Dallas Wings rookie guard Paige Bueckers positioned her identify amongst WNBA legends on Tuesday.
To the shock of nobody, Bueckers was named Rookie of the 12 months. The distinction caps whirlwind yr (or, extra precisely, six months) for the previous Connecticut Huskies star.
In early April, Bueckers guided UConn to its twelfth girls’s faculty basketball nationwide championship with an 82-59 win over South Carolina. Every week later, she was chosen No. 1 general within the WNBA Draft.
Along with her newest accolade, Bueckers grew to become the fifth participant in league historical past to win an NCAA championship, be chosen No. 1 general and be named Rookie of the 12 months in the identical yr, becoming a member of WNBA all-time main scorer Diana Taurasi, all-time rebound chief Tina Charles and two-time MVPs Candace Parker and Breanna Stewart.
