player of the Year
2021 Nancy Lieberman National Point Guard of the Year Award winner
2021 USBWA National Player of the Year
2021 USBWA National Freshman of the Year
2021 WBCA, AP, and USBWA First Team All-America
2021 WBCA Freshman of the Year
2021 NCAA Tournament Final Four All-Tournament Team
2021 NCAA Tournament River Walk Region Most Outstanding Player
2021 BIG EAST Player and Freshman of the Year
2021 BIG EAST Tournament Most Outstanding Player
2021 All-BIG EAST First Team
2021 BIG EAST All-Freshman Team
2021 espnW Player and Freshman of the Year
High School
2019 USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year
2019 FIBA U19 World Cup MVP
2019–20 Gatorade Female Athlete of the Year
2020 McDonald’s All-American
2020 SLAM All-American
2020 Jordan Brand Classic All-American
2020 Naismith Prep Player of the Year
2020 Morgan Wootten Player of the Year
Three-time Gatorade Minnesota Player of the Year
2019–20 Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year
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FAQ on Paige Bueckers
A. Paige Bueckers plays as a point guard.
A. She attends the University of Connecticut (UConn).
A. Yes, she won the national championship in 2025.
A. She attended Hopkins High School in Minnesota.
A. Yes, she has represented Team USA and won multiple gold medals.
