Wings select Paige Bueckers No. 1 overall in 2025 WNBA Draft

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The 2025 WNBA Draft began just how everyone expected, as UConn Huskies star Paige Bueckers was selected first overall by the Dallas Wings on Monday night. 

Last year, it was Caitlin Clark coming out of Iowa as the consensus top selection, and the Indiana Fever made it so when they called her name. Clark went on to win the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year, breaking records along the way. 

Bueckers has had No. 1 pick potential since she entered UConn. Seeing it come to fruition, fresh off a national title run with her sisters on the court, was "overwhelming" for the new star of the Wings.

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Paige Bueckers hugs WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert after being selected with the number one overall pick to the Dallas Wings in the 2025 WNBA Draft at The Shed at Hudson Yards. (Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images)

"Just an overwhelming sense of gratitude. It's super surreal to be here with other draft invitees," Bueckers said after she heard her name called.

Bueckers becoming a national champion with the Huskies put a cherry on top of a brilliant career for the Hopkins, Minnesota native. 

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Her senior season saw 19.9 points, 4.6 assists, and 4.4 rebounds averaged per game, while shooting 53.4% from the field and 41.9% from deep. Bueckers’ ability to score anywhere on the floor, and truly have Geno Auriemma’s offense run through her was on full display throughout the year, including the NCAA Tournament.

Bueckers notched her fourth straight All-Tournament Team nod from the NCAA for her performances