
Wings star Paige Bueckers has won the WNBA Rookie of the Year, the league announced on Tuesday.
Bueckers was selected first in the 2025 WNBA draft by Dallas after an outstanding college career at the University of Connecticut. Her great play translated easily to the WNBA; Bueckers averaged 19.2 points, 5.4 assists, and 3.9 rebounds per game. She received 70 of the possible 72 votes for ROY, with the Mystics's Sonia Citron getting the other two.