Paige Bueckers Celebrated by Fans as Wings Take UConn Star No. 1 in 2025 WNBA Draft

Fresh off her NCAA championship win, Paige Bueckers is headed to the Dallas Wings as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft.

Social media lit up as the UConn Huskies guard heads south to join Arike Ogunbowale and Natasha Howard on the Dallas Wings.

Bueckers is one of the final stars from the legendary 2020 NCAA freshman class to join the WNBA, a top-5 recruiting class that featured her at No. 1, followed by Angel Reese, Cameron Brink, Caitlin Clark and Kamilla Cardoso–all drafted in 2024.

Following the UConn star tearing her ACL and missing the Huskies' 2022-23 season, she was left with one more season of college eligibility than her fellow recruits and did the most with her remaining year, grabbing a national championship alongside her UConn teammates. 

In her final season with UConn, Bueckers averaged 19.9 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.6 assists while shooting 53.4 percent from the field and 41.9 percent from three. During the NCAA tournament, she elevated her game with 24.8 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 2.8 steals and 1.3 blocks per game, shooting 55 percent from the field and 48 percent from deep.

The 23-year-old racked up numerous accolades during her time at UConn, including the 2025 Wade Trophy, recognizing the WBCA’s NCAA Division I Player of the Year, 2021 Wooden Award, 2021 AP Player of the Year and 2021 Naismith Award. She was also a two-time Nancy Lieberman Award winner as the nation’s top point guard and a three-time AP First Team All-American.

Bueckers joins a Wings squad that finished 9-31 last season—second to last in the league—and will need all the help they can get. With the No. 1 pick now secured, Dallas also holds the No. 12 overall pick to round out their draft class.