The UConn Paige Bueckers star is expected to be the number 1 selection in the WNBA draft on Monday once the Wings Dallas officially leave the clock.
Bueckers leads the 2025 class that will embark on a trip to professionals. She was one of the best players in women’s university basketball last season and finished her university career achieving the only goal that eluded her during her university career: a national championship.
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The UConn Guard, Paige Bueckers, #5, seeks to shoot against UCLA during the first half of a game of the Final Four of the National Semifinal during the Basketball Tournament of the NCAA College Women on Friday, April 4, 2025 in Tampa, Florida. (AP Photo/John Raux)
She was the first player to get honors of the AP player in her first year season. However, the injuries hindered much of their university days. When I was finally healthy, the Huskies were on top.
“It was a resilience trip, to overcome adversity,” he said. “I would not change it for the world just because it became such a beautiful story and a notable journey of ups and downs, to maintain faith, work extremely hard, and I would not really change it.”
The Bueckers salary was a conversation issue in the days before the Draft. He is ready to do as much as Caitlin Clark when he entered the WNBA with the Indiana fever, just over $ 78,800. She signed an agreement with the low seasonal seasonal league, according to multiple reports. The average salary uniquely in its initial season was more than $ 220,000.
The striker of southern California, Kiki Iriafen, #44, steals the ball of the Uconn Ashlynn Shade guard, #12, during the first half in the Eight Elite of the Basketball Tournament of the NCAA College on Monday, March 31, 2025 in Spokane, Washington. (AP Photo/Young Kwak)
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While Bueckers is the focus of the Draft, there are many better female basketball players that fans must monitor.
Hailey van Lith of TCU is one of them. He played for Louisville, LSU and TCU during his university career. She was an all-American who averaged 15.2 points and 3.4 assists per game.
French Olympic Dominique Malonga, center of the USC Kiki Iriafen, Sonia Citron de Notter Dame, Aneeesah Morow of LSU, Shyanne’s vendors of Maryland, the Lithuanian star Juste Jocyte, the Kentucky Georgia Amorore and NC State rivers are also among those that could be selected within the first 10 selections.
The Golden State Valkyries will participate in the draft for the first time. Valkyries are the newest team of the WNBA. Tiffany Hayes, Stephanie Talbot and Kayla Thornton are among the team veterans. The former Clark teammate, Temi Fagbenle, and former Iowa teammate, Kate Martin, are also on the list.
Kentucky Georgia Amore player arrives at an interview session during the SEC media day at the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Mountain Brook on Tuesday, October 16, 2024. (Gary Cosby Jr.-Tuscaloosa News / USA Today Network through IMAGN images)
The WNBA draft begins at 7:30 pm et in ESPN.
