Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers was named the 2025 WNBA Rookie of the Year, the league announced Tuesday.

Bueckers is the seventh former UConn player to win the award, receiving 70 of 72 first-place votes from a media panel, while Washington Mystics guard Sonia Citron got the other two.

Bueckers was the No. 1 selection in April's draft after helping the Huskies win their 12th national championship earlier that month.

A starter in all 36 appearances for the Wings, Bueckers averaged 19.2 points, 5.4 assists, 3.9 rebounds and 1.6 steals while shooting 47.4% from the floor and 88.8% from the free throw line. She led all WNBA rookies in total points (692), points per game, total assists (194) and assists per game. She was the only WNBA player this season who finished ranked in the t

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