Bueckers nearly unanimous winner of WNBA ROY

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

Bueckers is the seventh erstwhile UConn subordinate to triumph the award, receiving 70 of 72 first-place votes from a media panel, portion Washington Mystics defender Sonia Citron got the different two.

Bueckers was the No. 1 wide enactment successful April's draught aft helping the Huskies triumph their 12th nationalist title earlier that month.

A starter successful each 36 appearances for the Wings, Bueckers averaged 19.2 points, 5.4 assists, 3.9 rebounds and 1.6 steals portion shooting 47.4% from the level and 88.8% from the free-throw line. She led each WNBA rookies successful full points (692), points per game, full assists (194) and assists per game. She was the lone WNBA subordinate this play who finished ranked successful the apical 10 successful points, assists and steals per game.

Bueckers' 44 points against the Los Angeles Sparks connected Aug. 2 acceptable a WNBA single-game rookie record. She was made 17-of-21 shots from the tract (81%), becoming the archetypal subordinate successful WNBA past to people 40 oregon much points and sprout astatine slightest 80% from the tract successful a game.

The Wings went 10-30 and missed the playoffs but volition beryllium successful the draught lottery again adjacent season.

Bueckers joins Diana Taurasi (2004), Tina Charles (2010), Maya Moore (2011), Breanna Stewart (2016), Napheesa Collier (2019) and Crystal Dangerfield (2020) arsenic UConn players who person earned this honor.

The rookie grant has been fixed retired since 1998, the 2nd twelvemonth of the WNBA. Bueckers is the 16th subordinate drafted No. 1 who was voted Rookie of the Year.