University of Connecticut Athletics
Bueckers Selected as BIG EAST Nominee for 2025 NCAA Woman of the Year
8/14/2025 11:18:00 AM | Women's Basketball
NEW YORK – UConn women's basketball alumna Paige Bueckers was selected as one of two BIG EAST Conference honorees for the 2025 NCAA Woman of the Year award.
Graduating with a degree in Human Development and Family Studies with a cumulative 3.49 GPA, Bueckers has made an impact both on and off the court as a Husky. During her time at UConn, she volunteered at the Connecticut Children's Hospital where she spent time with patients in-person and virtually while participating in the hospital's social media based fundraising campaigns.
Bueckers also provided funding and support for free grocery stores at Hopkins West Junior High School and UConn's Storrs Campus from 2022-25 and had a downtown Minneapolis pop-up during '22 NCAA Final Four Weekend. She was an active member of UConn's head coach Geno Auriemma's charity events – Geno's for the Kids Charity Dinner and Golf Tournament. Bueckers was the 2024 BIG EAST Scholar Athlete of the Year and a 2024 CSC First Team Academic All-American.
On the court, Bueckers, part of the 2025 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Champion Team, was nothing shy of incredible for UConn. In 2025, she was the Wade Trophy recipient, Honda Sport Award winner, Nancy Lieberman National Point Guard of the Year. She was also a 2025 WBCA, AP, USBWA and Wooden Award First Team All-American. She is the first ever three-time BIG EAST Tournament Most Outstanding Player and the fourth player in league history to be named Player of the Year three times. Â
The BIG EAST's other honoree is Villanova's Roschell Clayton (track & field).
The NCAA Woman of the Year program was established in 1991 and honors the academic achievements, athletics excellence, community service and leadership of graduating female college athletes from all three divisions.
All conference-level nominees are forwarded to the Woman of the Year selection committee. The selection committee will choose the top 10 honorees in each division. From among those 30 honorees, the selection committee will determine the three finalists in each division. Finally, the members of the Committee on Women's Athletics will vote from among the top nine finalists to determine the 2025 NCAA Woman of the Year.
