Former UConn standout Paige Bueckers was officially named the 2025 WBNA Rookie of the Year on Tuesday, making Bueckers the seventh former UConn player to win the award. Now with the Dallas Wings, Bueckers received 70 of the possible 72 first-place votes for the honor. Bueckers is the first Wings player since Allisha Gray (in 2017) to be awarded Rookie of the Year. 1 overall pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft, Bueckers went on to set a new franchise rookie scoring record while averaging 19.2 points per game. The 23-year-old averaged 19.2 points, 5.4 assists, 3.9 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game, and her 692 points and 192 assists ranks third all-time among WNBA rookies.